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Life very rarely looks like the clean before-and-after story that we all get momentarily inspired by. The experience of being in the middle of something hard. And staying steady. Not because the hard thing got easier. Not because you found the right strategy or the right mindset or the right words to say to yourself in the difficult
Read MoreA few years ago a woman named Sarah came to me having spent years 'working' on herself. She wasn't in crisis. She was, by every external measure, fine. Good job. Loving family. Comfortable, loving home. But she described sitting in therapy sessions every Tuesday and leaving feeling lighter for about two hours, and then waking up Wednesday morning...
Read MoreAt some point, most women I work with arrive at the same conclusion. They've done the work. The therapy, the courses, the books that made complete sense while they were reading them. The journalling that helped for a week. The breathing techniques that work beautifully until they don't. The mindset reframes that felt true in the morning and...
Read MoreThere's a particular kind of discomfort that doesn't have a clean name. It's not a crisis. It's not depression, though it can feel flat in ways that look similar. It's not burnout, though exhaustion is usually part of it. It's not a relationship problem or a work problem or a problem with your circumstances, even if all of those things feel...
Read MoreSomething shifted in 2024. I'm still working out what to do with it. Last year I was building something called Put U Back Into MuM. Before that, you might know me for Emotional Confidence for Women. Different ‘brands’. Same focus. I’ve spent years sharing my life with my kids, about the emotional weight of parenting through the hard times. I’ve...
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