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Elizabeth Simpson Coaching Wellness and Resilience Coach

12/10/2026

Exhausted by work, but time off isn't an option right now?

Recovery doesn't have to start when you have time for a break. When chronic work stress isn't managed, the World Health Organization describes three parts to what follows: exhaustion, growing distance or negativity about the job, and doing the job less well than you'd hope.

It's specifically linked to paid work, and recovery can start while you're still working.

If you'd like to put your wellbeing on your to-do list now, the free, ten-minute Pause Practice helps you make a start today.

Follow the link in my bio to start the free Pause Practice.

Resting more, but still exhausted?You take the evening off. You sit down. And your mind is still on the email you didn't...
12/10/2026

Resting more, but still exhausted?

You take the evening off. You sit down. And your mind is still on the email you didn't answer.

Research shows rest is only one of four things that help us recover from work stress:

Switching off mentally from work
Relaxation, with low effort and low demand
Mastery, doing something away from work that builds skill or a sense of achievement
Control, having a genuine say over how your personal time is spent

Each one counts separately. So you can rest physically and still not recover if your mind stays on work, or if very little of your time is truly yours.

Recovering while still working depends on three things together: the job itself, your everyday recovery outside it, and the demands across the rest of your life.

Read the article here: https://www.elizabethsimpsoncoaching.co.uk/post/how-to-recover-from-burnout-while-still-working-what-the-research-shows?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=theme15_burnout_recovery_blog

When did you last talk to another woman about how you're really managing?Trying to do it all on your own can affect your...
09/10/2026

When did you last talk to another woman about how you're really managing?

Trying to do it all on your own can affect your psychological, emotional and physical wellbeing. Research suggests that feeling connected to others, what self-determination theory calls relatedness, is linked with better wellbeing.

That's why the Women's Wellbeing Lab includes a Monthly Reflection Session, where members come together with me to reflect on their own wellbeing.

Follow the link to start your 7-day free trial of the Women's Wellbeing Lab.
https://www.elizabethsimpsoncoaching.co.uk/the-womens-wellbeing-lab?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=womens_wellbeing_lab

You've tried the apps, the books, the programmes. Some of them may have helped for a while, until they stopped fitting a...
05/10/2026

You've tried the apps, the books, the programmes. Some of them may have helped for a while, until they stopped fitting around your real life.

The Pause Practice gives you a different starting point. It's a free, ten-minute guided wellbeing experience that helps you get clear on what's getting in the way and where to begin. There's no account needed and nothing to keep up with afterwards.

Take the Pause Practice today:
https://www.elizabethsimpsoncoaching.co.uk/the-pause-practice?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=pause_practice

Self-determination theory points to three psychological needs: autonomy, competence and relatedness. Looking after your ...
01/10/2026

Self-determination theory points to three psychological needs: autonomy, competence and relatedness. Looking after your wellbeing starts with noticing which one you'd like more support with right now, then working toward it in a way that fits around your life.

Women's wellbeing is widely discussed and written about. If you'd like to do something about yours today, take the free Pause Practice. It takes ten minutes and needs no account: https://www.elizabethsimpsoncoaching.co.uk/the-pause-practice?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=reels&utm_campaign=pause_practice

Most advice about wellbeing starts with what to add. Another habit, another hour, another thing to get right.Self-determ...
28/09/2026

Most advice about wellbeing starts with what to add. Another habit, another hour, another thing to get right.

Self-determination theory starts somewhere else: with what you need. Research points to three psychological needs. Autonomy, acting from genuine choice. Competence, feeling capable and making progress at something that matters. Relatedness, real connection with people who matter to you (Ryan & Deci, 2000).

When these three needs are met, motivation and wellbeing are more likely to last (Ntoumanis et al., 2021). Each one counts on its own terms, so progress on one still makes a difference. Notice where in your life one of them feels thin right now.

The new article sets out the evidence, and how the Women's Wellbeing Lab supports all three. https://www.elizabethsimpsoncoaching.co.uk/post/self-determination-theory-sdt-the-three-psychological-needs-behind-lasting-wellbeing?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=theme14_sdt_blog

One of the sessions I kept coming back to at Ideas Fest was a panel called The Future of Feeling Better. , founder of , ...
24/09/2026

One of the sessions I kept coming back to at Ideas Fest was a panel called The Future of Feeling Better. , founder of , and , founder of , were both on it, and what struck me was not simply what they have developed. It was how long it took for the world to catch up with what they already knew would support people.

Calm was rejected by investors more than 100 times. Dirtea built something most people had never encountered before. Both of them understood something early that most people needed time to see.

A panellist made a point I have not stopped thinking about. When you share a genuinely novel idea, the people who encounter it early are often confused. Enthusiasm from the people you are actually trying to reach means you are early, not wrong.

Women's wellbeing is talked about more than ever. It is in every conversation, every podcast, every workplace talk. And yet most women I speak to are still looking for something that works for their real life, not an ideal one, and not just talking about the issues but taking the right steps for them with support designed for them.

The Women's Wellbeing Lab is my answer to that gap. It is not a programme to finish or a series of sessions to book. It is somewhere to actually do something about how you feel, at your own pace, in a way that fits around everything else.

Some people hear that and do not quite get it. Some nod immediately. And the women who come into the Lab, they stay. They got it from the start.

I left Ideas Fest more certain than I arrived.

If you are ready to do something rather than just read about it, the Pause Practice is a free ten-minute starting point. https://www.elizabethsimpsoncoaching.co.uk/the-pause-practice?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=reels&utm_campaign=pause_practice

I was awarded a scholarship to Ideas Fest this month. Two days in a room full of founders, entrepreneurs, and people bui...
22/09/2026

I was awarded a scholarship to Ideas Fest this month. Two days in a room full of founders, entrepreneurs, and people building things that matter. It was one of the best experiences I have had as a business owner.

And then I had one conversation that stopped me in my tracks.

Someone I spoke to — not a speaker, not a panellist, just someone in the room — heard what I do and immediately told me I should be charging £150 a session.

I smiled. I thanked her. And I walked away feeling deflated.

Here is what I have been thinking about since.

She was not wrong for most businesses. Raising your hourly rate is standard advice for a reason. But it told me she had not heard what I was building. Because the Women's Wellbeing Lab is not a one-to-one coaching business.

When I qualified as a wellness and resilience coach, I offered what the industry told me to offer. A series of sessions. A clear contract. A reasonable hourly rate. And the women who most needed support were the ones who looked at that and stepped back. Coaching exists in boardrooms and executive programmes, spaces still overwhelmingly designed around men. For everyone else, it is an unfamiliar ask.

The women who did come made real progress. And at the end of their time with me, something new was always emerging. A different area needing attention. A new season bringing different challenges. I had nothing to offer them other than more of the same.

So I stopped trying to make the existing model work and built something different.

The Lab is about supporting women in the way they actually need. I built it for the women I have gotten to know. I built it for the women who were too overwhelmed to engage with coaching. And I built it for the women I have yet to meet.

It is not a series of sessions. It is not a programme to complete. It fits around her life, not the other way around.

If any of this resonates, the Pause Practice is a free ten-minute starting point — no commitment, no account needed. https://www.elizabethsimpsoncoaching.co.uk/the-pause-practice?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=reels&utm_campaign=pause_practice

There is no single right way to work with me. That is intentional.The Women's Wellbeing Lab is a psychology-informed mem...
18/09/2026

There is no single right way to work with me. That is intentional.

The Women's Wellbeing Lab is a psychology-informed membership that gives you access to evidence-based tools, resources and real coaching support, structured around your life rather than a fixed programme.

You choose the level of involvement that fits where you are right now. Explore independently, work through structured content at your own pace, or bring in direct coaching support when you need it. Adjust as things change, because they will.

There is also a free starting point. The Pause Practice is a ten-minute guided wellbeing experience: no account needed, no commitment required. It is a good place to begin if you are not yet sure what you need.

You choose the kind of support that fits, and you are not doing it alone.

Ready to explore what the Lab offers?
https://www.elizabethsimpsoncoaching.co.uk/the-pause-practice
And if you have a question first, I'd love to discuss this with you.

She is competent. Capable. The person other people rely on.She is also the person who puts everything else first and get...
17/09/2026

She is competent. Capable. The person other people rely on.

She is also the person who puts everything else first and gets to herself last, if at all. She often doesn't know exactly what she needs, only that something isn't quite right, and the list of reasons to wait keeps growing.

She is not looking to change everything. She is looking for somewhere that understands her world is complicated, shifting and demanding, and gives her some agency within it.

She may have tried things before: apps, programmes, advice that sounded right but never quite fit her specific life, her specific circumstances, the particular combination of everything she is navigating right now.

She is the woman the Women's Wellbeing Lab was built for: a place to finally give her wellbeing the attention it deserves, build confidence in the decisions she makes about it, and see real improvement, physically, emotionally and psychologically.

If any part of this sounds like you, you are in the right place.
https://www.elizabethsimpsoncoaching.co.uk/

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