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Why Coaching Matters More Than Ever:
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.

Gemma Cousins
Nov 203 min read


A Rant: Normalising Normal
When will we, as women, allow ourselves to feel whole? To feel normal and satisfied. To stand in the middle and still feel like we’re winning. To say no thanks to the things that don’t feel like us and yes to those that align beautifully with our values and our essence. When will we stop treating “normal” like something to run from, and start embracing the steadiness and stillness that allows us to make clear, aligned choices? When will we normalise normal?

Gemma Cousins
Oct 202 min read


Confidence Is Not a Niche
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 ‘
Gemma North
Jun 242 min read


THE DARK SIDE OF CONNECTION:
If we were to scroll through our collection of contacts, who would we be able to say we had real connections with?
Gemma North
Jul 16, 20244 min read


Bless This Mess. A Blog by Gemma North at CORE Coaching.
A place to share in the sublime and ridiculous elements of doing life and bless this mess together.
Gemma North
Jun 11, 20242 min read
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