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18/06/2026

Fear gets a bad rep.

Most of us assume confidence means reaching a point where fear disappears. In reality, some of the most important conversations, decisions and opportunities in our lives arrive with a healthy dose of discomfort attached.

The question isn’t always, “How do I get rid of the fear?”

Sometimes it’s:

“What am I avoiding because I don’t want to feel the fear?”

Avoidance can feel protective in the short term. We put off the conversation. Delay the application. Stay quiet when we’d rather speak up. Say yes when we’d rather pause and think.

The relief is immediate. The COST often arrives later.

Today’s journal prompt is an invitation to get curious rather than critical. If something comes to mind, notice what emotions you’re hoping to avoid and whether those emotions might simply be part of doing something that matters.

Comfortable confidence isn’t about never feeling fear.

It’s about trusting yourself enough to stay present when fear shows up.

17/06/2026

I’ve been thinking about confidence today because, honestly, I’m tired.

It could be the time of month. I had a filling yesterday (anaesthetic hangover?) and had a gym session this morning.

What I’ve noticed is that when I’m tired, it’s easy to assume my confidence has taken a knock. I definitely feel a bit less certain. Things seem a bit bigger and I question myself more.

But today I had a think about it…has my confidence actually changed? Or do I just need some bladdy rest?

Mistaking low energy for low confidence makes sense but if you’re feeling a bit less like yourself today, maybe that’s worth asking too.

One of the biggest surprises for many of my clients is discovering that confidence and vulnerability often travel togeth...
16/06/2026

One of the biggest surprises for many of my clients is discovering that confidence and vulnerability often travel together.

Think about the feeling after you set a boundary. Have I upset someone?

You share an opinion and start replaying the conversation. Again and again.

You walk into a room full of people and suddenly become aware of yourself in a way you weren’t five minutes earlier. Face goes red, heart races, you have no idea what to do with your arms!

You connect deeply with someone and yet feel exposed.

The irony is that many of the things we long for as humans require us to be seen.

Belonging.
Connection.
Recognition.
Love.
Acceptance.

None of these happen without some degree of vulnerability. Annoying isn’t it?!

But confidence isn’t about getting rid of that feeling, even if we’d really like to sometimes. It’s about creating enough internal safety that we can stay connected to ourselves whilst feeling it.

That’s what comfortable confidence means to me.
What about you?

Teen coaching is all about giving young people the space to understand themselves better at a crucial life stage.Many te...
15/06/2026

Teen coaching is all about giving young people the space to understand themselves better at a crucial life stage.

Many teenagers are carrying a lot. School pressure. Friendship dynamics. Worries about the future. Expectations from others. Expectations of themselves.

Having a dedicated space to talk, reflect and develop practical tools can make a huge difference.

I work with teenagers aged 11-19 online and every coaching journey starts with a free discovery call with both parent and young person.

If you’d like to find out more, send me a message with the word TEEN and I’ll happily answer any questions.

I think we often assume that confidence comes from doing more.More learning.More planning.More effort.More pushing.And y...
13/06/2026

I think we often assume that confidence comes from doing more.

More learning.
More planning.
More effort.
More pushing.

And yet, when I think about the times I’ve felt most clear, calm and confident, they haven’t usually arrived when I’ve been rushing from one thing to the next.

They’ve tended to appear when I’ve slowed down enough to notice what was actually going on.

What am I feeling right now?
What do I need?
What really matters here?

Or sometimes in those slower moments you can see more clearly the progression you have already made.

It’s easy to get caught up in the pace of life and mistake movement for progress.

Sometimes a little space gives us access to something we’ve been too busy to hear.

Maybe confidence, clarity and calm aren’t always found in doing more. Maybe sometimes they’re found in choosing to move a little slower.

12/06/2026

Boundary advice is everywhere.

And whilst much of it is well-intentioned, I think we’re missing some important conversations.

How do you recognise a boundary is needed in the first place?

How do you identify your needs when you’ve spent years focusing on everyone else’s?

What happens when somebody doesn’t like the boundary you’ve put in place?

What happens when the guilt arrives?

These are the questions that interest me because boundaries aren’t just about communication.

They’re about self-awareness, values, relationships and understanding where your limits are.

That’s what we’ll be exploring in Comfortable Boundaries on July 8th.

A two-hour workshop won’t transform your relationship with boundaries overnight. I know that.

What it can do is help you start looking in the right place.

📅 Tuesday 8th July
🕕 6pm–8pm
💻 Online

Link in bio or drop me a message for details.

11/06/2026

A Thursday journal prompt for anyone who has been feeling stretched, overwhelmed or slightly disconnected from themselves lately.

You don’t need to take action today. Just notice what comes up.

Sometimes awareness becomes the first boundary. ❤️

I’m really excited to share…T H I S 👇NEW WORKSHOP: Comfortable BoundariesProtecting what matters, staying present and pr...
10/06/2026

I’m really excited to share…

T H I S 👇

NEW WORKSHOP: Comfortable Boundaries
Protecting what matters, staying present and projecting yourself with confidence.

I’ve run workshops on boundaries before and they’ve always been popular. Yet as I’ve continued developing my Comfortable Confidence framework, I’ve found myself thinking about boundaries in a slightly different way.

Most boundary conversations focus on what to say, this workshop looks at what happens before that.

🤔 How do we recognise when a boundary is needed?

😨 What happens when guilt, fear or discomfort show up?

🧘 How do we stay connected to ourselves in those moments rather than overriding what we need?

🗣️ And then, how do we communicate what matters in a way that feels authentic?

We’ll be exploring boundaries through the lens of Protected, Present and Projected Confidence, looking at the journey from recognising a boundary, to holding it, to expressing it.

So if you’ve attended a boundaries workshop with me before, please don’t assume this is the same workshop with a new title. The topic may be familiar but the lens is completely different.

I can’t wait to workshop this with you!

📅 Wednesday 8th July
🕕 6pm–8pm
💻 Online
💷 £37

If you’d like the booking link or have any questions, drop me a message with BOUNDARIES and I’ll send the details over or there’ll be a link in my bio. ☺️

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09/06/2026

One of the most exhausting things we can do is try to mind-read. 🔮 It’s impossible and yet we attempt it all the time…

And particularly as teenagers.

“They think I’m awkward.”

“They don’t like me.”

“I’ve embarrassed myself.”

Maybe….

Maybe not. 🤷‍♀️

The reality is that we cannot have access to what somebody else is actually thinking.

What we DO have access to is the story we’re telling ourselves. 📕

Learning to spot the difference between fact and assumption can be incredibly freeing. It doesn’t make difficult situations disappear but it can stop us carrying extra weight that was never ours to carry in the first place. 🏋️

This is something that comes up regularly in teen coaching and it’s a skill that serves people well long after they’ve left school.

Having a sort out of my files recently and I came across some old notes from my dissertation on Jerzy Grotowski. What I ...
08/06/2026

Having a sort out of my files recently and I came across some old notes from my dissertation on Jerzy Grotowski. What I love is that my fascination for his method of work hasn’t disappeared - if anything rereading these notes made me realise I still wholeheartedly follow the principles of his work through coaching.

🧠 Focus and awareness.

🤫 The power of silence.

🤝 Human contact.

🎯 Truth.

🍃 Simplicity.

🦁 The courage to let go of what Grotowski called “the beautiful lie” - doing things because they look good or because they’re expected of us.

I spent years studying his belief that acting was a process of self-discovery. A search for greater awareness. A stripping away of what gets in the way of authentic expression.

And reading it now, I can see how much of my coaching philosophy lives in those ideas.

Coaching, for me, isn’t about installing confidence or teaching people how to become someone else. It’s about creating the conditions for people to reconnect with themselves.

To notice.

To listen.

To sit in the silence long enough to hear what is true.

To understand the stories, habits and protective patterns that may have drifted them away from themselves.

To rediscover choice. (It’s exciting when you find evidence that the things you’ve believed for years were connected all along.)

Sometimes what looks like a career change is actually a continuation of the same conversation in a different room.

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