I Felt As Though There Was No Space Left For Me
I have 7-year-old triplets and every day is intense. Before my coaching series, I often felt as though there was no space left for me and that I was just managing the day to day (a blur of joy, chaos, sleeplessness, noise and fun) without any sense of direction. I felt really keen to start a new area of work and to be excited, once again, about life beyond parenting but I felt exhausted and lacked both the confidence and focus to take those difficult first steps.
Lavinia’s positive energy and commitment to how important it is for a mother to find herself again after children, really struck a chord. I knew that I needed some guidance to order my mind and that the magic ability of a woman to empathise and understand how I felt was exactly what I needed to feel inspired enough to start a new chapter and at last do something entirely for myself!
Our first session was brilliant because I realised straight away that Lavinia simply got me. She fully understood what I was searching for and how I felt. She focused intensely on me and asked the right questions to enable me to sort out my hopes and feelings. I was able to formalise my desire to make a change by setting goals which felt real and tangible.
Since our series, I have noticed an inner strength that I had forgotten all about since the triplets were born! I feel strong and determined and very excited about my new area of work. I have reconnected with my ideals and beliefs, which feels good, and I feel that I know what I want and can continue to set myself new actions every week. I am determined to get there and I know that step by step, I can achieve anything I wish. I have realised that things may happen a bit slower when you have children but you can still follow your dreams...
The only down side to a coaching series is that it eventually stops - it would be good to have a coach for life! So I will be booking regular follow up sessions, even if just quarterly ones, to ensure that I am still focused on my dreams!
I feel very lucky to have Lavinia as my life coach. She is warm, loving and very emotionally intelligent. If I had to describe my coaching experience with her in 3 words, they would be: exciting, motivating and rewarding.
~ Esperanza Maguire, animal behaviourist & mother, UK