by fiona | Aug 25, 2026 | blog, Life Coaching and Mentoring, Mental Wellness, Neuroscience
When living through a traumatic event, loss or major life upheaval, you can sometimes feel like your brain and body have suddenly become strangers. And you body can come up with a few little surprises along the way (which I’m continuing to find out …) You might...
by fiona | Aug 17, 2026 | blog, Life Coaching and Mentoring, Mental Wellness
I recently watched and am now subscribed to a fabulous You Tube channel called Maggie Sterling. And Maggie – like me – is no ‘guru’ or expert. But, also like me, she has lived trauma experience which has shaped what she – and I – now teach. Now I am...
by fiona | Jul 27, 2026 | blog, Life Coaching and Mentoring, Mental Wellness, Personal Development
“Just think and always focus on the positive.” “Everything happens for a reason.” “Your thoughts create your reality.” If you’ve spent any time in the personal development world, you’ve probably heard these phrases more...
by fiona | Jul 9, 2026 | blog, Life Coaching and Mentoring, Mental Wellness
One of the greatest lies we tell ourselves about grief is that there should be a finish line. Six weeks. Six months. A year. Then surely we should be “back to normal.” But here’s the truth nobody talks about –...
by fiona | Jun 22, 2026 | blog, Life Coaching and Mentoring, Mental Wellness
There is an unspoken chapter in trauma recovery that nobody prepares you for. It’s the one that arrives around the six month mark. Like where I’m now at … The emergency has passed. The media has moved on. The visitors stop checking in. The casseroles have...
by fiona | Jun 16, 2026 | blog, Business & Life Strategies, Feminism, Life Coaching and Mentoring, Mental Wellness
There is a version of you waiting on the other side of loss. Not the version that existed before the heartbreak, the divorce, the empty nest, the career ending, the friendship betrayal or the devastating goodbye. A new version. A wiser version. A stronger version. A...
