Tag: self awareness
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It started as an ordinary Monday. I went to view a venue and met the venue coordinator about an event I was planning. When I finished, rain had started to sprinkle, so I walked quickly back to my car. Nothing about the day felt particularly unusual. My mind was occupied as it often is, but…
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There are experiences I can explain. And there are experiences I can only describe. Learning about high sensitivity gave me language for many things I had experienced for years. It helped me understand why certain environments overwhelm me, why I notice subtle changes around me, and why my body sometimes seems to respond before I…
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For years, I didn’t think of myself as highly sensitive. I simply knew that crowded places could become unbearable. First came the pressure in my head. Then the sounds around me seemed to blur together. My chest became heavy. I became irritated, and eventually there was only one thought left: I need to get out…
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Sometimes I think we expect clarity to arrive at the end of enough thinking. If I look at this from another angle, maybe I’ll see something I missed. If I give it another day, perhaps I’ll know. If I ask someone else, maybe their answer will settle something in me. And sometimes it does. There…
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Emotional clarity is not the absence of difficult emotions. It is being able to recognise and distinguish what you are experiencing, even when several emotions, thoughts or concerns are present at the same time. It does not mean always knowing exactly what to do. It does not require you to feel calm, certain or completely…
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How grief, unexplained experiences, intuition and a lifelong search for answers led me to self-acceptance — and eventually to coaching. I didn’t become a life coach because I had figured life out. I became one after spending much of my own life searching for answers — about experiences I couldn’t explain, about intuition, about why…
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When life looks functional on the outside but something inside still feels unresolved. You are doing what you are supposed to do. You go to work. You meet your responsibilities. You make decisions. You respond to people who need you. You plan what comes next. Nothing is necessarily falling apart. And yet, somewhere underneath all…
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Have you ever found yourself sitting alone, desperately trying to find an answer to the questions playing repeatedly inside your head? Maybe you’re deciding whether to leave a job, end a relationship, start something new, or finally say no. You think about it once…then again. And somehow, the more you try to find the answer,…
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Emotional Exhaustion, Nervous System Override, and the Quiet Loss of Presence THE COST OF LIVING OUTSIDE YOUR BODY Many people experiencing emotional exhaustion or chronic stress do not realise they have slowly disconnected from their body. It rarely happens suddenly. Most often it develops quietly through pressure, responsibility, emotional suppression, and long-term nervous system override.…