07480 120 801‘Gratitude is one of the strongest and most transformative states of being.
It shifts your perspective from lack to abundance
and allows you to focus on the good in your life,
which in turn pulls more goodness into your reality’ – Jen Sincero
My gratefulness
I want to acknowledge that I am, where I am & who I am thanks to many people and experiences.
Wholeheartedly, I thank my parents, children, siblings, business mentor and heart & soul friends for:
- inspiring me to stay true to myself
- encouraging me to keep exploring and growing
- unconditionally loving the whole of me
- continuously believing in me
And I also feel tons of heartfelt gratitude for my amazing clients – the quiet, scared, keen, brave, excited, bold, uncertain and determined individuals, families and couples I have had the pleasure to know, meet, talk & work with.
Each one of my clients inspires me, because their invested courage, time, money and effort has changed and improved their lives.
My clients empower themselves to see, feel, act and think beyond that what seems to be in front of them.
Gratitude for my past
Over the years I have come across bumps of all kinds of shapes and sizes.
We all do.
Some events were very tough and some traumatic, but I manage old and new challenges thanks to gratitude keeping me grounded.
Gratitude has been a key life-ingredient from birth and influences my character, behaviour and all my relationships.
My respect, empathy and appreciation of others was modelled to me by my loving parents, Arie and Helga who shared with others generously, loved nature and respected life.
Their attitude to life and people I share and it became the foundation of my career in education. I passionately devoted 26 years to teaching and supporting students right across Nursery, Early Years, Primary and Secondary through to Six Form.
Being deeply involved in education has given me sincere appreciation, experience and knowledge of Special Educational Needs and also a great understanding of all kinds of people, issues, ages, communities, ways of living, struggles, celebrations, needs, challenges, relationships and behaviours.
I value my ongoing encounters and experiences because each one invites me to shape, create and celebrate life every single day.
Gratitude for my present
I look at all I experience with a focus on perspective, awareness and gratitude.
This focus of thinking and living gives me peace and calm.
Some of my past most impactful personal experiences that make up my present are:
- Separation and divorce
- Grief, loss and trauma
- Living far from family
- Toxic, unhealthy, manipulative and narcissistic relationships
- Parenting issues, worries and stresses
- Bullying, isolation and intimidation in past work environment
- Mental health challenges
- Menopause and HRT challenges
- Ageing and physical changes
- Anxiety and depression
- Fluctuating energy levels
- Insomnia
- Imposter (Saboteur) syndrome
I am grateful for my life and how, as I have become older, I enjoy it even more fully, freely and consciously.
Future Gratitude
You, I, we – can choose each day to be connected to ourselves, to the world around us and to each other.
In noticing acts of kindness, love and beauty – we can remind ourselves of the many blessings, opportunities and choices we can welcome every day.
And with each noticing we have the choice to add more joy, love, growth, success & gratefulness to our days.
Self-empowering gratitude
Continuously developing, expressing, feeling and sharing gratitude, helps me focus on my present instead of my past.
It also shifts my perspective to what I have, instead of what I feel I might be missing or lacking.
Gratefulness truly creates confidence, joy and self-empowerment.
‘Challenges, like changes are a constant presence in life.
Gratefulness can help you manage and use both to your benefit’ – Yvo
Let’s coach
What gift to yourself would you be grateful for?
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