01 —Learn to listen to your own self

Too often we will hand over our control to others, we allow the experts to tell us what we should be doing, feeling and believing. We allow our family, friends and associates to influence our daily lives so we end up feeling dissatisfied. You are the expert of you ! Sometimes all that is needed is someone to help you listen to your own needs and desire.

02 — Learn to live your best life

There are times in our lives when we feel like we are on a hamster wheel and we have no idea how to change things, there is too much happening, too many things that need done and too many responsibilities. How do you change things when you are overwhelmed? Simply by having someone by your side, walking along with you, helping you sort through the options available and encouraging you to use the bravery inside to step into your desired future.

03 —Learn that you can overcome the barriers in your way

Often we may know what we want, where we should be heading and how we want to feel, but we have tried and failed so many times that we view change as futile. That isn’t so. We need to be helped see what the barriers are that stand before us, encouraged to try again and helped develop strategies to overcome those barriers once and for all.

04 — Mary-Anne

I had known Mary-Anne for many years when she asked if she could have a session with me. She was a confident, successful woman of 47yrs old who had two children, both of which had left home for university. She lived with her husband in a beautiful house, and to many people viewing her lifestyle would be said to have an almost perfect existence. As always I was curious.

When I asked Mary-Anne to tell me about what had brought her to see me, she started to cry, She told me that she was menopausal, weepy, having mood swings, insomnia, had gained weight that she couldn’t lose, her memory was affecting her work as a teacher, her usual confidence had disappeared and now when her husband wanted her to accompany her to events she said no, as she just wanted to stay at home and hibernate. Mary-Anne had been to her G.P. who suggested hormone replacement but she didn’t want to take more medication as she had been on the contraceptive pill for most of her adult life.

Then started the exciting stage of discovering what her life was like, medically, physically, mentally and from a dietary view point. How did she socialise and what did she love in life? Once we had gathered information, looked at barriers that may stand in her way, my role was to help Mary-Anne work out a plan of change, starting with small easily attainable steps.

Within four months Mary-anne was transformed from within. She had lost the weight she had gained, had started to sleep longer each night and not feel fatigued all the time. The brain fog had started to lift, her memory had improved and her love of life had returned. The old Mary-Anne had been reborn.

The best thing however was that Mary-Anne could now look at her life from a different perspective and analyse what was happening and needed to change. A skill that she now had to face any life eventuality in the future.