Well, once again it's been an embarrassingly long time since my last post. So much has happened over the last few months that I hardly know where to begin! The biggest change for me has been to move up to sunny Coventry to live with my gorgeous man, which is actually two massive changes in one. You see, not only have I been living in Abingdon for something like 15 years, which is twice as long as I've lived anywhere before, I've also never lived with a man before. Oh I've shared houses with loads, but never with a boyfriend before, if I can call him a boyfriend when he's in his 40s. It is quite a big change to be sharing your entire life with someone all of a sudden - it does make quite a difference from just seeing someone as and when. I'm over the moon to say that I'm absolutely loving it!
So what else has happened? I added business coaching to my repertoire earlier this year after training with the fabulous Peter Thomson, so that and the move has prompted some changes to my businesses. The IT business is in the process of being gradually run down and my customers handed over to trusted colleagues, and I'm focussing on the coaching business full time. I'm working with small business owners to help them to grow their businesses, and to deal with any blocks that they hit along the way. I've always loved the "breakthrough" side of coaching and NLP more than anything - it is both challenging and hugely rewarding, as it can totally transform people's lives. It has transformed mine, hence my total passion for working with others to acieve their own breakthroughs. I was discussing this with a colleague the other day, who summed it up nicely for me when she said, "I understand, you want to pay it forward!". That hits the nail on the head - I know from personal experience how frustrating it can be to know what you want to do, but for some reason just not manage to do it, through procrastination, displacement activities, and just generally getting in your own way. And then you get to beat yourself up because you haven't done what you'd planned and achieved your goals, so you feel doubly crap about it all!
Here's the thing - it doesn't have to be like that, and I'm living proof! With a great set of beliefs and values behind you, you really can achieve almost anything. The trick is to kit yourself out with that great set of beliefs and values - more on that in a future post.

