What if the story you've been telling yourself about who you are isn't the whole story? What if the label you've carried for years is only one part of you? What if the thing you are struggling with right now doesn't erase all the things you are getting right? And what if someone can frustrate you deeply and still make you incredibly proud? This has entertained my thoughts because of what I experienced recently with my son which gave me one of those moments as a mother, as a c

As we reflect on mental health awareness this October, I've been thinking about the work I've been doing on myself over the last couple of years. One of the biggest things I'm learning is that growth isn't always about changing what's happening around us. Sometimes, it's about changing how we understand ourselves and respond to what life brings. I've come to value therapy because it has given me space to process emotions I might otherwise have brushed aside. It's helped me re

Something has been on my mind this week. During a recent professional conversation, I found myself returning to a simple but powerful thought: we don't leave our internal world at the door. And the more I thought about it, the more I realised how much of our lives this touches.

When We Know, But Don’t Want to Know Sometimes denial doesn't look like pretending everything is fine. Sometimes it looks like making excuses for something we already know isn't working. Staying busy so we don't have to feel. Avoiding the conversation we know we need to have. Holding onto something because accepting the truth feels more painful than living with the discomfort.

I DON'T FEEL SAFE. BUT I ALSO DON'T WANT FEAR TO TAKE AWAY THE PARTS OF LIFE THAT MAKE ME FEEL ALIVE. I wasn't planning to talk about this. But I think sometimes there are things happening around us that we can't just ignore because: I'm a woman. And I walk. I run. I do my sprints. I put on my shoes, and I go outside because movement is part of how I look after myself. And suddenly I'm asking myself: "Do I feel safe doing that?" The answer is no.

Sometimes You Don't Realise You're Living the Dream Until You Pause On Saturday, I spent the day at the #WomensHealthExpo, representing Health Coaches Academy alongside three wonderful women. It was a beautiful day - full of conversations, connections, photographs, graduates, exhibitors and people who are passionate about health and wellbeing. And yet, my biggest takeaway wasn't really about the expo. It was about me. Somewhere between the conversations and the networking, I

Another year older. But perhaps more importantly, another year deeper into myself. I know what it is to be in the middle of a difficult season. I know what it is to carry things people can't see. I've done my own work. I'm still doing my work. And now I create spaces where other people can do theirs. Hence today's Sunday Soul. As I celebrated my birthday this week, I'm not thinking so much about how old I am. I'm thinking about how far I've come.

Sometimes, you don't realise you've arrived until you look back. There are moments in life that look completely ordinary from the outside. An ordinary morning. An ordinary conversation. An ordinary Wednesday. And yet, something inside you shifts. I had one of those moments recently. I found myself doing something that, years ago, I used to imagine myself doing. Back then, it was just a little dream. Years later, I found myself sitting in that moment and it was peaceful.

For a long time, I didn't understand therapy. In fact, I was quite explicit about it. "I don't need therapy. How is that going to help me?" Until I lost my mom. Last Sunday, I told you about a conversation I had with someone who made me think differently about the cost of opportunities. What I didn't tell you then was that the person I was speaking to is actually my therapist. And somewhere along the way, I started noticing that I wasn't quite myself anymore. I was drifting.

I had a conversation with someone this week that unlocked something I had been struggling to put into words. And sometimes, that is what a meaningful conversation does for us as humans - and even as coaches. No answers were given through this conversation. But I walked away being able to articulate how I felt. And surprisingly, the feeling was familiar. The last couple of weeks, I had been feeling emotionally drained. Apprehensive.

There are days when the weight of everything arrives all at once. And that is exactly how this Women's Day feels. This week reminded me that we can hold more than one truth at the same time. I can feel deeply grateful for the opportunity to speak to organisations about wellbeing - as I did on Friday - and still feel tired. I can be excited about what is unfolding in my practice... and still feel uncertain. I can be working hard, showing up, creating, building... and still mis

When Becoming Feels Like Danger Sometimes courage isn't feeling ready. It's teaching your nervous system that it's safe to grow.

I own one appliance that most people would probably replace. A manual coffee grinder. It takes longer. It takes more effort. And every time someone sees it, they ask the same question. "Why don't you just buy an electric one?" It's a fair question. Truthfully, I ask myself the same thing on busy mornings when I'm rushing out the door. After all, we're surrounded by technology designed to help us do everything faster. Faster coffee. Faster emails. Faster meals. Faster decisio

I used to be part of the 5 a.m. club. Not because it was popular, but because it genuinely worked for me. I loved everything about those mornings: waking before sunrise, exercising, journaling, meditating. Beginning the day feeling grounded before the world demanded anything of me. I also went to bed early because that rhythm worked for me. At the time, I couldn't explain why. I simply knew I felt my best living that way.

This weekend, I was reminded that some of life's richest moments don't come with the biggest price tag. It's the school holidays, and my daughter kept insisting on a mother-and-daughter day. I loved the idea, but almost immediately my mind went somewhere familiar. How much is this going to cost? I started calculating. Activities. Outings. Lunches. Entertainment. Before we'd done a single thing, I'd already convinced myself that creating a meaningful day together would require

Last Sunday, after church, we did what we always do at the end of every school term. We went for lunch. Nothing fancy. Just our family, gathered around a table, raising our glasses to another season completed. Somewhere along the way, this became one of our family traditions. For years, I told myself I didn't want to create traditions. I associated traditions with obligation and routines that had to be followed. But I've come to realise that not all traditions limit us.

There were moments during this journey when I wasn't sure I would finish. In fact, I went as far as talking myself out of completing the course. "Surely the certificate is not that important." "I am already coaching through a neuro-lens." "I know this work." The noise in my head was loud. Yet, every time I considered walking away, I came back to one question: Why did I start this journey in the first place?

I am no longer carrying the weight of needing him to be different. The Difference Between Presence and Connection. Not everyone who is present is connected. Not everyone who occupies a role fulfils it. Not everyone we call father feels like Dad. And yet, life asks us a difficult question - What do we do with the spaces that were never filled?

Some of the most meaningful things we build begin long before anyone else can see them.

Sometimes the hardest thing to recover from is not the financial loss. It's the identity that was built around surviving it. I remember January 2019. Everyone seemed excited about the year ahead. New Year Resolution. Returning to work. Setting goals. Talking about opportunities and possibilities. And there I was. Trying to hold on to hope while quietly feeling crippled by uncertainty. Losing my job didn't almost feel like losing my identity. It did. I genuinely didn't know wh