I once worked with a woman whose marriage was over after 20 years. She was absolutely devastated and had fought to keep the relationship going despite her husband wanting a divorce for many years. “I don’t understand it,” she said, “I was so nice to him. I was kind, I was loving, I was the perfect wife!”
Continue readingOver the years I’ve often seen quotes suggesting that in order to attract true love into your life you have to ‘be’ true love in your life. And this used to really confuse me. But, I think I understand it a bit better now. As a culture we’re programmed to think that we will ‘be’ a certain person once we ‘get’ a certain thing.
Continue readingAs we come to the end of self-love month I wanted to tell you about something that happened to me just yesterday. Because sometimes (oftentimes) we need the love and guidance of another person in order to recapture our sense of self-love.
Continue readingAre you someone who is always waiting to get to that magical place called ‘there’? You know the place I mean… “When I’m promoted (‘there’), I’ll be confident.” “When I marry my soulmate (‘there’), I’ll be happy.” “When I’ve paid off the mortgage (‘there’), I’ll feel settled.” “When I’ve had a baby (‘there’), I’ll be contented.” “When I’m perfect (‘there’), I’ll start loving myself…”
Continue readingWhile a healthy approach to risk can help you move forward, a cautious approach could be hindering you from reaching your full potential. I’m excited to share my feature in Good Housekeeping this month, talking about our different approaches to risk. Pick up a copy today!
Continue readingIf you read Tuesday’s post about the benefits of self-love, you’ll know that I promised to start giving you tips on how you might start the life-long process of learning to be good to yourself today. I’ll be exploring this topic in depth throughout March, and today we’ll make a start together…
Continue readingMarch is LOVE month here at Jo Emerson Coaching – not the romantic stuff, but self love, which, ultimately, will make you a better lover so keep reading… When I first heard the term ‘self love’ a couple of decades ago I was filled with actual horror. I mean, what arrogance to think that a person might love themselves! I was so busy playing myself down and mostly hating myself in order to gain approval…
Continue readingOne of the things I do as a coach is help people to manage their fear in healthier ways. This is something I continue to learn how to do myself, because we can all get lost in fear. Today, I know how to get out (should I choose to). Here’s an excerpt from my soon-to-be-published book, Flying for Beginners…
Continue readingOne of the most exciting aspects of my job is helping people to be truthful with themselves… It’s fascinating just how many lies we tell ourselves and how these lies disempower us.
Continue readingEach month this year I’m going to be writing about a different topic and February is truth month! So, why do I want to talk about truth? Because I believe our lack of truth-telling underpins so many of our problems.
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