"We are all chasing the same feeling" My friend Pania said this while a bunch of us had met for coffee part-way through a group bike ride. Pania, Cheryl and Steve had all just completed the Coast to Coast multisport race, which runs from the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island, to the East Coast. The 243km is covered by kayak, mountain running and cycling , in either a one-day format "the Longest Day" or a two-day format. The event has become almost a rite of passage fo...
This is Amy's story - it blew me away and inspired me so much! Apologies with some audio inconsistencies - I recorded this a while back, thought I had lost the track, but found it again .. sooo happy! Everything was 'rainbows and unicorns' until Amy got married. Then the change in personality. The alcoholism. The snide remarks. The control. Amy has such an amazing perspective on things ... what kept her moving forwards from deep within this controlling relationship was the cer...
A Way Forward took a bit of sabbatical! The podcast was created at the height of COVID19 back in 2022 and just like a huge number of podcasts, got put aside once the world whirred back to some kind of altered normality. BUT this has given me time to think about all the stories I want to share. Not only those amazing stories from my friends as well as my life and health coaching clients, but also the incredible journeys and feats from my endurance coaching clients. All of us have this n...
Elle came to see me at the lowest point of her relationship with Joe. She was terrified of staying in the relationship and she was terrified of leaving. She not only felt stuck but doomed .. she could not see a way forward for her and her son Sam. It took a few months of regular sessions with Elle for her to have the courage to consider leaving, for her to feel empowered to actually leave, and for her to believe there was a future for her and Sam, of her choice, where she was free of the emot...
Do you find yourself stuck in a rut because you can't tell someone what you want without making the situation worse? Or because you just don't say anything at all and try to suck it up ... but this only leads to resentment, sadness or you feeling like you are isolating yourself within the relationship? In this episode, we explore a way to move forward from this very common stuck place by looking at first connecting, then asking for what you need. The connecting is achieved b...
Are you stuck?? Let's find a way forward. A Way Forward is the podcast I have always wanted to make but have never had the courage to start, let alone finish. In the end, with the support of my clients, friends and family, I think it just burst out of me. I let go of all the imperfections so that I could get my message to the world: there is always a way forward, however small the step we take. But how can we/do we take this step? How is it possible? In this fir...