Leighjoy Inspires
When we do things scared, with courage we build within us a foundation on which to stand that makes the next time we show up with courage and scared shitless a little more tolerable and so that embodied experience builds and grows us. Each experience that requires our courage requires the courage we used in […]
Visionary Definitions: Oxford learner’s dictionary: “A person who can think about or plan the future in a way that is intelligent and shows imagination” Urban dictionary: “A bullshit artist, who snowballs people that don’t know better.” Wikipedia: “Visionary leadership involves leaders who recognise that methods, steps and processes of leadership are all obtained with and […]
Do you feel tired, restless, low energy, mind scattered, sore muscles, headache? Then maybe your lifestyle isn’t healthy. As a self-care coach I guide my clients in living a healthy, authentic and sustainable life. There are 6 areas I focus on finding wholeness with my clients: physical psychological spiritual emotional, mental personal Living a healthy […]
Do you feel lost? Do you feel you do not know where to go in your life? Do you feel unfulfilled? Does your career feel unrewarding? Do you feel stuck and powerless? Do you want clarity in your life and career? Do you wonder what your choices are? Are you finding change stressful? Do you […]
Do you feel you are brave? Do you feel like you cower in fear when you want to be brave? Do you shake in your boots trying to be courageous? Facing the fear and doing it anyway A couple of weeks ago I was in a session with a client. She was telling me how […]
Think of an elastic band – how it stretches when put under stress but then returns to its original shape. This is resilience! Lauren Turner one of Leigh Joy Inspires and Associates self-care online workshop trainers says that resilience is the ability to cope with stress and challenges and “return to balance” quickly from an […]
As a self-care coach my practice is filled with beautiful souls in pain, grieving, angry, sad and in shock due to the effects of COVID-19. This got me thinking about the brilliant Dr Elizabeth Kubler-Ross the American-Swiss Psychiatrist whose famous study of the family of the elderly and their 5 stages of grief as a […]
“Sleeping is my drug, my bed is my dealer and my alarm clock is the police” ANON Are you a Lark? – the early bird catches the worm According to Matthew walker the author of Why we sleep. Larks account for 40% of the population. Larks are the kind of people that are an enigma to […]
For as long as I can remember I have loved sleeping. I swear I was a cat in my past life. According to Matthew Walker the author of Why We Sleep: “Sleep is the single most effective thing we can do to reset our brain and body health each day – Mother nature’s best effort […]
Nearly eight years ago, my husband and I decided to have my tubes tied after the birth of our second child. It was a big decision, but one we were comfortable with and made with ease. Condoms weren’t our kind of thing. I had used a coil for ten years and felt there were side […]