ABOUT ME

Hello loves!

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I'm Poppy and I'm a Certified Life Coach based in Cornwall. I work both in person in Cornwall and Devon and remote Life Coach online. I'm truly passionate about life coaching and the benefits it brings.

I've personally gained so much from Life Coaching and I know my clients have too (check out my testimonials tab).  

So who do I coach? I coach people who feel stuck where they are right now. I coach people who resonate with one or three (!) of the following statements:

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•  I feel stuck

•  I've hit a stumbling block in my career/life/relationship

•  I feel anxious about what I 'should' be doing

•  I can't remember when I last felt confident 

• I know what I want but don't seem to be doing it

•  I'd like some impartial support as I work my way through some decisions

• I could do with some clarity on a situation

•  My key relationships feel flat or on a rinse, repeat cycle

•  I can't move on from a situation 

•  I've hit decision fatigue because there's so much I want to change and I don't know where to start…

•  I feel blocked and like I'm just going through the motions

•  I don't know how to feel joy anymore

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If you connected to any of these statements, tell me about it! I want to hear about what's going on in your world that's keeping you where you are right now. Because it's daunting at first, not knowing where to start to bring in change, never mind how to! 

But together, we'll talk it through. I will ask you a variety of reflective questions and open questions, I will deeply listen, I will reflect back to you and I will challenge you. I'll do all of this gently but will be holding you accountable and we'll come up with forward focussed plan. Because I don't want you to be stuck. I want to work with you and get you moving forward, taking one steady step at a time towards your goals. Let's get you aligned with your future self.

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So what did I do that led me to coaching?

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Well, I got an English degree from a London university so let's just say I've read a lot of books. I then spent a few years working in different capacities in various industries (selling books, managing spaces, organising events, all of which were pretty much about managing peoples expectations. Inbetween I'd be scribbling prose and hanging out in theatre and music spaces). Luckily I enjoyed much of what I did, but after a year or two, when there wasn't anymore to learn about the role or if it didn't challenge me, or if I had to mask my sensitive, empathetic soul (inner city life), then I would start feeling disconnected. So yes, I know all about that stuck feeling.

In 2020 the company I worked for sold, gifting me redundancy. I took this time to train as a Transformational Certifed Life Coach via Animas, who are accredited by the International Coaching Federation (ICF) and Association for Coaching (AC). It was one of the best decisions I've made! 

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So, believe me when I say I know change is not always comfortable, but I also know staying stuck in a space you've outgrown is far more uncomfortable.

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Now, so you can suss me out a little more, I'll share a bit of my personality with you via a mini q&a:

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Favourite book?

Despite loving reading and moving home to make space for my books, I don't have a favourite! How is this possible? Well, how can I choose one? Just one? That's impossible! But I share books I've read and recommend on my socials.

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Do you get coaching?

Yes, of course. Practise what you preach! I also read Life Coaching books, psychology books and am currently training in Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) so as to further help my clients. Everyday is a school day...​

What do you do to unwind​?

Movement if it's daylight which can be walking, sea-swimming, dance or yoga (which I adore as it's strengthening, lengthening and meditative and my monkey brain fights against meditation). I also read (anyone spot a theme?) and listening to music. 

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What's a piece of advice you like to give your clients?

'Self-love, my liege, is not so vile a sin as self-neglecting.'

William Shakespeare, Hamlet V.

The Oxford English dictionary defines selfishness as lacking consideration for others, but selflessness, its opposite, is putting everyone else's needs above your own. It's neglecting yourself. And if you're neglecting yourself, how can you show up for others? How can you be your authentic self? How can you achieve all you want? 

So... be more selfish.