Going for growth: living, loving and learning through experience

Note: I am now using a new website, please visit me at: https://www.christinatransformationalcoaching.co.uk/blog Last week I wrote about Mark and his ‘Big Adventures On Average Talent’, and suggested that the secret behind his ability to have such big adventures with such average talent, lies in his growth mindset. According to Carol Dweck, the research psychologist,

Big Adventures On Average Talent: having a growth mindset super power

Note: I am now using a new website, please visit me at: https://www.christinatransformationalcoaching.co.uk/blog How do you have ‘Big Adventures On Average Talent’? I spoke to Mark Gillett, and my conclusion is: growth mindset. I will write about growth mindset in another blog post, but essentially, someone with a growth mindset is all about seeking opportunities

Imagine if you were free to choose

Note: I am now using a new website, please visit me at: https://www.christinatransformationalcoaching.co.uk/blog Imagine if you were free. No rights, no wrongs. Just able to choose what feels right for you in this moment. It seems impossible to freely decide or act when we are constantly bombarded with advice and recommendations from friends, family, social media,

Rituals and routines with frills: embedding your new positive habits

Note: I am now using a new website, please visit me at: https://www.christinatransformationalcoaching.co.uk/blog Recently in a couple’s coaching session my clients set the intention to create a ritual to help anchor a new practice of appreciating the beautiful, in amongst the chaos of life. This also meant considering the most minimum, flexible, simple and yet

Comparing yourself to others: are you leaping with inspiration or twisted with envy?

6 ways to feel more positive about other people’s success, and blaze your own path Note: I am now using a new website, please visit me at: https://www.christinatransformationalcoaching.co.uk/blog Ah your hopes and dreams. That vision of you in the future as a changemaker, adventurer or just plain happy. Then you go onto Instagram and see

Humble beginnings

How a little humility can take you a long way towards success, growth, and wellbeing Note: I am now using a new website, please visit me at: https://www.christinatransformationalcoaching.co.uk/blog Becoming more confident. It’s a huge topic. You want to be more confident so you can step up, achieve more, make a difference in the world and

When bad feelings do good 3: Fear

This is the third post in the ‘When bad feelings do good’ series. This post will focus on ‘fear’. (See also Part 1: anger and Part 2: anxiety) Note: I am now using a new website, please visit me at: https://www.christinatransformationalcoaching.co.uk/blog In cultures that tend to divide emotions into good and bad, fear is usually

Accidentally meditating

How I accidentally meditated and fell into a potentially life-changing experience Note: I am now using a new website, please visit me at: https://www.christinatransformationalcoaching.co.uk/blog I have to confess that despite my line of work and everything I know about meditation academically and scientifically, I haven’t yet managed to make it a part of my life.

When bad feelings do good: part 2

Note: I am now using a new website, please visit me at: https://www.christinatransformationalcoaching.co.uk/blog This is my second post on ‘bad feelings’. Part 1 focussed on anger and this part will focus on anxiety. I’m using the phrase ‘bad feelings’, but current understanding of emotions tells us that we are better off not labelling emotions as

When bad feelings do good

Part one: Anger Note: I am now using a new website, please visit me at: https://www.christinatransformationalcoaching.co.uk/blog If you’re interested in mindfulness, meditation or managing emotions, you’ve probably, at least once, heard something like ‘just observe any feelings that come up, non-judgementally.’ This is good advice. Emotions about emotions can be worse than the ones you