Coaching with Rachael

The women I work with don’t think they’re burnt out…

…They’re doctors, lawyers, leaders.
They’re functioning at a high level - on the outside, at least.
They deliver. They get it done.

But inside?

They wake up already tight in their chest.
They forget what they were saying mid-sentence.
They make one small mistake and feel physically sick.

They’re not falling apart.
They’re over-performing, despite depletion.
Still showing up, but at a cost their body keeps trying to flag.

This isn’t about motivation.
Or mindset.
Or not being “resilient enough.”

It’s what happens when your nervous system stays switched on high alert for far too long, and you’re trying to keep going, despite your body telling you that it needs to do things differently.

But when you learn to work WITH your body - everything changes ✨

I’ve had a very sunny ☀️ weekend visiting Oxford this weekend - I was there to meet a coaching client who I coach as a volunteer for - and it was so lovely to meet in person for our session.

I’ve never been to Oxford before and I really enjoyed having a pootle around the sights after our session - including the History of Science museum where there were lots of astrological clocks that were used to tell the time and date by looking at the moon 🌕🌙
- a very different way of life.

It was very clear to see how the development of scientific academia and medicine was very heavily dominated by men until relatively recently. And while it’s now a different story - there’s still a long way to go.