Amy

Autumn Goal

Hi Coaches, Its my first time setting a goal for a season and I would appreciate some feedback and pointers on it and also maybe how I can simplify. Setting an autumn goal comes after 12 months of being unemployed, going into a deep burnout and a slow recovery process carrying the uncertainty and trying …

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Autumn Goal

Hello, I’d like to get some advice in relation to my autumn goal. Weirdly I’ve chosen my rocks, but I’m stuck with the wording for my goal (I usually get stuck the other way around!) For context, I’ve just purchased my first house and I’ll be moving in the next two weeks. I’m moving closer …

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Doing less (with more intention)

Hello, this submission is inspired by two submissions from other members that really resonated with me. One was about not putting your life on hold during the semester and teaching responsibilities. And the other one was about not feeling like you have to be productive 100% of the time during your working hours. With regard …

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Doubts about my Autumn Goal

I just finished watching the replay of the autumn workshop and here’s what came up for me: Goal: Prepare my mind and body for pregnancy with my rocks being: – Changing my story – Nourishment – Movement The doubt that I’m having is that my goal for this year was to start trying to conceive. …

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The coil

I’m 42 and had the coil fitted recently after 6 years without any hormonal contraception because of increasingly heavy periods. Short cycles, with crazy flooding just made life (& iron levels) really hard. I think perimenopause is the reason (early days) but having just joined the Flow Collective I’d love to hear your thoughts on …

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change my relationship with noise

I have always been quite sensitive to noise because I hear very well and I am prone to headaches and migraines. But after a year of insomnia recovery, noise has unintentionally become my enemy number one. Which I suspect makes me even more sensitive and irritable. Maisie talking about changing her relationship with the wind …

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Relationship with my body

Hi, I have noticed that I’ve put weight on recently. I have steadily gained weight since the pandemic really, and the change to wfh lifestyle but it’s probably also to do with my age, being about to turn 30 etc. My relationship with my body is a complex one. In my family, some members have …

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Scheduling

at work, I was talking about scheduling a meeting with colleagues and I had a sudden headache, I felt cold and slightly sick. This is totally normal for me when it comes to scheduling conversations. It stresses me out so accutely and I want to get some coaching on it. I have done some models …

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Shame triggers abound!

Hi Coaches, I’ve been seeing someone new, and I notice that a lot of things they say trigger shame in me. I think I am already in a state of anxiety and shame about dating, but I am also feeling really unsettled by the prospect of liking someone and hoping that the feeling is mutual. …

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Annoyance

Hi I’ve been trying to coach myself through this but keep coming back to being annoyed. I have a team member on a temporary contract with me, they have been quite clear that the job isn’t really for them, they find it repetitive & boring. I’m fine with that part as I know the job …

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Brain looking for other things

I was watching the call replay from a couple of weeks ago recently and Maisie was talking about when our brains are being lazy when we start looking for ‘other things’. I think Maisie was saying that this can be our brains not wanting to confront how we’re feeling and what we’re doing right now …

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Period after termination

Hi Coaches, I’m unsure if this is the correct place to post this but I’ve tried looking online and keep coming up short! I’ve recently gone through a termination and I’m expecting to start bleeding any time from now. Do you know what the first period after a termination is generally like? I know the …

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Dead End

I am currently feeling a huge sense of loss, almost like grief. It is affecting my motivation with my business and in my personal life. I think this is because I have realised I have developed quite strong feelings for a man I can’t have (we are actually both married) and I feel a sense …

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Relationship with work

Dear Coaches I have been thinking and working on my relationship with work a lot recently. After burning out in 2017, I identified a lot of my patterns, like how much my self worth is connected to achievements at work, hyperindependence and perfectionism. After coming out of a period of intense work stress recently this …

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Not feeling congruent

I’d like some coaching on this thought I have that my results are not congruent with the image I have of myself. I’m a type of coach (alongside my paid employment), and I have done a massive amount of work on myself to think about myself as a coach. I struggled with feeling ‘not enough’ …

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Nervous system during the night

Hi coaches! I’ve been working with my nervous system for about two weeks and I can see that a shift is happening during the days. I notice when I leave ventral-vagal and can actively try to slowly get back. This works by breathing deeper, touchingy hands, telling myself that I am safe and – if …

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Children arguing

My eldest daughter is autistic and my youngest has ADHD. My eldest has a desire to control everything whilst my youngest is a whirlwind – my thought is that it’s a very tricky dynamic to navigate. I am an empath and absorb the emotions of others around me. If one of my children is upset …

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Stealing

Hi! I had a situation come up the other day, where a friend told me how she steals a lot from stores. It is not just food and essential items, but expensive luxury items and art supplies. She is fully capable of working, but chooses not to most of the time. She has totally justified …

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Working less hours

Hi! I am thinking of working less hours a week. From 32 hours to 24 hours. I work as a psychologist in a very extraverted and social job with lots of responsibilites. I am neurodivergent en highly sensitive and introvert. Therefore my job costs me lots of energy and I am often tired. The job …

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Processing a conflict

Trying to figure out what coaching I need to help me process this scenario. I had a very heated and rather dramatic falling out with my sisters husband a few days ago. For context, we do not get on easily, in the past we have had very difficult and upsetting conversations usually about something that’s …

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Feeling unmotivated at work

Hello coaches! I would like to get some coaching on feeling unmotivated at work. I feel like what I do in the work has no purpose, no meaning, no impact. Most of the things that have an impact (like really working with people) run through my boss, who is the brain of the company, the …

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Dating and Self-Worth Part 2

Update: I messaged him and he never responded!! I’ve officially been ghosted. I was shocked at first, but it’s been five days and I can honestly say that I am already moving on from that experience as I’m quite clear on the thought “this has everything to do with him and nothing to do with …

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Feeling dismissed by friend

Dear lovely coaches, I’d like help with some ruminating thoughts surrounding one of my best friends. We tend to send each other lots of voice messages as a way of keeping in touch. I had been quiet for a while, because I’d been going through a tough period & my mental health was low. She …

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Honouring my ‘yes’

Hey coaches, I have relistened the podcast with ‘ honoring your yes’s and no’s’ and I really spoke to me in this situation. My partner and I said yes to trying to have a baby. I said a very sure yes in trying to have a baby because I have done some coaching the past …

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Making decisions

I’d love coaching with regard to making decisions, as I find myself coming back to the same decision over and over again. Context: I’ll have to move in the next year and I keep going back and forth between moving to city A (close to job, opportunity to buy an apartment, marginally closer to support) …

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