The surprising benefit of Transformational Coaching
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The surprising benefit of Transformational Coaching

Transformational coaching is about building an unshakable foundation within yourself of radical self acceptance, compassion and curiosity so that you can learn to treat yourself as a human being, and not as a punching bag. When you do that, your whole world changes.

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What is creativity?
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What is creativity?

Perhaps your barrier to creativity is not knowing what it means… but then again, who does? The most important thing is to know what it means to you. What do you feel drawn to as a form of expressing yourself?

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How is being home?
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How is being home?

Moving away for me was a big deal. As a second generation immigrant, my parents moved to Australia from a divided South Africa. I had always looked at people who moved overseas as courageous. Little did I know, that was my brain’s way of hinting at the courage in me.

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30 Lessons Learned
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30 Lessons Learned

This move into the new decade got me thinking about how far I’ve come. All the things I have achieved, all of my failures, heartbreaks and joys.

I decided to compile a list of some of my lessons learned in hopes that it sparks some curiosity or inspiration in you. We don’t often take the time to reflect on our learnings and truly appreciate all that we have experienced or accomplished, for better or for worse!

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Mindfulness 101
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Mindfulness 101

Image shows Chantelle lying in a child’s pose wearing a white tshirt and black bike shorts with white swirls.

Did you know that mindfulness is an ancient practice derived from Buddhist teachings? Borrowing a quote from Jon Kabatt-Zin, mindfulness is:

“the awareness that arises from paying attention, on purpose, in the present moment and non-judgmentally”.

Of course, I have some issues with quoting a middle aged, white man when talking about something derived from ancient Buddhism and Hindu work but…

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3 Proactive Mental Health tips you needed in your life, yesterday.
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3 Proactive Mental Health tips you needed in your life, yesterday.

Image shows “mental health’ written in scrabble tiles with a green leaf.

I wanted to share some proactive mental health tips with you, things that you can do when things are okay. There are tools that we need when we feel like things are melting down around us, I call these crisis mode tools but what we are looking at here are the proactive mental health tools.

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