Most of us move through the world on autopilot; reacting, people-pleasing, comparing ourselves, second-guessing our instincts. Coaching disrupts that pattern. It gives you a space to slow down enough to notice your thoughts, question them and choose how you want to respond. That’s cognitive sovereignty which is the ability to trust your own inner compass rather than outsourcing your decisions to noise, pressure or expectation.

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?”

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.