Wild Lorg

26/11/2024

It's wonderful to see a write up on the benefits of one of my favourite heart opening things!

Today’s classes are as much about stress relief as spirituality. The feeling of elation is an added bonus, too. Time to get it om

15/04/2024

Who has met a teen like this?

It can be pretty exhausting in the face of such indifference from someone you care so much about.

The truth is, sometimes emotions are SO huge that it is too hard for someone still learning communication skills to express their wants and needs clearly and sensitively.

All you really want is some help to safely guide them as they grow and challenge boundaries.

The challenges of being a teen today are no joke, even if the character of Lauren is meant to be funny.

08/04/2024

Ever felt like you might as well be talking to yourself?

You're busy talking, giving explanations, asking questions, beiing super helpful and explaining how to make progress. So, you're giving instructions... Giving instructions... Giving instructions... and you might as well be a mime or shouting into the wind because they just aren't bothered. Talking to teens (& stubborn co-workers!) can definitely be like talking to a brick wall!

The truth is, sometimes brains reach 'full capacity' and anything non-essential is cast aside. You're not being actively ignored (although it may feel like it, and it can really hurt).

The truth is they've got bigger stuff going on and your asks aren't going to get answered until their needs are met and they're back into a state of increased resilience. (That's not a reflection on you, it's about their internal landscape.)

All you really want is to have a teen who has someone safe that they are happy to share their worries with.

I've been there trying to get heard and wondering what I was doing wrong. It wasn't about me and I stepped away from the wall (Thankfully!)

28/03/2024

It's okay to be scared of the unexpected or unknown. This is a whole new time in your life.

We all have fear. (Even the ones who look like they don't.)

You can tap out, bottle up and try to ignore those feelings... Or, you can move through them so they aren't holding you back.

Is it time to be free?

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DM me to book a Teen Coaching Call today. Learn strategies to move forward with confidence, even when life is full of stress.

06/03/2024

I'm in love. A random find in the cupboard, leftover from the gift basket my mum prepared for our wedding weekend, and it is soooo good on my croissant.

I have a slow breakfast with yummy pastries almost every Wednesday morning. It's an indulgent treat and the most perfect pause in the middle of the week.

Starting the day slowly helps me regroup from the first half of the week and refocus my energies on what matters for the remainder of the week. I make my mind up and I go for it. (The pastry is just the cherry on top of that 🤤🤩)

Planner and phone join me for my second cup of tea, and then I refine the plan for the day in my head while I finish getting ready.

It's so easy to rush into Getting Stuff Done without noticing what we're eating (or doing!), or even what direction we're rushing in.

Before I know it, I can be multi-tasking four things poorly, forgetting the only time sensitive task and being an unfocused driven rushed & unpurposeful me.

Where are you directing your energies today? Do you know?

What would a pause and a refocus do for your day. What would it do for your week? What would it do for your loved ones?

💛 Pause
💛 Refocus
💛 Go for it with purpose

Share with someone else who could use a pause to check in on where their energies are going.

💚 I promise it will be time well spent 💚

05/03/2024

Take time today to fill your mind with people and tasks that have been an encouragement and a comfort to you.

Gratitude is a powerful tool.

03/03/2024

Tell yourself you can do it.

Be your biggest cheerleader.

Do it with love and warmth.

You CAN do this.

P.S. 🥳 We're all rooting for you!

01/03/2024

If you've lost your motivational spark, put your hand on your heart.

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Breathe slowly into your chest

Complete this sentence: 'I choose to do what I do, because I ____________________.'

Repeat.

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Breathe into that space - that's your magic.

29/02/2024

Take a breath.

It's okay to pause no matter where you are or how bad things may seem.

Breathe.

28/02/2024

I think I've always known the power of smiling.

I've got an 'engaging' smile is what people have said to me before.

I'm a curious, gregarious, and sociable person. Smiles come easily to my face. Even bittersweet ones.

I've also got a thunderbrow... When I think especially hard, or am trying to decipher something, if I forget my glasses or am showing displeasure, I do have a scowl worthy of a medal!

Did you know smiling can change the chemistry in your brain? It can lift your mood, even if you don't want it to!

It's the opposite of a scowly frown. (Try to do both of the time - you'll find it pretty hard...)

Paste a smile on your face for a while if it feels ok to do so. Even if it's fake to begin with, you might find it paves the way for some real ones.

27/02/2024

'Coaching' as a word isn't one that really vibes with me. Coach makes me think of sweaty teenage jocks & striped uniforms. And whistles & baseball caps - eurgh. (The only type of hat I just look daft wearing boohoo)

'Teacher' wasn't a title I loved either back in the noughties when I first donned that cap. Teachers were waaay older than my fresh-faced 21years of age and just seemed so, so, so... Sensible! 😂 Teacher has grown on me over the years, though, and I totally do recognise that almost everything I do comes under one (or many) of these banners:

- teaching
- facilitating learning
- leading
- educating
- coaching
- mentoring

I describe what I do now as Teen Coaching. It's the best word I've got for holding safe space for fledgling adults to find their own path. I can showcase tools, teach strategies, distill difficulties and be solution focused but it's all about that young person upskilling, being empowered and transforming their wellbeing independently. And, most importantly, being able to take improved self-care of their mental wellbeing from that point onwards.

If I don't make myself obsolete, then I haven't delivered the change I intended.

That's what I mean by coaching.

Sometimes, one word just can't sum it all up 🤷‍♀️

27/02/2024

We all like to feel seen or have our efforts noticed.

So here I am saying: 'I see you'.

Not in a creepy peeping over your garden fence way... I see you as you are.

I see you in all your human-ness. I see you in all the effort and care you take. In all your messiness and overwhelm and striving. In all your doing and being, connecting and disconnecting, plate-spinning and juggling.

And I think you're pretty darn amazing. Obviously, that's because you are you.

Deep breath and let that one sink in

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