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29/05/2026

Sometimes parents reach out feeling unsure whether coaching is the right step for their teenager and that makes complete sense.

I know it can feel vulnerable handing your young person over to somebody new and wondering whether they’ll open up, engage or even want to be there.

Discovery calls are simply a gentle starting point.
A chance to meet, ask questions and get a feel for whether the space feels comfortable for everybody involved.

There’s no pressure and no big commitment.
It really is just a conversation.

If you’d like a parent pack or teen pack with a bit more information about how coaching works, feel free to drop me a message and I’d be very happy to send one over 🤍

28/05/2026

We hear phrases like:
“Grab life with both hands.”
“Live life to the full.”
“Make the most of it.”

But what do those phrases actually mean to you?

Sometimes big sweeping ideas can accidentally leave us only noticing what’s missing. Like we should constantly be chasing BIGGER experiences, BIGGER achievements, BIGGER moments.

Maybe “grabbing life” for you looks adventurous and expansive. 🧗
Maybe it looks peaceful. 🧘
Maybe it looks like finally resting. 🛌
Maybe it looks like saying yes more often. 👍
Or saying no more honestly. 🙂‍↔️

Maybe it means feeling present enough to actually notice your own life while you’re in it.

Try pulling the phrase apart a little.

🟡Where did your definition come from?
🟡Who taught it to you?
🟡Does it genuinely fit you now?

You might discover that you’re already living it?

Maybe your version of a full life looks very different to somebody else’s. And that’s probably a good thing.

Enjoy your scribble x

A little “about me” for some of the newer faces around here 👋I’m Gemma.Confidence coach, mum, former actor, journal enth...
27/05/2026

A little “about me” for some of the newer faces around here 👋

I’m Gemma.
Confidence coach, mum, former actor, journal enthusiast and someone who is endlessly fascinated by people.

I work with adults, teenagers and workplaces helping them uncover a more comfortable, sustainable sense of confidence. The kind that feels grounded in who you are rather than something you have to perform or force.

A lot of my work is about slowing things down enough to actually hear yourself again. Understanding what sits underneath the pressure, the overthinking, the people pleasing or the self-doubt so you can move through life with more CHOICE, clarity and self-trust.

Outside of coaching I’m usually with my family, walking my very soppy Labrador, journalling, analysing human behaviour (far too deeply), getting excited by a really delicious conversation or swishing watercolours around. 🎨

Very glad you’re here 🤍



“Coaching is collaborative, not corrective.”This feels especially important when working with teenagers but matters acro...
26/05/2026

“Coaching is collaborative, not corrective.”

This feels especially important when working with teenagers but matters across the board.

A lot of young people already feel observed, assessed, advised, corrected or “worked on” from every angle. Whether that be from worried parents, concerned teachers, influential friends, the lure of social media. There is CONSTANT feedback.

So coaching needs to feel different.

I’m not there to tell a teenager who they should be or to lecture, diagnose or mould them into the “right” version of themselves because coaching is collaborative.

I am a thinking companion who can help them to shape thoughts, feelings and experiences into something more workable. I can help them to hear themselves more clearly and I am ever curious alongside them.

Sometimes young people simply need a space where they are allowed to slow down enough to notice what is actually going on for them so that things begin to make more sense.

DM me COLLABORATE if you want to start a coaching process for your teen.

I feel very strongly about this.I don’t believe confidence is handed out to a lucky few while the rest of us stand aroun...
25/05/2026

I feel very strongly about this.

I don’t believe confidence is handed out to a lucky few while the rest of us stand around hoping to stumble across it one day. I believe it’s already there.

I think life happens. Experiences happen. Comments stick. Pressure builds. We learn to protect ourselves. We adapt. We overthink. We disconnect from our own instincts a bit…or a lot.

And one day you realise that confidence feels really far away or inaccessible.

But inaccessible doesn’t mean absent.

A huge part of coaching for me is companioning people back towards themselves. Helping them uncover what’s already there underneath the noise and the self doubt and then supporting them to express that confidence in a way that feels natural and comfortable for them.

I don’t support ‘faking it til you make it’ or performing confidence or copying someone else’s version.

I fully support your version because it’s the one that feels grounded and sustainable and true to who you are.

DM me ‘CONFIDENCE’ if you want to find out more about coaching for you, your teen or your workplace.

The faster life gets, the easier it is to lose contact with yourself a bit.You stop noticing you’re tired.You stop notic...
24/05/2026

The faster life gets, the easier it is to lose contact with yourself a bit.

You stop noticing you’re tired.
You stop noticing your body is tense.
You stop noticing that little internal “actually I don’t want to do this” voice.
You react quickly instead of responding thoughtfully.
You run on autopilot.

And to be fair, modern life really does encourage speed.
Quick replies. Quick decisions. Quick content. Quick fixes. Constant noise. 🤯

But confidence and self-trust often need a bit more space than that.

Not loads necessarily but enough space to NOTICE.

Notice how something feels.
Notice what’s underneath the reaction.
Notice what you need.
Notice what keeps repeating.

Speed ⬇️ Awareness ⬆️ Choice ⬆️

23/05/2026

🚨 TRICK QUESTION 🚨
How confident do you feel out of 10 is almost impossible to answer. Because… in what situation?

Alone in your house?
On stage?
On a first date?
At work?
With strangers?
With your family?
In conflict?
Leading?
Resting?
Being visible online?
Asking for help?

Someone can feel deeply grounded internally and still want the ground to swallow them up when all eyes are on them.

Someone else can command a room brilliantly and struggle massively with self-worth when they are alone.

This is why I talk so much about different circles of confidence. ⭕️ ⭕️ ⭕️

Confidence isn’t one fixed personality trait that you either have or don’t have. It shifts depending on context, safety, pressure, support and experience.

The goal isn’t to score 10/10 everywhere all the time. The goal is to move through different situations with greater flexibility, awareness and self-trust.

Understanding where you feel safest already tells you a lot.

Want to find out more about circles of confidence? DM me CIRCLE and I’ll send you some info.

Honestly, the imagination skills are unmatched 😭“I’ll say something weird.”“They’ll laugh at me.”“I’ll fail.”“They’ll ha...
22/05/2026

Honestly, the imagination skills are unmatched 😭

“I’ll say something weird.”
“They’ll laugh at me.”
“I’ll fail.”
“They’ll hate it.”
“I’ll embarrass myself forever and probably need to move country.”

The imagination is powerful.

Which means it can either become fuel for anxiety…
or fuel for possibility.

A lot of teen confidence work isn’t about pretending scary thoughts don’t exist. It’s about widening the imagination slightly.

What if the conversation goes okay?
What if you cope better than expected?
What if somebody actually likes your weirdness?
What if the thing you are terrified of becomes the thing that helps you find your people?

Imagination cuts both ways.

Teen brains are creative, sensitive and deeply responsive and that’s not a flaw. It just needs support and direction sometimes.

21/05/2026

Maybe you wish you were more confident socially. Maybe you get frustrated by how sensitive you are. Maybe you overthink everything. Maybe you struggle with how much reassurance you need or how emotional you get or how hard you find resting.

I think this question is interesting because we spend so much time trying to improve ourselves that we rarely stop and notice the ongoing argument we’re having with ourselves in the first place. And sometimes confidence gets tied up in that.

The constant “I should be different by now” feeling. The pressure to have worked it all out already. The exhaustion of trying to present a more acceptable version of yourself all the time.

Sometimes it helps just to notice where the friction is and to actually name it instead of immediately trying to fix it.

Awareness restores choice and all that 😉

For some people confidence feels big, for others it feels calm and contained.For some it’s busting out a Shakespeare mon...
20/05/2026

For some people confidence feels big, for others it feels calm and contained.

For some it’s busting out a Shakespeare monologue, for others it’s finally saying “actually no, that doesn’t work for me.”

I think this is why confidence can feel so confusing sometimes because we spend a lot of time measuring ourselves against somebody else’s version of it.

Comfortable confidence won’t look identical from person to person and nor flippin’ should it!

The aim? To feel safe enough to be yourself. 🙏

DM me CONFIDENCE if you’d like to work on uncovering your comfortable confidence.

When people are projecting their confidence they are often speaking, leading, presenting, teaching, facilitating, settin...
18/05/2026

When people are projecting their confidence they are often speaking, leading, presenting, teaching, facilitating, setting boundaries, navigating difficult conversations or simply being visible in front of other people.

And from the outside that can all look pretty straightforward. But internally there could be a racing heart, an inner critic chattering away, pressure to get it right, hyper-awareness of being watched and that strange feeling of suddenly becoming disconnected from yourself in the moment.

Hold the Room is a workshop about feeling more grounded and connected to yourself in those situations where your confidence is outwardly on show. The moments where you are leading the meeting, facilitating the workshop, having the hard conversation, presenting the idea or trying to hold onto your train of thought whilst all eyes are on you.

It’s about taking the emphasis off performance and ‘fake it til you make it’ mentality and onto understanding what happens to you under pressure and learning how to stay connected enough to yourself that your thoughts, voice, personality and presence remain available to you.

We’ll explore nervous system responses, communication, authenticity, body and voice tools and the very human experience of being perceived by other people.

It’s for coaches, facilitators, teachers, leaders, creatives, business owners and honestly anyone who has ever walked away from a situation thinking “why did I stop feeling like myself in there?”

Wednesday 3rd June
6pm–8pm
Online
£37

Link in bio - I’d love you to join us!

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