Nicola Walker Coaching

Mindset Coach, intuitive clarity, purpose, joy

Mindset

Gratitude is Who You Truly Are

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woman looking peaceful and grateful with hot drink in mugIf you want a quick reset, look for what you’re grateful for. Gratitude feels so good because gratitude is who you truly are. It helps you to open to life, rather than resist or judge it…

We all feel grateful when something wonderful happens, or when what we were dreading doesn’t happen after all. Gratitude is usually the last thing on our mind when the shit hits the fan. Our mental preoccupations and thought spinning brains lure us in and keep us  glued just like endless TV. Gratitude becomes a forgotten practice tucked away with pretty journals, crystals and aromatherapy oils.

I used to be that way, but I have become increasingly grateful for the power of gratitude. Gratitude can often be like a magic wand, transforming my energetic state and wiping the windows of my eyes, so I see beauty and notice what is good in my life. [Read more…] about Gratitude is Who You Truly Are

Facing the Unknown and the Hazards of Overthinking

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Person hiking in foggy hills alone facing the unknownFacing the unknown is like standing before a yawning, misty chasm. Your mind races to figure out how to navigate waves of air and nothingness, riddled with potential hazards. In a desperate effort to keep control, you think of all the worst case scenarios and overthink the ways you might avoid them. 

If overthinking wears you out, or disillusions you, you might not even step forward, but cling to the edge of your dreams, choosing comfort and safety over incalculable risk.

When you’re at a turning point with your career, as an entrepreneur, or creating a new life in other ways, you have to find a way to get comfortable with the inevitable, unfathomable unknown.

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Focus on Your Brilliance, Not Your Failings

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Person standing on beach at full sunrise.

Everyone is brilliant. Yet brilliance is easily obscured, undiscovered or forgotten. Train your mind to recognize and appreciate your brilliance rather than your failings.

What makes you brilliant?

Brilliance is about who you really are, without trying, doing or working out how.

Your brilliance is visible in the light that shines through you when your heart is open and your joy is sparked.

Your brilliance is your intuition, your innate knowing that guides you. This wise part of you shows you the way.

When you focus on showing up as your most brilliant self, the highest and best outcomes happen.

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Feeling Stuck in the Same Old Patterns: How to Move Forward into Something New and Joyful

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Pink Rose Is that “got to do something about this now” feeling beating in your heart? When you are feeling stuck in the same old patterns, it’s important to remember that you CAN move forward.  You can leap out of your life into something new, vital and joyful once you know where to begin.

Most people begin with their frustration over feeling stuck in the same old patterns. The bigger your dreams and goals, the more you can get frustrated with feeling stuck in the same old patterns. It’s a vicious circle. What’s happening is that you are narrowing your focus in on what makes you irritated so much that you forget who you really are. This may sound odd but you are not someone who is stuck. You are a brilliant, creative, powerful person who is on the verge of a breakthrough. No matter how you think of yourself, you fall short of seeing yourself and your abilities in their true light.

Feeling stuck in the same old patterns is an invitation to open up your heart and mind, instead of tightening them up with resistance to what is happening.

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Feeling Overwhelmed in Your Business: Take Time to Listen to the Reason Why

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Big tree roots - get to the root of feeling overwhelmed in your business

When you work alone, as a solopreneur or entrepreneur, without a team or support system, you can sometimes feel overwhelmed by all the actions you think you need to take each day. If feeling overwhelmed in your business is a pattern that you find yourself in often, the best approach is to find out what is beneath the overwhelm. There is a lot of information around on the practical steps you can take to move past overwhelm into action. You may be familiar with several already. For example, breaking down each project into small steps and deciding which project you will begin with. However, if prioritization and breaking down projects into small steps isn’t working for you, or would work if you could get past a deeper rooted paralysis, then take a ten minute break to dig deeper.

What to do in 10 minutes if you are feeling overwhelmed in your business or work

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