What does winter mean to you?

Do the dark nights motivate you to cosy up and make your home sparkly and twinkly with candles and fairy lights, or are they oppressive and something to ‘just get through’.

Does the thought of Christmas bring excitement and cheer, or stress and anxiety about money, family clashes, and generally exhausting yourself ‘getting it all done’?

Is January an opportunity for you to reflect, reset and recharge or is it yet another stick to beat yourself with as you set New Year’s resolutions you know deep down you’ll never stick to?

The chances are, for most of us the answer is ‘both’. Winter can be wonderful, and it brings its own unique challenges.

Winter Wellness free ebook

And that’s why I’ve created this seasonal ebook for you to help you make the most of this special season. Think of this winter as the perfect opportunity to focus on warmth, wellness and wonder.

Sound good? Wrap up warm, get comfy, grab a hot chocolate and let’s get started! Download the free ebook here.

Love Debbie.x

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Amidst this backdrop, it becomes evident that optimism, that beacon of hopeful anticipation, stands as a cornerstone of resilience. Resilience, defined as the capacity to rebound after facing disappointment, adversity, or crises, seems remarkably pertinent in our current circumstances, doesn’t it?

Amidst these uncertain times, one of the pivotal actions we can undertake involves directing our focus towards nurturing optimism. Hence, I’m delighted to introduce this brand new, complimentary eBook – an invaluable resource available for you to peruse here.

Within these pages lie an array of exercises meticulously designed to foster and cultivate an optimistic mindset. Additionally, practical strategies abound aimed at nurturing your well-being during these profoundly challenging times.

Optimism, in its essence, entails seeking out opportunity amidst adversity. Even amid the most trying and dismal situations, it’s about discerning that faint glimmer, that minuscule light signalling a potential opportunity, a lesson, or an unexpected gift.

Despite the darkness that might enshroud us, optimism beckons us to look beyond, to seek out those hidden opportunities waiting to be discovered. It’s about recognizing that even within the bleakest of circumstances, there’s always a chance, albeit modest, for growth or learning.

Love Debbie.x

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If there’s one thing we do know, it’s that 2021 will be different. Who knows what challenges it will bring and how the pandemic will continue to shape all of our lives?

In this uncertain climate it’s more important than ever to understand that no matter what’s going on around us, we all have choices. We can choose to find the best of the situation we’re in and continue to move forwards, or we can choose to do nothing and find ourselves stuck.

This guide is my gift to you for the New Year, in the hope that it will help you choose to pursue a compassionate existence and remain focused on what matters to you, in January 2021 and beyond.

We’ll unpick 2020 and put the year away and through a series of exercises, thoughts and journaling prompts, we’ll get clear on what’s important in 2021 and how you can achieve your goals, one step at a time.

I look forward to seeing what 2021 brings, for all of us.

Love Debbie.x

Photo credits with thanks (in order of appearance) from Unsplash include: Alexis Subias, Amy Shamblen, Green Chameleon, Annie Spratt, Andreas Dress, Gia Oris, Jimmy Chang and Bruno Nascimento.

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Keep a clear head and trust yourself

It starts with having a clear head and being able to trust in yourself and use your intuition and judgement as you explore and look for the opportunities to ensure you make the right decision for you. Reminding yourself of what you are good at, what your strengths are, what talents you have, what qualities you bring to be able to solve your problem are all within us. Your inner confidence is there – it always has been – it just might have been quietened by your own unhelpful chatter.

Open the door of opportunity

Then, it’s about opening the ‘door of opportunity’ which means taking time to really think about what you want; then accepting responsibility for yourself; then being able to create the path to move on. You have to trust yourself and because you’ve looked at all of the options you can take that leap of faith and make your life happen. I’m always amazed at how creative, brave and trusting people are of themselves and when they start to achieve what they set out to achieve – they say ‘I wish I’d taken that chance earlier’. Hey – hindsight is a wonderful thing right!?! So my role as a coach is to bring together the reasonable mind and the emotional mind which creates the wise mind. With understanding and wisdom we can make great decisions because we’ve taken the time to slow down and really process our thoughts and feelings and connected with what we do know for sure. Then with confidence you can purposefully practice a new way of being because of the new decisions that you have made.

So if you want to create healthy, happy and safe choices then you have to be able to think straight – which means you have to quieten the chatter going around and around in your head. How do we do this I can hear you ask? Well here is a technique that I use to bring you into the present moment so that you can ‘slow down to go faster’. …..

Step 1

Ground yourself by placing your feet firmly on the floor and then consciously moving your mind down to your feet. Ask yourself – are my feet touching the ground? The answer is yes! So at that moment you are mindfully present.

Step 2

Breathe – consciously find where you breath is. You are obviously breathing but to consciously focus on your breath means that you are bringing your thoughts to your breath and how you are breathing. So once again, taking the chatter away from your thoughts and focusing on you in that moment.

Step 3

Take 3 deep belly breaths and consciously slow your thoughts down and visualise a quiet space in your head where you can see the door of opportunity. With that quiet mind you can then make a more rational, helpful, healthy, happy and safe decision.

Avoid the dilemma and the chatter and with a clear head make the right decision for you. It can be really hard to see the new shoots of growth that are within us all as they are maybe blocked by our past. Look hard for those green shoots of opportunity and possibility and give us a call if you’d like to talk it through to gain clarity and a clear direction as to where you are heading next. We, at wishfish care deeply about you making the right decision for you. So if you are ready to take that next step to understand more – then give Gail a call on 07496328745 or drop her an email on wishfishgail@aol.com to arrange an initial chat with one of our wishfish coaches.

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