Recently a conversation I was having with one of my Project Self Worth members reminded me of something my coach had said on one of her podcasts about people robbing themselves of joy. She spoke about this in the context of your past trauma leading you to protect yourself in certain ways, and how this essentially leads you to putting a cap on the amount of happiness you allow yourself to feel. 🥹 I remember how much emotion this…
Imagine getting bitten by a snake, and instead of focusing your energy on recovering you chase the snake, wanting to know why it hurt you. 🥹 You want to prove to the snake that you didn’t deserve it biting you. This is a great analogy for what those who seek approval and validation outside of themselves tend to do when hurt by others. We chase them for answers; why did they hurt us? What did we do wrong? What…
Can you believe we’re already in FEBRUARY FFS?! What the fuck happened to January already… If you don’t want the rest of the year to go down the toilet too, and want to make the most out of what’s left of this year so you can finally ditch the stuff that’s holding you back, here are a few ways you can work with me this year. I have over 18 years of experience in helping people to clear whatever…
Have you ever looked back at a moment in time and KNOWN it was the moment your entire life changed? Well, consider this a sign that change is well and truly on the way. A BIG FLASHING NEON SIGN. 💠 Back in 2019, I was a complete shell of myself after yet another failed relationship. 🫥 After years of abusive relationships with narcissists, putting myself last, having shit boundaries and not loving or respecting myself, I didn’t…
It was November 2018. I woke up on the floor after sleeping in a room in my house that I used as my office, instead of sleeping in my bedroom, where he was sleeping. I felt scared, afraid to leave the room and confront the situation ahead of me, treading on eggshells as always and feeling like a shell of my former self. 🐚 It wasn’t unusual to be met with passive aggressiveness, being completely ignored…
Last week I finished up my 5 Day Love Lab Challenge. Almost 100 people signed up for this and during the challenge they had a couple of reflective questionnaires to complete. One of them in particular a lot of members found very challenging to complete, as some of the questions were very confronting. What was interesting to me (but also unsurprising, as I see this all the time), was how similar some of their answers were. One of the…