Photo credit - @storiesbychloe https://storiesbychloe.com/ This guest blog has been written by Abi, a master accredited coach of over two decades from Abigail Jane Coaching® . Abigail Jane Coaching® was founded by Abi in 2021. As a master accredited coach with the Association for Coaching and a CMI qualified manager, Abigail offers a unique blend of career, life and/or business coaching with holistic support to individuals who want to realise their full potential. I hope you enjoy this read....

Photo credit - @storiesbychloe We often tell ourselves that confidence is the starting point or that one day, something will click. That we’ll feel ready, capable, certain and then we’ll go for the opportunity, make the change or put ourselves forward. But in reality, it rarely works like that. In my work as a life and career coach, I see the same pattern time and again. I work with capable, intelligent and experienced women who are more than ready for their next step, yet a lack of feeling...

Have you ever walked away from a conversation and found yourself replaying it on a loop, picking apart what you said, what you didn’t say, and how it might have landed? It’s a very human response, and one I see time and time again in my coaching work. At the heart of it, we want to be liked. We are wired for connection, so it makes complete sense that we pay attention to how we come across to others. From an evolutionary perspective, belonging meant safety, so we have become highly attuned to...