Recently, I found myself in a situation where I had to coach myself through a block – and let me tell you, it was far harder than coaching someone else through theirs.

That moment stopped me in my tracks.

As coaches, helpers, supporters, or even just deeply reflective humans, we can often see clarity so easily for others. We ask the right questions. We hold space. We gently guide. But when it comes to our own lives? Our own stories? Our own patterns?

We can be our own biggest blockage.

That experience was a powerful reminder that self-awareness doesn’t automatically mean self-ease. Knowing the tools doesn’t mean the work disappears. In fact, sometimes it makes the work feel even more confronting – because you can’t unknow what you know.

Adding Coaching to My Wellness Toolkit

One of the most valuable tools I’ve recently added to my wellness toolkit is coaching itself – not just as something I offer others, but as something I actively use for me.

Through this, I’ve opened up a whole new layer of support:

• reflective questions that actually land
• journal prompts that dig beneath the surface
• exercises that gently (and sometimes uncomfortably) peel things back
• and a deeper willingness to sit with what’s really going on

It’s not about fixing. It’s about understanding. Awareness before action.

Journaling: My Favourite Kind of Therapy

If you know me, you know this won’t surprise you – journaling is one of the parts I resonate with the most.

I love to write.

It’s a creative outlet, yes, but it’s also a way to take the chaos of an overthinking mind and lay it out on paper where it becomes clearer, quieter, more manageable. Writing helps me see:

• what’s actually happening
• what I need to deal with (and what I don’t)
• how I want to respond instead of react

At the same time, it boosts my creative energy centres – and that alone feels like medicine.

Sometimes the clarity doesn’t come immediately. Sometimes it comes three pages in. Sometimes it comes in the form of a sentence I didn’t expect to write. But it always comes.

Lists: My Lifelong Love Language

And then there are lists. Ohhh, the lists.

I have always loved a list.
To-do lists. Goal lists. Bills-to-pay lists. Brain-dump lists. Random-life-admin lists. If it can be written down, I’m in.

There is something deeply satisfying about a list:

• the organisation
• the sense of control
• the mental space it frees up
• the little dopamine hit when you tick something off

I’m currently trying (and failing… and trying again 😅) to convert a family member into the magic of list-making. One day, they’ll see the light.

There are so many benefits to a list – but here’s where growth has really shown up for me lately.

When Growth Looks Like Ignoring the List

Lately, I’ve been loving my current self for another reason.

For sometimes looking at the list and saying:
“Actually… fuck it. I need to rest.”

And meaning it.

Realising that not everything on the list is more important than my nervous system. Or my energy. Or my capacity. Choosing rest – without guilt – feels like a level-up I didn’t know I needed.

Growth, I say. Growth!!

It’s about finding balance in the madness that is life. Honouring structure and softness. Ambition and rest. Action and pause.

Moving Forward With Confidence

Life isn’t always easy – but it can be supported.

We can add tools.
We can align our thinking.
We can choose curiosity over criticism.
We can learn to coach ourselves with the same compassion we offer others.

Right now, I’m feeling deeply confident as I step into what feels like a brand-new chapter of my life. There’s clarity, momentum, and trust where there used to be hesitation.

So… watch this space.

There are exciting updates coming – and yes, I’ll be ticking them off my goals list as I go 😉