UNDERSTANDING YOU
I help you identify and remove mental blocks by:
+ Understanding your motivations and create behavioural change
+ Helping you establish where to start and make small changes that grow over time
+ Supporting you in developing sustainable plans for food, exercise, wellness, sleep, recovery or rehabilitation
+ Helping you anticipate and overcome obstacles
+ Encouraging you identify solutions you may or may not have considered before
+ Guiding you to build problem-solving systems you can apply, on your own, as new goals and challenges arise in the future
+ Supporting you to self-manage your motivation and commitment to lifestyle changes
It’s a partnership
+ Safe space: I offer a supportive space for you to discuss your intentions, fears, limitations and aspirations
+ Respect: I honour you and your priorities without judging or pushing you to do things that don’t feel manageable or interesting
+ Encouragement: I act as cheerleader for your achievements: sometimes it is the small changes that have the biggest impact
+ Unconditional support: I don’t judge your actions. I help you come to your own conclusions about what works and what doesn’t in reaching your goals
+ Accountability: Knowing that you must check in with another person about your progress can give you the push you need to move forward
““As an accountant my job is sedentary and stressful. I had let my health deteriorate and as I approached 50 I knew I had to take control, but had no idea where to begin. Paulette had been my pilates instructor and said she could help. Her in-depth intake form gave her the info she needed to see what areas I had to prioritise. Together we set weekly bite sized goals. Overtime these made a massive impact. Improved sleep is the biggest win””
The changes we make will be manageable, we work to ‘crowd in’ and swap rather than exclude. Some examples:
+ Nutrition: switch from white to wholemeal bread, healthy snack recipes
+ Detox: swap plastic for glass bottles, eat more cruciferous vegetables
+ Weight management: eat more protein at breakfast (if you undereat you body will slow its metabolism)
+ Exercise and daily movement: swap high intensity workouts for strength training, make phone calls whilst you walk briskly around the block
+ Stress reduction: schedule time with friends, dance to your favourite song
+ Sleep hygiene: buy blue-light blocking glasses from Amazon, warm bath before bed
+ Time management: write a list of tasks for the following day
+ Smoking / Alcohol: education about the effects and cancer rates, identifying triggers
+ Chronic disease or illness management: helping you find foods which reduce symptoms for example herbal teas, certain vegetables