A change in season always feels like a lovely invitation to step back from the daily noise and reflect on where we are. Hopefully these journal prompts will help to guide your reflection so that you can approach any change with intention.

Quite often with Coaching clients (and humans!) there isn’t a shortage of ideas and desire for change, but there is a barrier to change which comes in the form of procrastination and overwhelm.

We may well be mentally committed to launching our event, changing our role, creating our new website and so on but often we feel stuck and not able to take the physical action to brings our ideas to life.

At some point during the intro call with a potential new client I always ask, out of curiosity, why they got in touch (when there are so many Coaches out there) and this time, they were candid with their response of, “You look like someone who has their shit together.”

I had two immediate responses….

The stories that we tell ourselves, become the life we create. We can re-write things differently for our next chapter, at any time we choose. What would be different about your story if you believed this was possible?

The topic of ‘saying no’ comes up often in the Coaching space. How to speak up for ourselves rarely comes naturally. Many of us find being assertive a bit tricky and often worry about appearing aggressive. They aren't the same thing, and with practice, speaking up for ourselves, with clarity and calmness can become nice & easy!

May Journal Prompts. A frequent topic of conversation in my household, with friends and also with clients is about how we can make a little more space (and time) for peace in our lives.

A regular topic for discussion with Coaching clients, is our view/ judgement of the world around us; what it offers us (or doesn't) and whether something is wrong or right, black or white. In the outside world our judgement is quick to take up space in our thinking. 

Journal prompts to help you to stay curious, re-connect with yourself and embrace the human capacity for learning.

No amount of planning can ensure times of uncertainty as we move through life …. But we can take steps to build our self-belief and resilience.

Having a perfect view of ourselves or how we think life should be is a recurring theme for so many of us; whether we're new to something or well established in our career and lives, we can often tell ourselves that we could have done more, tried harder, produced better results etc.