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Choose your reality...
There was once a child who dreamed of becoming a millionaire. Naturally hard working and creative, they spent their life pursuing ideas...
Kirsty
Aug 12, 20211 min read
My Shrinking World
As covid restrictions ease, I find myself faced with the realisation of how much my world has shrunk since the start of the first English...
Kirsty
Jul 20, 20213 min read
My Intention vs Your Behaviour
When we cock things up, we hope to be judged on the basis of our intentions, don’t we? We hope that people will understand that we meant...
Kirsty
Jun 29, 20212 min read
Barking at trees doesn't make the squirrels come down
After having to say goodbye to our 15 year old dog Freddie, I’ve been thinking about what I’ve learned from him, and his sister Sky (who...
Kirsty
Dec 14, 20202 min read
Keep moving
My sub-conscious has decided that our morning run is an ideal opportunity to present me with random shit to connect. This morning’s...
Kirsty
Dec 4, 20202 min read
Stop your shoulding!
When you tell yourself you “should” do something, do you feel resistance, reluctance and resentment? Perhaps you quite often don’t do it?...
Kirsty
Dec 3, 20202 min read
What is coaching?
It appears that I’m a coach who forgets to talk about coaching…I may not be getting the hang of this business malarkey! Maybe it’s time...
Kirsty
Nov 11, 20203 min read
Resilience: Why it's good to accept that things are a bit sh*t
Acceptance is not about long term endurance of feeling sh*t.
Kirsty
Oct 4, 20202 min read
My Prematurely Empty Nest
When my only child was 14, he announced that he wanted to live with his father...because it was “more fun".
Kirsty
Aug 23, 20203 min read
The weight of an empty nest in the work-life balance
My son leaving home “freed” me to focus on work...and made me realise that it couldn’t fill the hole his departure had left.
Kirsty
Aug 19, 20202 min read
Working Mums and Empty Nests
The chances are that a working mum has shaped her working life around her role as a mother in some way – if not all ways.
Kirsty
Aug 16, 20202 min read
Age is a number, not a definition!
Maybe the only thing we need to change in middle age is the number of f*cks we give about what other people think of us.
Kirsty
Aug 6, 20201 min read
The LIGHT approach: TOOLS
We all do the best we can with the resources available to us. What we need to do is find the tools that allow us to become more resourceful.
Kirsty
Jul 28, 20202 min read
The LIGHT approach: HOW
Knowing your "how" means you're focusing on getting closer to your goal, rather than it seeming ever more distant as you flounder around.
Kirsty
Jul 25, 20202 min read
The LIGHT approach: GOALS
“So you want to progress, but you don’t know to where?”
Kirsty
Jul 20, 20202 min read
The LIGHT approach: INVESTIGATE
When we're prompted to dig deeper...that's when our insights happen, and our understanding grows.
Kirsty
Jul 15, 20202 min read
The LIGHT approach: LISTEN
When did you last feel truly heard?
Kirsty
Jul 4, 20202 min read
Empty Nest Syndrome
Empty Nest Syndrome is real and valid and bloody painful. But being an Empty Nester doesn't have to define us.
Kirsty
Jul 2, 20202 min read
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