Emma Green Coaching

17/01/2023

Do you ever do this?
✨️I love a walk, especially down the beach, but sometimes I struggle to even motivate myself to do that. I'll often avoid it.

✨️Do you wait to feel motivated before doing something? Would you be surprised to hear that motivation actually comes after the action? So, to feel motivated, you usually have to do something first to reap the benefits afterwards.

Motivation can be increased by

REWARDS: Like me yesterday on my walk. I stopped by Costa to grab a coffee and cake 🤤

MAKE IT FUN: Do something fun whilst you do the task that needs your motivarion. Like having music on for your tax return or during the housework.

BEST TIME: schedule in the tasks (if possible) when you're at your most productive and have the most energy. Work with what you've got 💕

Have you tried these before? What has worked for you? Let me know below 💓

06/01/2023

I used to hold onto this belief that I had to be strong all the time. To be there for everyone else, to achieve, keep striving, and not let things bother me. Can you relate?

After years of holding it all in and feeling burnt out, I knew I had to make some changes. Through group coaching and individual therapy, both of which were deep inner work, I realised my super strength was in my ability to feel deeply. To actually feel the emotions I fear, alongside the ones I relish.

It's honestly changed my life. I'm self-aware, I am compassionate to myself, and I feel more confident being me.

I am strong and sensitive. 

I have a big heart just like you.

What if you allowed parts of yourself to shine brightly instead of keeping them in the dark?

What if you allowed them into your world, with compassion and the safe space to be vulnerable? 

It might just help you shine brighter ✨️

If you want to build on this together in my life coaching sessions. DM the word ✨️shine ✨️ to me today to start the conversation.

03/01/2023

What I hope for you this year...
✨️ More confidence
✨️ More showing up as yourself (in the places you want to be yourself in)
✨️Allowing yourself to be more than just one thing, you are made up of many parts (that's okay!)
✨️Less rules and rigidty
✨️Less comparison
✨️More compassion for yourself
✨️Less pressure to do it all perfect
✨️More pursuing of dreams
✨️More sitting in the uncertainty and soothing yourself through it

Sending love your way...2023 is whatever you make it. Look within and you'll find the answers ✨️

Tell me what your hope is for this year 👇💕

#2023

Emma | Positive Psychology Coach shared a post on Instagram: "What I hope for you this year... ✨️ More confidence ✨️ More showing up as yourself (in the places you want to be yourself in) ✨️Allowing yourself to be more than just one thing, you are made up of many parts (that's okay!) ✨...

29/11/2022

New reel for all the overthinkers at Christmas 🌟

Emma | Positive Psychology Coach shared a post on Instagram: "Busy mind. I love buying presents, but my indecisiveness drives me up the wall 😅 so much so my husband buys most of the presents for our kids, I'm forever grateful to him at this time. But of course, he can't buy his own present, so he...

31/10/2022

Inaction is a common cause for regrets ⬇️

Regrets in themselves do not need to be a negative experience. If you use them for motivation to change you can experience huge growth ✨️

As always be compassionate with yourself. Change can be scary and believing in yourself takes courage but lean into the uncertainty and your confidence will grow 💖

Save this as a reminder when you need a mindset shift 🌸

Which one do you want to avoid the most? I'd love to know 💗

*The Top 5 regrets of the dying is a book by Ware (2011).

21/10/2022

The secret to living a long and happy life ✨️

I read a book on Ikigai, have you heard of this concept before? The book details a study conducted in Okinawa, a region that has 3 x more centenarians than the US.

The Japanese concept means "reason for being". It can be helpful if you don't know your purpose in life, or you want to make a change or you've lost sight of your WHY ✨️

Although this diagram focuses on work, your reason for being does not need to relate to work at all however, the concept does encourage keeping active and to not retire! Which makes sense as so many people struggle with purpose once they retire.

Do you know your IKIGAI? I'd love to know in the comments 💖

You can book a free discovery call with me today if you'd like to explore this in coaching. Knowing your why can give you a boost in positive emotions, give you clarity and confidence in your path to success. Send me a DM or see my link in bio for my website.

17/10/2022

Why I stopped looking at my weaknesses ⬇️

💫In Positive psychology coaching we take a strengths based approach because focusing on your strengths increases your chances of achieving your goals and improving your wellbeing.

Who wants to work on their weaknesses and what they don't enjoy doing? Doesn't sound like fun to me at all!

💫So by focusing on your strengths you work with what comes naturally to you, what you value and parts of you that have succeeded before.

During coaching you can use your strengths in new ways and develop lesser strengths to increase their impact over time.

💫You can complete the free survey at viacharacter.org and start working with them today. If you want some guidance and to work in depth on a one to one level you can send me a dm today with the word STRENGTHS.

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12/10/2022

What to do when your values seem to contradict themselves ✨️⬇️

Like many other perfectionists, I like to work hard, achieve and be successful but I am also done with the grind! Striving so hard I stopped looking after myself only lead to burnout. So what do you do when you want both success and self-care?

Well Positive Psychology can help you to achieve both. Try to let go of this black and white narrative that says you can only succeed if you're overworking and doing all the things! Rest, self care and being compassionate to yourself is going to result in better problem solving, more creativity, higher productivity and so many more benefits.

✨️3 THINGS TO REMEMBER (hit save)✨️

1. Procrastinating on what you want isn't helping you. Get clear on your goals, values and action plans.
2. The balance may not always be there. Don't beat yourself up - it's a process of unlearning.
3. Setting time aside for yourself is essential for this to work. Be aware of people pleasing tendencies to prioritise everyone else first. You matter too ❤️

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11/10/2022

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06/10/2022

You don't need to have all the answers to start coaching.

You don't need to know what you want in order to find coaching beneficial.

Coaching is a process.

It's about being curious to the potential of change, accomplishment and self-development.

It's about exploring the options you have and the solutions that present themselves when you allow yourself space to think, dream and reflect.

There is no "corrrect way" to be a coachee. The path you take is entirely yours and everyone's coaching journey will look different.

Just like anyone's therapy or healing journey will be different.

It's not about perfection...and that is okay. More than okay 💖

It's all about taking that first step in the process ✨️

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30/09/2022

Lightbulb moment💡

I remember seeing this graphic in a leadership training session and everything clicking into place. I had been feeling switched off and experiencing a lack of engagement at work. I questioned my motivation, my ability, if I was even in the right job.

✨️Hello, existential crisis!!✨️🤪

I hadn’t realized that I was experiencing a lack of challenge/pressure in my role.

As the picture shows, the feel-good zone is where there is enough pressure to switch you on but not too much to stress you out. There is a similar concept in positive psychology called flow.

Flow is a psychological state where you engage fully in a task, often losing track of time. The opposite is to be said when you have a task in front of you that isn’t challenging or engaging for you – the time ticks by so slowly! It’s painful.

Similarly, if you are feeling stressed you are unlikely to be in flow. You might feel pulled in lots of different directions and find it hard to concentrate.

Do you recognize yourself in this graph? Where would you place yourself right now? Tell me in the comments ⬇️ I know I have been in all three areas myself throughout my career.

If you would like to work with me to get to the ‘feel good zone’ I have 1:1 coaching sessions available – DM today.

21/09/2022

🌸To Thine Own Self Be True🌸 ⬇️

If you want to live the good life i.e. a life that is filled with purpose and meaning, then living authentically is a good place to put your energy⚡️

There are three steps to living a life that is true to you.
1. Know yourself
2. Own yourself
3. Be yourself

If you find yourself putting on a mask everyday or trying to be like other people you might find your wellbeing suffers overtime.

If you aren't sure where to start, go back to the first step above and start learning about yourself. Be compassionate - sometimes this stuff takes time 💗

Follow me for more tips on how to be confident and look after your wellbeing.

⚡️also, how fast was that lip sync at the end there 😅

AUDIO - Ted Lasso