Yesterday I was chatting to a new coaching client, and he admitted to being quite critical of himself. He would call himself disorganised, lazy and lacking in willpower and planning. But when he was talking about doing hobbies that he was passionate about, that totally float his boat and make him feel alive, I asked him the following question: Are you disorganised, lazy, or lacking in willpower or planning when you’re doing the thing you love the most? He acknowledged…
I shared this story yesterday with a client as it was relevant to what was going on for them. Back when I was around 27 (just yesterday then ?) I was living in London, in a toxic abusive relationship that was draining me and I was burnt out. I went to go and see someone for an energy healing and on the way out of the underground, as I was walking up the stairs I saw this shop in…
Yesterday I got the following question posted up on my Coach Carly Facebook page: “how do you help a friend who is in a very controlling emotionally abusive relationship?” As a transformational life coach who also teaches Reiki and so works in the energy realms a lot, there were two branches to my suggestions – the first was how to support the friend, and the second (but more important aspect) was how to look after your own energy. I have…
This afternoon I took some time out and headed to the beach five minutes from my house. This is nothing out of the ordinary for my life these days. But as I lay there on a white sandy beach, with barely another soul in sight, looking out onto the clear turquoise ocean glittering under the sunshine with not a cloud in the sky, I had a crystal clear moment of realisation and reflection. The sun was beaming down…