Jane’s Journal
Today I Am Ready After Connecting My Own Dots
Last week I went to see a coach whom I have been working with for a while now. Over the years, she has helped me prepare me for my next step. The step that has been a deep calling of mine for many years now, however I didn't have the confidence or trust in myself to...
The Similarities and Differences Between Coaching and Mentoring
Coaching and mentoring are a little different, however many people use these words interchangeably. Subsequently, today I wanted to discuss - What is Coaching? What Coaching is NOT! Some Definitions on Mentoring, The Differences and Similarities Between Coaching and...
The Sixth Stage of Grief – Finding Meaning
Grief and loss can be challenging for many of us. I don't think I really knew too much about it growing up. However, later on in my life (maybe from about 30ish), I became acutely aware how much loss I had experienced (without actually realising it). A few years back...
Reclaiming My Courage By Acknowledging and Navigating Fear
During the past few weeks, more changes and opportunities for transformation continue to present themselves in my life. Yes there are the obvious changes being presented with our current situation with the pandemic, however I also have a number of others. In the past,...
Figuring Out Emotions Using An Emotions Diary
One of the skills I am passionate about developing is emotional literacy. There are many reasons why, however one of the main reasons is because I knew I needed to relearn. One of the main ways I have learnt to figure out my own emotions is by using an emotions diary/...
What Are My Essential Needs?
So a few days ago, I wrote about what's in my resilience toolkit after a number of people had asked how I had been coping with the world at present. Today I wanted to delve a little deeper and share what my essential needs are and where this concept came from. Let's...
What’s In My Resilience Toolkit?
At the moment we are being asked to adapt and change. With change comes uncertainty. And uncertainty, can bring challenges challenges and quite often suffering. Within this dialogue of change, the concept of resilience is not too far behind. Subsequently, today I...
Continuing to Be Courageous in My Life
One thing I have learnt in my life is that if I want my life to change, I need to do the work - no-one else can do it for me. Yes, it can be challenging. However, when I am in these challenges, I remember to read and re-read the following quote by Brené Brown -...
How Do I Want to Express Myself as a Woman?
This is the question I have been pondering of late - "How Do I Want to Express Myself as a Woman?" It is very real and raw as I continue to meet deep beliefs within. Last week the tennis season started. Yes, I have been watching it on TV and was lucky enough to watch...
Reconnecting With My Menstrual Cycle
I don't know about you, however for me, I grew up with a number of messages about being a female and how I 'should' act. As an athlete, I pushed my body hard. Yes I wanted to be the best I could be and in the end I lost connection with my body. There were many reasons...
5 Reasons Why I Started to Judge Myself Less
Why do we thinking that self-judgement can help us in life? Or why do we allow it Women who dare to start the adventure of looking after themselves often share with me how much guilt they feel. Comments like "I can't go to the gym, I have to ______ ", "I really wish I...
The Gift of Radical Acceptance
As identified yesterday, I have decided this year is the year of radical acceptance. After teaching mindfulness for a while and also self-compassion, I wanted to focus on and practise radical acceptance this year for a few reasons (maybe I will share that one day)....