Hello, I'm Kirsty
an improbable spark of (shared?) consciousness clinging to a spinning rock in space
Nice to meet you, fellow spark!
RANDOM SHIT ABOUT ME
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I swear prolifically
My favourite number is 42
I am an introvert
I was almost certainly a sloth in a former life
I read voraciously
My second language is sarcasm
I am shockingly bad at working out left and right
I love Excel formulae
I find it really hard to say "edited" & "specifically" (you're saying them now, aren't you?!)
Trying to be who I thought I should be
I've spent most of my life trying to feel normal, to fit my square peg self into round holes, and generally be like "everyone else". With, it has to be said, remarkably little sense of success or enjoyment.
Whatever I managed to achieve, I still felt like an imposter in my own life - that I had to be constantly monitoring myself to avoid being caught out either professionally or personally as an inadequate weirdo who should be banished forthwith so that someone more normal and deserving could take my place.
In my forties, I experienced a hefty dose of shit in my personal life, which left me a bit of a mess (but not a hot one - life is SO unfair). Eventually, in desperation, I found myself dipping a rather cynical toe (if toes can be cynical?) into the waters of self-help/personal growth (call it what you will). Aided by a surprising number of books with the word "fuck" in the title (who knew?!), I started to discover stuff like NLP, Buddhist thought, coaching, mindfulness and meditation.
My life, my way.
I found new ways of thinking, feeling and being, and came to understand that I can choose how to focus my mind and show up in my own life. I began chipping away at the layers of defence and pretence I'd built up around myself and was gobsmacked to realise that I actually quite liked what I was finding.
Coaching took things to another level: coaches let me get it all out of my head; they ask me questions I wouldn't ask myself; they guide me to find the difficult stuff, and they make me feel safe and supported while I tackle it. I never cease to be amazed by the coaching process, both as coach and client.
These days, I am more comfortable in my own skin and my own life than I ever imagined I could be, and that feels good. It's a feeling I want everyone to have...
And that's why I'm a coach.
If you'd like to find out more about how coaching could help you, please get in touch - no charge, no pressure, no obligation. Just potential...
