I managed to ignore myself for 8.5 years. I was on a career path that did not serve me. But I kept sticking it out because it gave me:

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✨ Security

✨ A purpose

✨ An identity

✨ A shared objective

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I thought it was enough to just have those things. Until I realised that those things are meaningless if they don’t align to who YOU are.

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Through working with my own coach I started to unpick the parts of my career that just weren’t working for me.

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I worked out my values (freedom, honesty, integrity, authenticity and connection)

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I worked out my likes (adding value to others, autonomy, creativity and self-development)

 

I worked out my strengths (reflection, driving action, compassion, questioning and inspiring others)

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And started to map those to things that mattered to me:

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👯 People

🧨 Passion

⬆️ Progress

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It didn’t take me long to realise that coaching was my thing. I became qualified and started my own practice.

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All it took was backing myself, by investing a relatively small amount of time + money.

 

I say relatively small because the things I learnt through that process will stay with me for a lifetime.