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Kelly Vaughn Intimacy & Relationships Coaching, Kirkcaldy (2026)

27/11/2025

What does self-respect look like to you?

What is self-respect, really?

And… do you bend yours for different people in your life?

In this life, knowing your core values, morals, and your vision for yourself is essential. Challenges will always arise — other people’s actions, substances or overindulgence, hormones, triggering interactions — but underneath it all, what is the vision you hold? What are your non-negotiable values?

To me, self-respect is staying rooted in who you really are, even when life presents a thousand different experiences. It’s moving through the world with a deep sense of self, knowing that your choices reflect the person you are at your core and the future you’re creating.

It’s also understanding that not everyone has this same depth of connection to themselves. When you set boundaries or respond from your truth, some people may not understand — and that can feel uncomfortable. But with practice, awareness, and self-commitment, you can honour yourself without losing yourself.

Allowing someone’s reactions to mold you into who they want you to be is not self-respect. Yes, compromise and communication matter — but not at the cost of your authenticity.

If you’d like to explore creating boundaries, strengthening your self-respect, and truly maintaining it, I’m offering complimentary, no-obligation discovery calls. Coaching is my passion, and it would be a pleasure to connect with you.

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25/11/2025

Join us tonight for an Instagram Live chat.

This is a special evening of truth and vulnerability. Anneke and I will be discussing our relationship with alcohol.

Where it began, and how it’s going.

Our intention is to raise awareness through our experiences and insights from consuming alcohol. To stopping.

We hope that you’ll join us, and contribute anything you would like to ask in the comments box.

Thank you for your support.

We are looking forward to a juicy conversation!

See you tonight 🤍

24/11/2025

We grew up in systems designed to reward certainty.
School taught us to chase the right answers, to win gold stars for predictability, to shape ourselves into the student who never gets it wrong.
We learned that correctness earns us attention — that being right makes us visible. Valuable. Safe.

But the real world is far less obedient.

Everything can be questioned.
Everything can be expanded.
Nothing is fixed — not our identity, not our beliefs, not the stories we tell about why we need to be right in the first place.

The need to be right is often just the nervous system protecting us from humiliation, rejection, or old wounds that still know how to ache.
And when that pattern follows us into adulthood, it shapes how we speak, listen, and relate.

Imagine instead if we raised our children — and ourselves — to listen beneath the surface.
To enter conversations with curiosity rather than competition.
To welcome different views as perspectives, not threats.
That is where intimacy begins.
That is where the mind softens and the heart finally has room to contribute.

The next time you feel yourself reaching for the comfort of “being right,” notice what happens:
Your body tightens.
Your presence slips.
You’re already preparing your defence instead of receiving the person in front of you.

Come back to the breath.
Return to listening — real listening, the kind that asks nothing and reveals everything.
There, you’ll discover the quiet truth: being right is an illusion; being present is power.

With love,
Kelly ❤️

24/11/2025

There’s a moment when you realise you’re no longer satisfied with the version of yourself you’ve been performing.
Something in you begins to whisper: there’s more .

When you start asking yourself the real questions —
What drives me?
What holds me back?
Why do I attach myself to certain people, certain patterns?
What actually ignites me? —
you enter a different kind of intimacy… the one you have with yourself.

Synchronicities appear. Numbers repeat.
Not as magic tricks, but as reminders: you’re paying attention now.

And perhaps you’ve outgrown the dynamics you once settled for — in friendships, in love, in the way you move through the world. That evolution is not a threat. It’s an invitation.

If you’d like to begin December with clarity, sensual presence, and a deeper connection to your inner voice, join me on a Sunday morning of Meditation and Coaching. A slow, spacious reset. A chance to choose yourself with intention.

📍 Kings Theatre
Esplanade, Kirkcaldy

23/11/2025

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You’ve probably heard the term “high maintenance,” often directed at women based solely on appearance. After years owning a bar, I noticed how often this label came up usually as a reason someone wouldn’t approach a woman who presented herself with confidence or style.

Many women internalise comments like this, wondering if “high maintenance” means unapproachable or “too much.” That label can lead to shrinking ourselves to make others comfortable, even when we enjoy expressing who we are.

Over time, a different understanding emerged: being called “high maintenance” often reflects an insecurity. It’s a way for others to justify their discomfort rather than acknowledge their own triggers.
It says more about their perception than your worth.

The truth is, labels don’t define anyone. They’re simply projections that fall away once you recognise your value. When you release these judgments—yours or others’—you step into a more grounded, authentic version of yourself.

If this resonates, know you’re not alone. There’s space to explore confidence, worth, and identity without shrinking to fit someone else’s narrative. Keep shining, keep showing up as you are, and trust that your light is meant to be seen.

Lots of love – Kelly ❤️

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21/11/2025

We are very often punishing ourselves for not meeting the expectations that we hold for ourselves. Harmful words communicated into our very being, and storing them there to fester and grow. We often normalise putting ourselves down, and have no idea of the level of damage that we are doing to our psyche. Crippling words with nowhere to go only begin to weigh you down, and you surrender to their existence and become paralysed by the thoughts and feelings that were never based on fact. Nothing is permanent, apart from change.

Identifying our barriers can be a liberating experience. How did we come to believe the things about ourselves that we do? Learn how to witness the internal voice, and not attach.

Let it go! In my workshops, we will use Meditation to release and cut cords from our attachments that have us continuing to repeat patterns that no longer serve us. It could be in our relationships with others, or the relationship with ourselves.

Create new pathways, and replace your habitual thinking patterns with new beliefs created from letting go of your old beliefs. You are capable, and you are worthy.

Commit – this is the biggest commitment of your life! The commitment to self. We have to place our own oxygen mask on before we can support others. Making the decision to focus on our lifestyle and prioritise our mental health is a magical step to take, and to watch how the world around you changes when taking the first few steps towards trusting the process.

Strip yourself of the noise in your mind and get back to basics. Connect with your inner child, and regain that courageous and playful attitude to grow, expand and evolve in these beautiful chapters of your life.

Join me on Sunday 7th December @ 10am at Kings Theatre, Kirkcaldy. Tickets available on Eventbrite, and via myself by DM.

Have a beautiful day!

With love – Kelly

18/11/2025

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When it comes to intimacy, our ideas of it are deeply personal—shaped by our history, identity, and the environments that raised us.

Society often punishes us for exploring s*xuality—because of age, race, gender, or simply curiosity. Many of us were laughed at, shamed, or misunderstood for our early feelings. Some of us had our boundaries crossed far too young, and we learned to bury desire, or numb it.

I spent years celebrating being a s*xy-looking woman. I absorbed it from my mother—watching how her appearance earned her attention and acceptance. Those early observations imprinted themselves onto me. Later, I learned to people-please, to override my boundaries, and to use s*xual energy to keep a partner close. I didn’t understand that this was self-abandonment.

Layered on top of that conditioning were traumatic experiences—moments where I felt out of my depth, voiceless, and afraid to lose acceptance. I lost connection to my true desires. My wounds drove my choices long before I understood them.

Intimacy is not just s*x. The need for closeness is human—but shame often silences our needs.

If you want to share your own journey and how it shapes your current relationships, I’m here. These conversations matter more than we think. They influence how we see ourselves and how we move forward.

The blocks, the trauma, the confusion—we all carry them. We just rarely talk about them.

Sending love,
Kelly ❤️

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17/11/2025

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When we settle, we stretch our discomfort instead of easing it. We put our curiosity on a shelf. And sooner or later, we’re forced to face that truth again. Settling isn’t the same as trying or growing — it’s accepting less even when we know we’re capable of more. More truth. More love. More passion. More desire. More excitement. More adventure. More drive.

So how do you shift out of settling? Start with your core values. Remind yourself of everything you’ve achieved — big and small. Get curious again. Who are you surrounding yourself with? What are you eating? What are you consuming mentally and emotionally? Who inspires you?

Get clear on what YOU want. Create your vision. Focus. Don’t settle.

Settling means you’re tired — rest and go inward.

Settling means you’re not feeling worthy — surround yourself with people who lift you and hold you accountable.

Settling means you’re confused — gain clarity by creating a realistic plan with small, achievable actions each day.

Don’t settle. Focus. Commit. Believe.

Lots of love,
Kelly ❤️

16/11/2025

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When we drink to excess, overindulge, or make choices we aren’t proud of, we’re usually just trying to feel better.
It’s a simple truth, and an easy one to forget in a world constantly telling us what’s “good,” what’s “bad,” and exactly how we “should” live. It’s exhausting.

Most of us are already fighting a quiet inner battle long before we’re confronted with bright lights and perfect images of people who seem to be doing everything we wish we could do.

🖤 Write down what you like about the escape alcohol gives you.

🖤 What comes up first when you think of drinking to excess?

🖤 How do your relationship dynamics shift when you’re drinking, they’re drinking, or you’re both drinking?

🖤 How are those dynamics different when everyone is sober?

Resentment, suppressed trauma, and stress are major contributors to the breakdown of intimacy. When we stop prioritising intimacy, alcohol becomes an easy filler - something to soften what we don’t want to feel. But the more we drink, the more we bury what needs to be heard. The lessons and clarity dissolve in the haze.

We see this in dating too. We drink to calm the nerves or boost confidence, but in doing so we lose access to our intuition. We miss important information about how the connection actually feels. In relationships, drinking can lead to misunderstandings, blurred promises, and sober-day conflict.

We drink for a reason - and that’s our choice.
But make that choice consciously.
Get clear on what you want from the experience, what you’re communicating through the drug, and how you want to feel afterwards.

I’m here to support you. If you want to explore this in a safe, grounded space, reach out for a complimentary discovery call.

Sending love,
Kelly ❤️

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