You may not know this about me, but I love coaching and being coached. I've had my own coach for years, and up until recently, I had two coaches helping me in different areas.

I've seen the power of coaching to improve my business and personal life, it has opened me up to new ideas and then allowed me to execute on those without getting in my own way.

The top 3 ways coaching has helped me:

1. I'm a lot less stressed running my business and have more joy:

This has been a game changer for my business and personal relationships. Business can be an emotional rollercoaster. I used to catastrophise or worry about problems – this made it hard to enjoy my business. It also made it difficult to find solutions to problems which kept me stuck in the same place, and not growing. Plus, I no longer carry stress into my relationships.

2. Overcame a lifetime of personal barriers that held me back:

I had a story since I was a kid, “I'm shy”, as I got older I realised this wasn't always true. The story then turned to “I'm introverted”, and later “I'm not good enough”. My stories held me back from playing bigger and being visible, and speaking to a bigger audience.

I've overcome these stories and it's led to more opportunities and freedom within myself.  See my TV debut with Kochie below.

3. Insights and creativity:

Our mind works to create, solve and provide solutions to whatever we need. When I was stuck dwelling on the same recurring problems in my personal life, my mind worked to correct those ‘problems', it wasn't focused on creating a better life, the space was already occupied.

Learning how to let go of negative thinking has allowed me to see what's possible in my life, and to rely on my insights, not my personal thinking (which is usually putting me down).

My coaches have guided me to step out of my comfort zone, to create a vision and take small achievable steps to get there. They have seen opportunities that I didn't, and showed me the way.