Melancholy Coaching Podcast
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Melancholy Coaching Podcast
Living With Purpose And Confidence - Linda's Journey
✨ Hello I'm Fran your NLP coach and in this episode I'm interviewing Linda from Harmony Life & Wellbeing Coaching.
Join me as I sit down with Linda, a beacon of purpose and confidence whose radiant smile and passionate spirit inspire everyone she meets. In this episode, we explore Linda’s journey—what led her to live with intention and how she’s dedicated her life to helping others uncover their true potential.
Plus, Linda shares her powerful four-step method for transformation that can help you unlock your best self. Whether you're seeking motivation or practical tools for growth, this conversation is a must-listen for anyone ready to step into their greatness.
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Hello everyone, welcome to the Melancholy Coaching Podcast. I'm Fran, your host and NLP coach. Join me as I interview inspiring business owners and self-improvement seekers about their experiences, while delving into personal development, motivation and strategies for overcoming challenges. Let's ignite our creative potential together challenges.
Fran:Let's ignite our creative potential together. Hello and welcome to the Melancholy Coaching Podcast. I'm Fran, your NLP coach, and I'm honoured to introduce a motivational guest dedicated to transforming fear into power and insecurity into confidence. Linda's journey began as a shy, insecure girl feeling invisible in a world that seemed too big for her. She struggled with anxiety, self-doubt and the fear of judgment, believing she wasn't good enough and that her voice didn't matter. When someone believed in her, everything changed, even when she couldn't believe in herself. Through a simple yet profound exercise, linda experienced a pivotal moment of vulnerability that unlocked her true strength. That moment sparked a deep journey of self-discovery, research and transformation. Deep journey of self-discovery, research and transformation, leading her to develop a powerful four-step method for creating lasting change. Now, at 42 years old, linda lives with purpose and confidence, radiating a bright smile and a passion for helping others uncover their potential. Linda, welcome to the show.
Linda:What a lovely introduction. Thank you so much, fran. Yeah, amazing, thank you.
Fran:What a beautiful bio you have, though, and the transformation that you've been through yourself, you know, is going to truly allow you to just hold your hand out and help others. Thank you for being here with me. How this is going to go is I'm going to ask you three main questions that I've pre-prepared, because that helps me to to do this podcast. I love running everything with a template, so anyone that's listened to previous episodes that I've done, you know that I love doing this, and then what we do is we talk around those and just you know, naturally, just see where it goes. Okay, if that's all right with you, of course. Yes, let's begin, all right. So the first question I've got for you and it leads beautifully on from your, from your bio is what was the pivotal moment in your journey that truly helped you shift from feeling invisible to embracing your confidence? Oh, very true.
Linda:So, as you say in my bio, I was a shy, shy young girl. I was small emotionally and in height. I'm only four foot nine, so I was shy emotionally and in height. I'd blush. Walking into a room I literally felt that I had no place. I couldn't hold a conversation with anybody. Painful memories come up for me. It's quite emotional yeah, no voice, and I just felt like the world was too big.
Linda:I joined my current work position my nine to five in 2006. And I've been there for all those years. Three years ago they sent me on an emerging leaders course. It was a program called Get the Edge. On my first day they gave me a task. That task was to write a letter as an adult to my younger self explaining everything I'd been through and celebrating the wins along my journey. It was such an emotional letter.
Linda:I wrote this letter, I poured my heart into it and the next morning they asked us, to my horror, to read it out loud. To read it out loud. Can you imagine there's me shaking walking up to the center stage, to this chair, that I fell off in front of everybody and I lost my way. But I sat down and I said Linda, you've got this and I sat down and I read this letter to myself in a room full of people that, although I'd worked alongside with them for x amount of years, I didn't really know them.
Linda:So it was a very vulnerable moment and the inner critic was coming through. It was telling me they're going to laugh at you, they're going to admit you to the mental asylum and yeah. But they all clapped and they said I hear you? And I cried and somebody else in the audience was crying. It was just so emotionally connected and it put some things to rest that I did have a voice, I did have something to say and what I did have something to say and people were interested about it. It was just my light bulb moment that my inner critic was the one holding me back, not anybody else.
Fran:Yeah, that takes some awareness, though, I think, because a lot of that lends itself into emotional intelligence, and it just lends itself into where we are in relation to our own individual journeys. Relation to our own individual journeys, that inner critic could be useful at times, you know, because it can allow us to reflect and to take learnings, and but if your inner critic is louder than any positive voice that you may have there, then there's some unalignment going on, isn't there? Yeah, so it's really interesting that you, you know effectively was saying those things to yourself, and then you heard people clapping.
Fran:yeah yeah, the fact outweighed the inner critic, yeah, yeah, and that's such a powerful moment as well. So I truly believe that we, we can all create our reality, you know, and the thing is, we've all got different versions of reality, haven't we? Because we notice different things at the time and we've got different limiting beliefs that we bring to it. The chances are that nobody in that audience actually knew that you were either going to be blushing or that you were worried, or that you had this inner critic. They wouldn't have known, yeah, yeah, they wouldn't have known. We tell ourselves, potentially sometimes as well, that they do know.
Fran:You know, everybody knows it, because we can hear it so loudly in our heads, can't we? You know that they, that they are definitely saying that. So it's really interesting, actually, because that will then end itself for you With you coaching people. You understand the power of the balance that we have between the way that we speak to ourselves and the voice, the tone, the loudness and the negativity or the positivity of how we speak to ourselves, and I do believe that there is no right or wrong, it just is. And if that critic is holding you back and you become aware of it, you know it's something to adjust, isn't it? Yeah, and I can really see how that lends itself beautifully into your journey of then being able to help other people. Thank you, that moment still holds here with me.
Linda:Yeah, very emotional moment. Yes, that, so that moment still holds here with me?
Fran:yeah, very emotional moment yes, that, so that moment if we just stay with this one for a little while, because I'm actually quite curious about it so that moment, can you actually evoke feelings of that moment? Yes, when they were clapping, you know that. How did that make, how did it make you feel it?
Linda:was as if their clapping released tension, released past, built up life notches. I call them life notches. It's our limiting beliefs, so to speak, and their clapping just released that, for me, made me relax, and it's that moment where you go, I can be me and have to wear that mask. I'm okay being me and they saw me and they were okay with that and, yeah, if I could pass that on to somebody else, honestly, wouldn't that be amazing?
Fran:yeah, absolutely and in a coach yourself, I know that you do have the power to pass on. Yeah right, what I'm going to do is just explore this profound kind of the moment, because this, that profound moment, I think, just did that lead into your four-step method. So can you share a little bit more about your, your four step method for transformation, how somebody listening today can start applying it to overcome their own fears and insecurities?
Linda:oh, absolutely so, after my aha moment, my light bulb moment, my this enlightening journey began. I researched, I watched case studies, I talked to people in the coaching space, in well-being, in meditation. I did a counseling level four certification. I have a well-being diploma and I did all of these things.
Linda:Mental health first responder, all on this journey, this journey of self-discovery, emotional intelligence, self-awareness, and what I wanted was the science, the facts, you know the bits behind it that made my aha moment. I suppose I'm very curious always, aren't we all? And it was incredible. And there's a saying that I came across, quotation, and it was if you think you can, you will, but if you think you can't or won't, you won't, you. Simply your mind decides that if you are with your mind on it, if you are in line with your mind and you let your mind take over, that that's what's going to happen. And it was so powerful to me and I realized that there's a method here, that there's something along the line here that works, that can break free from this mold that people think they have to live by. So I created this science-backed case, studied, researched, practical blueprint, if you went, if you wish, that's my four-step method.
Linda:Number one would be self-awareness, self-discovery. That is so important because we start understanding who you are. How many people would be asked the question of do you know who you are? Of course I do know who I am, but do you know what your values are? Values, what are they? Well, I'm not sure what they are. Okay, so what are your fears? What are your self-limiting beliefs? And that step one deep, you know dives quite deep into those areas and it really unlocks some of the things inside that person that goes oh, I am that person and you can really delve in and get people to understand that self-awareness, above the noise, as I call it, the inner critic, the noise, the voice in your head. That's my step one.
Linda:So, finding out who you are, because I think that's really, really important. I had a client very recently who came to me and just on the self discovery, the awareness parts, there was a question that popped up and I said oh, what is your favorite food? What'd you like to eat and drink? And they said I don't know. I don't know what I like to eat anymore. I don't know what I like to drink. And it shows the purpose, doesn't it? So self-watch.
Fran:Which in itself sounds, you know, potentially to people listening that could sound unbelievable. How can you not know? But these things are contextual, unbelievable. How can you? How can you not know? But these things are contextual. So possibly it's because you're in a particular restaurant or because you're at an event, or because you've taken on identities that other people have.
Fran:So we have social norms and we have, you know, all those identity layers that we carry from when we were quite small. You know we're told with this or and when you're just asked a very, very simple question, do you know the answer? And I do, by the way, I know my favorite food is my go-to answer is always porridge, always, it's always I love this. It's always gonna win porridge. Do you put jam in your porridge? Oh, sometimes. Sometimes I'm like extra decadent and put chocolate in it as well. Oh, I like this. Yeah, but you're, you're left right. Going back to your, your four-step method, so that level one, it's the number one. Yeah, in itself sounds simplistic, but that has, that is going to have so many more layers into it because that delves into identity itself. It does, yeah, and then that leads itself nicely, with that foundation laid, from step one into step two.
Linda:Yeah, so we've done step one. We know who we are now. We know our values and our fears and our limiting beliefs and we move on to clarity and goal setting. Because once we know who we are, we need to know what we want. How many people know what they want in life? You might like lasagna, but do you want it right now? The menu? You're in that restaurant right now. I had lasagna last week. I don't want that today. I'm going to want something else today, but not many people know what they want.
Linda:So we pick that apart, we dive deep, we ask some wonderful questions in a safe space that's created in a lovely atmosphere it really is and I sit back and we find out what goals do you want to set? Where do you want to be? And it's just amazing. So then you can finally find you know those questions and, sorry, answer those questions and it's not what others expect. You realize your clarity and goal setting is for you and it's your way of moving forward. So then we know step one. We know who we are, we know what we want, we've set some goals and then it goes into step three. That's action. We're going to find some action now. Into step three that's action. We're going to find some action now. We're going to set a goal. It's amazing. It can be so challenging to put that action in place. So step three what do you want to do? What's that 1% forward? You can do this week, this month. What can you do? What can you commit to? What is realistic, what's personal to you? That 1% is such a good step forward. However small other people or you think other people might think it is, it's huge, it's massive. That 1% step forward it's just taking action on your life. You're holding the horns, it's your story, it's brilliant which then leads us from the action to the final stage. And that final stage is where you evaluate and you review where you currently are.
Linda:So you found out who you are, you found out what you want, you've set your goals, you've made some actions and life isn't linear, it's not a straight line. It's the messy middle and it's always the messy middle and it goes on all the way through the life. There's always hurdles that pop up, a bit of a life challenge here. I call them life lessons because there's always a lesson. But actually we evolve, we adapt and that's why I can hold you accountable. That's where we can adapt the plan, we can really change what is going on, and we might have to go back to stage one. We might have to go, okay. So who are you in this moment? Who are you in this current life schedule? You know what do you want to do next, and then we can go back through the system again and the adopt and evaluate is it's just pinnacle, isn't it?
Linda:Because then you found out who you are, you found out what you want, you've set your goal, you've made action and then we're going to review it. You know that's check-ins with me. I give you a support network. You create one yourself. You find other ways of branching out to other people. It really does open up. And, yeah, this four-step method works. It's scientifically backed and it works. It worked for me and it's worked for others and I'm just excited to share it even more in my coaching practice. I love that, thank you for sharing.
Fran:I'm kind of slightly stuck on the goal setting, so I want to hover there for a little while and I've got a little share for you, if that's OK. When I first heard about goal setting, my background is predominantly being a carer. I was a carer for many years and I absolutely loved it before I qualified as a coach myself. The goal setting how do you do that? Like it sounds easy. I think it's easy until you know how. Yeah, it might sound easy, but even to even to say, oh, let's set a goal, well, what does that mean? Is you know, as a coach, you can help people with the, the timeline of that? Yeah, you know the, not only the steps to reach it, but is it a long-term goal? Is it a big juicy goal for you know the future? Or and that's really how you can help people as well, isn't it? So it isn't just what you want to get done that week.
Linda:We're talking a real transformation here yeah, yeah, and I think that goal is personal to the client. So, depending on what they actually want, where they want to move forward and most people okay, I'm going to set a goal, I'm going to lose 10 stone in six months. I feel like that might not be realistic. If you want to do it, that's great. Let's work towards it. Let's break it down to a small, actionable goal. So what could you do? So tomorrow you could go food shopping and you could buy all the healthy things that you like to eat. You could pop them in the fridge and have them ready. You could meal prep. You can have all this ready for you. You know, it's how you break down that bigger want into the small, 1%, actionable goals.
Linda:Do you need to do this daily? Do you need to do this weekly? And each client's response is totally different, totally different, and I love that. You're like me. We love people, we like talking to people, curious about people, and setting that goal is the most curious part of the coaching that I love because it's actually, you know, what is that goal going to work for them? And sometimes people will set a goal and it's not quite working. That's where step four comes in the evolve and the adapt. Ok, we tweak it, we make it, so it does work. You will get that.
Fran:And, as well as a coach, you want to set people up for success. Yeah, you don't want to set them up for failure, which is where the the deep dive comes into it, the questioning comes into it and then the ongoing accountability, because you want that success reached, yeah, which is really important as well. Yeah, I love this. I did not have a scooby-doo about goal setting when I first started. You know how to do it or the accountability part of it and also some of what you've said.
Fran:I think it was more kind of around step three and then it led into it to go to go into your step four. That is also about resources, isn't it? Because people need to know that they've then built up these resources and that not only they can take lessons from that coaching journey, but they build up resources. So, yeah, therefore, if there's a moment when life happens and you know potentially they're slightly off track for the targets or for their goal setting, there's resources there there to help keep you grounded, keep you moving forward. Yeah, and I have some where you come into it.
Linda:Brilliant. I have some lovely resources, ones that have worked for me I'm not saying they work for everybody else, but for me and I love sharing them. I have a five minute morning routine called Swift, which really enlightens me every single morning, gets me out of bed, gets me moving, gets me shaking, listening to a bit of a favorite tune, and it really works for me. And when we do other tools, we do the five second rule, because it takes five seconds from making a decision that your brain's telling you to to breaking that cycle, and I call it the five, four, three, two, one, and it stops procrastination. You could be sat there scrolling through Facebook. You notice you're doing it. Just count out loud 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. And my big thing is then move, just move, do something else, and it works. It's amazing, but these are the tools that are part of the goal setting, as you say, the toolkit, the life journey toolkit that can really help you, and we tweak them for each, each individual client.
Fran:It's amazing, I love the journey and by saying tools, this is kind of tools and resources and it's things you know, whether they be actual physical things or things that you can learn for your, your mind to. But you've got the backup for people there because you've got tried and tested methods ready and available so that they can then have a customised toolkit. You know you can kind of because everybody's an individual, aren't they? So, even though you have this four-step method, one person's journey is going to be very different, going through it, to another's it is and I like that as well.
Fran:Yeah, so thank you for sharing that. Oh, no, thank you. All right. So back to my questions. As someone who has experienced a profound transformation, as I know, you have, as we alluded to, you know the beginning of this podcast what advice would you give to people who feel stuck or overwhelmed by self-doubt, yet they're ready to take that first step towards change?
Linda:yep, if anybody feels stuck, the first thing is you're not alone. You know we are all stuck. We are all peddling a million miles an hour inside and you see people who think, oh, they're so cool, they've got it all together. But I bet you they don't feel it on the inside and that's okay. That's okay.
Linda:But if you want to make change because you're unhappy with feeling the way you are, as you know, this isn't, you know, the end of something. It's the beginning of your next chapter. So when you start to feel stuck, I think it's because you're ready. You're ready for a transformation, you're ready to open up your wings, you're ready to transform yourself on your next path. You know another door is opened because you feel stuck. You're stuck because there's more doorways. You're going to lead those pathways out of there in a guided way. And if you choose life coaching, that's great because we can really help. Life coaches are awesome. They really do help you unlock which pathway you could try out and you don't need to change overnight. So everybody wants everything now. We live in a society where it's click, I want it.
Fran:Click is here tomorrow it's here today, it's instant gratification. It is so. You know, quite often we're wired for instant gratification, yeah, and it's not always available. Yeah, yeah, it's not always available. Is it that that? Just that instant now, that instant gratification? Yeah, and by stuck and I've used the word overwhelm as well, because a lot of people will relate more to the term overwhelm yeah, and that that can hold them, hold them stuck as well, yeah, can I just delve slightly into? So you as a life coach, an amazing life coach is there any specific requirement or demographic of people that you coach? So we're talking, you know, age, numbers or location. Is there anybody location is that? Is it anybody?
Linda:thank you. This comes up so much in coaching. Everybody is asked to find a niche in coaching. Yeah, it helps you really reach out to the people in a certain area and it helps you as a coach and it helps your niche of people. I have coached a plethora of people from all ages and all backgrounds age, sex, gender, all different and currently I'm finding that the people who are coming to me for coaching is of a set criteria, but it's not exclusive to this, to this area yeah, yeah.
Fran:So anybody listening to this podcast and fascinated more about what linda's doing and you know her journey and the things that she's got available, then by all means it's open to you to reach out it is you know, and make that first step if you're ready, yeah, and with location first step, if you're ready, yeah, and with location as well, if you're anything like me, I work remotely, so I work online, I work in person, so to me, the location can really vary as well, because we're so connected online as well. Technology is amazing, isn't it? Yeah, I think that works for you as well. So if somebody, for example, is not sure where you are and thinking, oh, but I can't it, yeah, I think that works for you as well. So if somebody, for example, not sure where you are and thinking, oh, but I can't get to you, that's okay, you can still reach out and make that first contact and arrange something remotely Definitely, definitely Amazing. So what's next for you, linda? So we've talked a little bit about you. Know what you've created. What's next?
Linda:Well, little bit about. You know what you've created. What's next? Well, I'm on a podcast, you know. Thank you very much. Thanks to Fran, this amazing podcast, I have a confidence workshop that's coming up on the 19th July and that's physically in Swindon, in my local area. This workshop is going online. I will be doing coaching calls in a group way of a confidence. It's called Elevate and it's a confidence workshop, and this helps you really understand. You know the four-step method, but in a compacted way, and we talk more about your inner critic, about how to reframe your mindset with the inner critic, and it unlocks the confidence that you in my belief you haven't lost confidence.
Linda:Confidence is an act. It's like riding a bike. You can jump on a bike when you're three, four, with stabilizers, and think this is scary, I'm going to have to pedal this, and at first maybe you're not sure. That's confidence, isn't it? You get on the bike anyway, even though you're scared, and when the stabilizers come off, you're still a bit scared, aren't you? But the confidence part of it is the action. Even though you're scared, even though you've got life notches telling you different, that makes sense. Yeah, confidence is an action and that's my confidence workshop and we unlock all sorts of magical things in there. It's beautiful. I have my five minute swift morning routine. If you contact me through my website, I might email it to you. If you quote Fran's podcast, you can have it for free. So how about that? Yeah, there you go.
Fran:So then that also depends on the time that anybody's listening to this. So if you've missed that date, by all means still check out what Linda's doing, and you know. So don't don't be too worried, because it depends on the time that anybody anybody gets to listen to this, and we want loads of people to listen, don't we? Yeah, we do, we do listen there's a lot going on.
Linda:I have a blog. I've just posted my second blog post on my website. Just check out my. There's so much stuff going on there and there'll always be events popping up and for Fran's listeners you will get free resources. So email me, do contact me, for all your free resources. I'm happy to send them through.
Fran:That right. What I'm going to do is I'm going to jump to this bit of what I want want to say because I'd like to. For anybody interested in learning more about Linda, you can go to wwwharmony-life-coachingcouk so I presume that's where you've got. They can reach out to you and you've got some resources on there as well, linda.
Linda:Yep, yep, I have. Indeed, there's a lot on there. Scroll through, have some fun and even give me some feedback. I love a bit of feedback that.
Fran:Have some fun, yeah and they can also find you on Facebook. So your Harmony, life and Wellbeing on Facebook and Instagram as well. So on Instagram it's Harmony, underscore the life journey, underscore toolkit, which I love I love the word toolkit, by the way yeah yeah, like life toolkit.
Linda:It's something I didn't have until gone mid-30s and I wish I'd had it sooner I really do and it's almost like a cheat sheet. It really is so they're.
Fran:They're your main, it's your website, and then your main social media is where people can find you and is are you a regular poster on instagram, or you know what can they expect by finding you?
Linda:I won't hound, you put it that way. If you subscribe to my email list, you'll get the feel good friday, which comes through on email, and that just gives you some little inside tips and stuff that I don't share on social media. So yeah, if you subscribe to email, you get something special on a Feel Good Friday. You can subscribe and unsubscribe whenever you want. On my socials I try and post at least once or twice a week. Sometimes it'd be something exciting that I've got going on and other times it'd be an inspiration, as per recently I was walking through a town eating out of a lemon and I just randomly did a post about life gives you lemons. So yeah, it can be random in the moment. In the moment. In the moment, yeah, very much. So there is no set.
Fran:I have no set media plan on that yeah, no, that's absolutely fine, it's so when you say again, I want to delve a little deeper into your email list, so when you say about your email list, presumably people can find that on your website, they can. Yeah, yeah. So there'd be a form or there'd be some kind of link and then they can join your email list and get wonderful, possibly newsletters or yeah, it's a feel good Friday, so it's a small paragraph giving a helpful hint of the week.
Linda:Stuff that I don't share on social media and it's normally something that I've experienced during the week and thought I'm going to share this because I've overcome this and I'm going to share it so other people can also get through it.
Fran:Maybe it will help yeah, so that's definitely more personal. Yeah it, it is Yep, isn't it?
Fran:Because, well, I know, currently if anybody finds me on social media, then you know I'm off making silly videos and things like that you know it's going to be very different from being on my mailing list, where you get like you know behind the scenes or you know you get offers and things like that. It's quite different, isn't it? So it'd be worse. Anybody listening like that. It's quite different, isn't it? So it'd be worse. Anybody listening find linda, find our website and subscribe to her mailing list. I may always do that myself as well, and then I get myself something nice from you get to feel good fridays, yeah, get to feel good fridays is there as we start to wrap this podcast up for anybody listening.
Fran:Right now I'm going to throw this at you, but you're welcome to throw it back. What first step, just for what we've been talking about, mainly based on your coaching, what first step would you like to encourage any listeners to to do?
Linda:I'm going to use a quote again, and this is Dr Daniel Amen, I believe his name is, and he's told us one day do not believe every stupid thing your stupid brain tells you and it's the most powerful comment I've ever heard because your brain is acting on life notches, your life events. You're not the seven-year-old child anymore in the playroom that was being bullied, and your brain took that event, put an armor on and it said from now on, if I'm put in a similar situation, I'm going to react that way on autopilot. You don't have to be that person. Challenge that inner critic, because it will change your life.
Fran:Thank you for sharing that. When you say, put the armour on, see, that lends itself to the fact that our brains try and keep us safe. You know there's a primal thing there isn't there of just, you know, of keeping us safe. Your brain's not necessarily going to know that that's negative stuff that you know you're hearing. So we do need, I believe that we do need help. We do need to just to hear that one thing that breaks through.
Fran:Or I've had a very strong inner critic myself and I didn't realize I just had this, this. It was like a almost like an inner monologue that I was so used to, and it was only when I was challenged on it I was like, oh actually, yeah, it's negative. All the time I thought that was the same for everybody. Yeah, and that's something that we can believe as well. As much as we love to be different and individual and and of course we are we like to be the same as well. You know, this is what's so fascinating about people, about human beings in general, you know. So I genuinely thought that everybody did that. Everybody called themselves, you know negative names or you know all the time and didn't realize that it could be any different and it can yeah, it can it definitely can.
Fran:Yeah, yeah. So thank you, um, all right, so I'm gonna say it again thank you so much, linda, for sharing your incredible journey and your insights as well, so we've got a couple of little shares in there that I liked. Your story is a powerful reminder that with vulnerability, courage and the right mindset, we all have the ability to transform our lives and shine brightly. And we didn't completely delve into mindset. This is what we're talking about. You know you're in a critic, the way that you choose to be instead, or what you, what you want to hear. This is. This is all to do with mindset and, as a life coach, that's what you can, one of the things you can guide people through. So thank you for that again. I'm just going to remind you. You can find Linda on our website, wwwharmony-life-coachingcouk. Go subscribe to that. What was it? Friday? Feel good Friday. Feel good Friday. Feel good Friday. How could I forget?
Linda:it's wonderful um, before we go, I just want to say thank you so much. What a privilege to be invited to be on your podcast on such a wonderful lady and a wonderful journey you've been on personally and a wonderful established life coach, and I just wanted to say thank you yeah, thank, thank you as well.
Fran:So everybody's saying thank you, we're thank yous, thank you moments it's. You know, we're filled with gratitude as well. I mean, gratitude is a beautiful thing. Yeah, you know, I've. I've actually found genuinely so much peace from my own journey of delving into my beliefs and you know my self-discovery, yeah, and I couldn't have done that alone. Amazing, you know. And that's what we're here for to to help other people. So if you're interested in more content like this, be sure to check out the melancholy coaching. I keep saying the melancholy. I might change it, actually, I keep like elevating it even higher. The it's not the is. Check out melancholy coaching on youtube. So, until next time, stay curious and keep igniting your creative potential and please do go find linda.
Fran:Bye bye, everybody, they're so cute, awkward, and it's so awkward, aren't they?
Linda:yeah, I know, I didn't know what to say.
Fran:I was like because, like you know, maybe it's like until next time until next time.
Linda:We need some music, dramatic music at the end, yeah, we'll see.
Fran:That's what you can have in your mind instead, like your, your theme song, you know this inner critic and can be drowned out with a theme song.
Linda:Yeah, it's amazing. My confidence workshop has a doll and I call her brains and she sits on the desk and she's got no confidence, so she doesn't speak for the whole time. And in the other corner there's an elephant and it's called the elephant in the room. So we talk about the elephant in the room and the fact that brains hasn't spoken for the whole thing and we all talk about ways that we tell her how we can build her confidence up, and then everybody's giving great advice on how she can build her confidence. I'm like, well, hang on a minute, you've got that great advice inside. Tell it to yourself. So, yeah, we use it as a tool. It's brilliant With. Use it as a tool.
Fran:It's brilliant With a literal elephant in the room. Yeah, yeah, and on that note, we're definitely going now. Yeah.
Fran:Thank you for joining me on the Melancholy Coaching Podcast. I'd love you to subscribe For queries or to connect email info at melancholymentorcom. Until next time, keep igniting your creative potential.
