Sometimes they come knocking. DoubtFearShameGuilt Sometimes I open the door. Even though I know better. Often they have friends with them, unwelcome guests. They say things like “who do you think you are?” and “You won’t succeed, you never do”. And then they make themselves at home. Demanding access to my memory, creating a revisionist history, reinforcing and enhancing a … Read More
Top Tips for Diet Success
Here it is! My top tips for diet success! I am a professional so read on… ➡️ Don’t fu&@ing diet. And… ➡️ You do not need a cleanse. Full stop. ➡️Anybody trying to sell you shakes, chemical food, prepackaged snacks likely has alternative financial motives. Think about that. Get a true professional on your side if you want and need … Read More
What does it look like?
When did someone decide what fitness, health and beauty looked like and when did we start to believe them? When did we decide that marketing and sales centred around “perfection” was reasonable even though the metric and model was fictitious? When did judgements and shame become our right to cast upon ourselves and others? When did we decide our daughters … Read More
Take their word for it?
Don’t just take their word for it… Sadly, coaching is yet unregulated and therefore those with limited education (if any at all) and experience can call themselves a coach. The title is not yet protected in Canada for the profession which means as a client or “coachee”, you need to ask the right questions. With so many so called “coaches” … Read More
Go through it
Sometimes the only way through the most painful journey is right through the very heart of it. When faced with pain and uncertainty the natural instinct is often to manoeuvre around it, to locate solutions, to avoid holding the discomfort and finding coping mechanisms that alleviate the burden. We are designed to alleviate threat and discomfort as a basic survival … Read More
Imposter Syndrome
“I am a total fraud”. “Eventually someone will see that I’ve just gotten lucky – so far”. “I don’t really know what doing, I’ve just faked my way through”. Imposter syndrome. The faulty belief that you got to where you are by luck, being in the right place at the right time, waiting it out and by the people you … Read More
Walk towards what you want
When I finally learned the difference between walking towards what I want – rather than away from what I don’t – it was perhaps one of my biggest personal awareness “ah ha’s”. My moment of consciousness. Many of us live our lives knowing what we don’t want, running away from perceived danger and focused on scarcity, scanning the environment for … Read More
Why are we here?
At Momentum we help people to connect with their purpose. To find their passion – or reinvigorate old ones. To overcome old stories, narratives and beliefs that are no longer serving them. To question the status quo. To challenge behaviours that don’t yield results. To activate their strengths and make a sustainable, exciting and realistic plan for success. Be it … Read More
The feelings we don’t have the words to describe
The feelings we don’t have the words to often feel the most powerful. ♾When love can’t describe the abundant heart. ♾When fear can’t describe the terror. ♾When devotion isn’t the word that describes the bullet that would be taken. ♾When a “breakdown” can’t begin to articulate the unravelling of the life you’ve held so dear; even if you’ve had a … Read More
What would you be?
If you could, what would you be? If you didn’t have that fear, that voice, that insecurity holding you back? What if you became the person you wanted to? Did the thing you dream of? Started the project that’s been on your mind for a long, long time. What if you transcended those old stories that shackled you to living … Read More