The end of summer holidays always seems to sneak up on us, doesn’t it? One minute you’re paddling your toes in sandy shorelines, thinking...

Confidence is not an attachment that you use every now and again. Not a bonus extra you add on once you’ve ‘sorted out’ the rest of your life. It’s the foundation. The starting point. It is the thread that weaves through every decision, boundary, relationship, and reinvention. Without confidence we get stuck. We say yes when we want to say no. We second-guess ourselves into silence. We shape-shift into versions of ourselves we barely recognise, just to be liked, or safe, or ‘

Somewhere between feeding everyone else, replying to never-ending WhatsApp groups, and wondering if your pelvic floor will ever be the same again, confidence can quietly pack up and leave. And often, we don’t even notice it’s gone until we try to speak up, show up, or step up and something inside us whispers, “Who do you think you are?”

Beautiful poetic quote by Victoria Erikson We often expect ourselves to push forward constantly—to be productive, present, energised. But...

Spring, for me, feels like the real New Year. The emergence of life. The blank page. A potential promise.

A Bless This Mess Blog by Gemma Cousins, CORE Coaching As those who participated in The INTENTIONS Workshop will know, I devise...

Comfortable Confidence is the Goldilocks zone of confidence that helps you to embrace change and step out of your comfort zones.

We cannot grow in our comfort zones, we have to courageously peer around the corners and choose to step out.

If we, story-minded souls, need direction, what better way to set a goal than the hero’s way!

If we were to scroll through our collection of contacts, who would we be able to say we had real connections with?

Perfectionism can cause real anxiety and overwhelm, so it is important that your standards and goals are reasonable and achievable.

The mental mess that a reluctant yes can leave you with can be uncomfortable to say the least.

Whatever your stance on midlife there are some hard truths that I have come to terms with.

Worrying is anticipatory fear. It is a clever protective mechanism to reduce the uncomfortable feeling of uncertainty.

A place to share in the sublime and ridiculous elements of doing life and bless this mess together.