Trust me when I say I know first hand the difference between doing a job just for the wage, for the sake of doing the norm & following the crowd, & doing something that really brings happiness (work can and does do that!).

I was definitely not one of those people who knew what I was destined for or wanted to do, in fact I never had a clue. Or at least that's how it felt.

Because looking back, I had many clues, I just didn't have the tools or knowledge to tap into those, identify my strengths or know where my interests could take me. And the result was me drifting around various jobs for a while, frustrated & perplexed about why I often felt so, well, bored!

It was fine for a while, I thought that was just what everyone did.

Enter..... motherhood, mortgages, and convention..... & I'd achieved full blown burnout! Living so far out of alignment with my own values had caught up with me, creating some rather unpleasant feelings of overwhelm & anxiety, & (despite the annoyance at myself that I couldn't just be happy) I had to face up to what wasn't working. It took some difficult times, some tears, & some help, to accept that I needed to step off of the conveyor belt. And it took some courage to walk a different path. I didn't want to keep rushing around like a blue arsed fly, in constant states of either fear (that I'd cocked something up at work) or sadness (at dropping my crying toddler off at nursery). Shocking hey?!

So, to cut a (very) long story short, I trained to become a coach, quit the office job & spent more time with my then young son, whilst slowly building my coaching business (with allllll the imposter syndrome along for the ride), & for 3 pretty amazing years we swapped the house & mortgage for life afloat the Oxford & Grand Union Canals, living & travelling on our narrowboat!

(If you'd like to, you can read more about my career journey here, and more about boat life here)