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The goodie bags are ready to go and we couldn't not share these beauts from 2 fantastic local businesses.

Fiddy+Mabel kindly supported us with these beautiful notepads. Who doesn't love pretty stationery? 😍

These gorgeous Highland cow soaps are made by a local entrepreneur who is just 14! Thank you Arrans Soap Box

Shhhhhh goodie bag spoiler alert 🤩

These self-heating masks will be heading to Loch Katrine tomorrow to help our wonderful retreat participants get the R&R they so deserve. 💆‍♀️

These were kindly sent by the AMAZING Harriet and if you haven't tried these we would highly recommend. These smell divine and heat up just enough to help you get the best sleep ever. 💤

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If I were sitting in front of you just now, what’s the one question you would ask me?

This event was originally for this evening, Monday 2nd September though thanks to the utterly PANTS weather it has now been rescheduled to this Wednesday 4th September where the weather will be so tropical you will think you are in the Bahamas!! 🤣🧜‍♀️🌊🙌☀️

If you booked in for this evening just email Claire at: [email protected] to use your place for either 4th or 10th September. 🥰🧜‍♀️

Any for anyone who would like to book for this Wednesday I would love for you to come to our Women’s Circle 🧜‍♀️🙋‍♀️🦹‍♀️, Wild Warrior: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/952748455277?aff=oddtdtcreator

At this time of year we can be on a rollercoaster of emotions.

The highs and lows of summer, paired with the potential stresses that come with the schools returning. Teens, in particular, are facing numerous challenges these days — from social media pressures and the rise in neurodivergence to exam worries.

It’s a lot for anyone, and as parents, we can often feel helpless or overwhelmed.

But there's support available - and I have a team of compassionate, down to earth humans who are on hand to help adults and young people. This includes Alexia who specialises in working with teens and young people.

We will help guide and support you through the curve balls life sends compassionately and wholeheartedly.

We offer psychotherapy over the phone, online, or face-to-face, day time or evenings: whichever suits your style best and weekly or fortnightly. We offer a great choice of male or female therapists and work with adults and teens.

Please contact us on [email protected]

Are you in search of an inspiring alternative to working from home or a private, professional space for your meetings and consultations?

Discover our inviting consulting rooms, perfectly located at the top of Leith Walk, just a 5-minute walk from Waverley Train Station. Our location offers unparalleled convenience, with easy access by bus, car, tram, and train. For those who prefer to cycle, we provide secure bicycle storage, and there are ample parking bays nearby for drivers.

Our rooms are available for use anytime from 7am to 10pm, seven days a week. Whether you need a quiet place for focused work or a professional setting for client consultations, our space is designed to meet your needs.

Elevate your work experience with our warm and welcoming environment, tailored to support productivity and professionalism.

Ready to transform your workspace? Contact Tammy directly at [email protected]

We’ve helped over 35 individuals who otherwise couldn’t afford it access counselling through our fundraising efforts, Pay It Forward. All proceeds from the tickets purchased for our Wild Warrior Women wild swim events go towards supporting those in need.

We’ve supported people through trauma, loss, grief, domestic abuse, and more, helping them rebuild their lives, self-esteem, confidence, and promoting healing.

This swim with the pod is part of our women’s circle. It’s a meaningful way to connect with other women and with me—your coach and psychotherapist with over 30 years of experience. I guide participants through using the sea as a therapeutic and meditative space, showing them how to tap into the healing power of Mother Nature, practice meditation in the water, and embrace mindful compassion.

I hope you’ll join us so you can benefit from the experience while also supporting others. 💛💛💛

Under the setting sun, join us for a powerful one-hour event where we’ll gather around a cosy campfire on the beach, fostering connections and making time just for you.

We’ll venture into the sea to harness the healing power of water, offering a deep somatic experience to help you release stress, feel more grounded, and embrace a sense of freedom. Leave feeling rejuvenated, empowered, and replenished, ready to face life’s challenges!

Links are here or pop a mermaid emoji in the comments and I will send you the link. 🧜‍♀️

Book here: Eventbrite Link-https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/952748455277?aff=oddtdtcreator

Next event:
10th September: Wild Warrior Women - An Introduction to the Superpower of Mindful Meditation
Event Link- https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wild-warrior-women-an-introduction-to-the-superpower-of-mindful-meditation-tickets-1000077407447

Under the setting sun, join us for an empowering one-hour event where we'll gather around a cosy campfire on the beach, making connections and making time, just for you....
We'll venture into the sea to harness the power of water for a deeper somatic experience. This will help you release stress, feel more embodied, and embrace a sense of freedom.
Come away feeling rejuvenated, empowered, with replenished energy, ready to face life's challenges!

Book here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/952748455277?aff=oddtdtcreator

Next one: 10th September
Wild Warrior - An Introduction to the Superpower of Mindful Meditation - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wild-warrior-women-an-introduction-to-the-superpower-of-mindful-meditation-tickets-1000077407447

At this time of year we can be on a rollercoaster of emotions.
The highs and lows of summer, paired with the potential stresses that come with the schools returning. Teens, in particular, are facing numerous challenges these days — from social media pressures and the rise in neurodivergence to exam worries.

It’s a lot for anyone, and as parents, we can often feel helpless or overwhelmed.

But there's support available - and I have a team of compassionate, down to earth humans who are on hand to help adults and young people. This includes Alexia who specialises in working with teens and young people.

We will help guide and support you through the curve balls life sends compassionately and wholeheartedly.

We offer psychotherapy over the phone, online, or face-to-face, day time or evenings: whichever suits your style best and weekly or fortnightly. We offer a great choice of male or female therapists and work with adults and teens.

Please contact us on [email protected]

Introducing Jenny….

Jenny makes me proud week after week. Dealing with health issues can make it tough to feel motivated to make changes. Despite the pain and illness, Jenny decided it was time to take control and joined Thrive & Empower.

Since then, she’s completely turned things around. No longer feeling broken or worn down, Jenny is now in the driver’s seat of her own life. With the support of our community and her own determination, she’s made incredible changes.

Jenny is doing the things she loves again, hitting personal goals, and most importantly, she's regained her confidence and passion for life. Her journey shows how powerful resilience can be and what a difference a supportive community makes.

Keep going, Jenny! You’re an inspiration to us all. If you’d like to make a long lasting transformation - like Jenny, you can join now at the limited price of just £55/month:

https://www.direction.org.uk/thrive-empower-membership/

I'm trying to find a new impactful name for our quiz! Can you help please?

If you’ve not taken my quiz it’s about:

What's Holding You Back From Your True Potential to Thrive �

Uncover what’s holding you back and Thrive with my specially designed quiz for you.

Answer 20 quick questions to uncover what is holding you back and how you can move forward. • You will receive a FREE helpful results interpretation with useful insights and suggested actions. Identify your barriers and gaps and find out how you can empower yourself more to thrive.

Here’s the choices I’m looking at and wondered if you could help and chose your top 3 in order of 1, 2 and 3. Thanks so much and if you haven’t taken my quiz the link is below. Thanks so much and sending appreciation to you all.

1. Unlock Your True Potential
2. What's Holding You Back?
3. Break Free & Thrive
4. Path to Empowerment
5. Discover Your Inner Power
6. Overcome & Thrive
7. Unleash Your Potential
8. Break the Barriers
9. Find Your Thrive Factor
10. Empower Your Next Move

Take the quiz here: https://us8.list-manage.com/survey?u=5df6868015c9bbcf10228a967&id=903058c33e&attribution=false

I love this saying below especially when I can’t be bothered exercising or I’m making food choices that aren’t the best and both of these definitely happen!!

I love this question:What's Holding You Back From Your True Potential to Thrive?

What if there was a short quiz that gave you these answers: Want to see how you can break free and empower yourself?

Well there is and I’ve designed it with a lot of research and my 30 years of being a psychotherapist, mindful compassion coach and neuroscience nerd!

So let’s go. 👇🏽

Uncover what’s holding you back and Thrive with my specially designed quiz for you.

Answer 20 quick questions to uncover what is holding you back and how you can move forward.

You will receive a FREE helpful results interpretation with useful insights and suggested actions.

Identify your barriers and gaps and find out how you can empower yourself more to thrive.

Here it is:- https://us8.list-manage.com/survey?u=5df6868015c9bbcf10228a967&id=903058c33e&attribution=false

As a big fan of tapping into my beautiful network, I’m on the lookout for some fabulous items for my Wild Compassionate Warrior Retreat, which is happening on 5th -8th September.

We’ve already received incredible support, and in the spirit of collaboration, we’ll proudly promote your business on our platforms and include your business cards or flyers, giving you the chance to reach a whole new audience.

If you have a product that’s eco-friendly, supports your small business, and you'd like to get involved in this wonderful opportunity, please drop me a message!

This retreat will host 15 amazing women who are about to embark on a healing transformation, set against the stunning backdrop of Loch Katrine.

Feel free to tag your small business friends! Our social media community is lovely and engaged, so this is a fantastic way to open yourself up to new collaborations. Just send me a message!

And so must we.

Want to see how you can break free and empower yourself just like the bird? Like the spider?

Uncover what’s holding you back and Thrive with my specially designed quiz for you.

Answer 20 quick questions to uncover what is holding you back and how you can move forward.

You will receive a FREE helpful results interpretation with useful insights and suggested actions.

Identify your barriers and gaps and find out how you can empower yourself more to thrive.

Quiz is in the comments. # # #

Today we meet Mary. Like many of us Mary is a busy lady, full of overwhelm but wasn't prioritising herself. Mary took the plunge 8 months ago and hasn't looked back. Mary is THRIVING and I couldn't be prouder!

Join me, Mary and other amazing women and implement immediate tools in your life in small ways that have longer term benefits. Boost your growth mindset, emotional intelligence and build more longer-term habits to break free from loops/habits and choose better responses to life events. This truly is transformational!

Your monthly free has no long term tie in and gives you instant access to a hub of information, live sessions, guest experts AND the most supportive community to Thrive alongside you.

You will also get access to the exclusive members area on my website that you can visit at any time and all videos are available on .

Access the coach in your pocket for just £55 and prepare to change you life!

Membership – direction Thrive & Empower Online Transformational Membership Unlock your limitless potential with my simple yet powerful tools, empowering you to embrace positivity, resilience, and a growth mindset, propelling you towards the life you've always dreamt of. Expert Guest SpeakersFrom transformational coaches,....

Life can throw some pretty tough challenges and curveballs our way, and sometimes, we all need someone to talk to.

As an experienced Relationship Counsellor at 𝗱𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, Andrew supports both individuals and couples, helping them to gain an understanding of their relationships and empowering them to make lasting changes in their lives.

Whether you're feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, facing relationship struggles, or just needing someone to listen, we are here for you.

To check availability with Andrew or other members of the direction team, please contact us on [email protected].
We also work with young people and adults whether that's talking or creative therapies such as being out in nature, dance and movement psychotherapy or art therapy.
We offer sessions online and in person or can do a combination to suit your life. They can be evenings or daytime, weekly or fortnightly.

Have you taken my FREE quiz yet? This is a 3 minute exercise designed to change your life! Step off the hamster wheel and unlock your next steps with my quiz designed with over 30 years of being a psychotherapist, mindful compassion coach and neuroscientist nerd.

We get caught up in life, firefighting and reacting and whilst sometimes we need to do shake things up to live the life we really want to, to have more control and be even happier. Our biggest challenge is getting off the hamster wheel and looking at even more ways we can design our own life.

Ready to empower yourself?

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This week I’ve had curve balls left, right and centre and at times, Monday and today felt very stressed with them.

Sometimes I’m really grounded and respond well. Sometimes I let the experience float through me and sometimes I allow space for the stress, anxiety and sometimes feelings of let down be felt in my body and I need to bring some tender compassion to myself.

Today… well it was either drugs, a fag, or even a gin though instead I was lucky enough it was magnum day! The Thursday where my kids get a pack of 3 magnums on their way home, we all sit for half an hour, c***k the magnums together like we would a glass of wine and just blether.

Do you have a go to when you reach a point?

I sent this to a coaching client this morning. We all go through sh*tty times and it’s good to remember that when we feel alone or lonely that it’s not just you. 💛💛

To get more of an idea where you are in life and more of a directive compass what you could do to move forward you might want to check out my quiz that doesn’t take any more than 3minutes. Link is in the comments.

What’s it like being back to your rountine if you’ve been out of it?

I’ve enjoyed getting back into my work that I love so passionately.

This week:

🙋💁‍♀️I’ve had both psychotherapy and coaching clients.

👨👩 delivering training on managing difficult conversations

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 team meetings

🧘‍♀️🧜‍♀️preparing for my Wild Compassionate Warrior Retreat

Let’s not forget having to re arrange our Wild Warrior on Monday due to the 🌧️ so next one is: Wild Warrior Women - Wild Swim, Hot Sauna & Mindful Meditation by the sea

I’ve also been interviewing potential counsellor for an organisation and finally been out to a festival show!

What you been doing this week and what’s been your highlight so far?

**Unlock Your Potential: Identify Your Roadblocks and Thrive!**

We all have goals and aspirations, but without knowing our obstacles and getting the right support, we're doomed to be consistently inconsistent. That changes today.

I've just launched an incredible new quiz designed to pinpoint your unique challenges and provide you with actionable steps to overcome them. This quiz is the result of thorough research, tailored to give you the clarity you need to move forward.

Don’t just set goals—achieve them, this is my gift to you.
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Meet Choden, a dear friend of mine and well respected author and Buddhist Monk.

Choden is hosting a session in my Thrive & Empower Membership, and I wanted to extend the invitation to my wider network as this session is not to be missed.

Co-author of "Mindful Compassion," Choden will explore the key emotional systems:
- Threat (fight, flight, or freeze responses to danger, leading to anxiety if overactive)
- Drive (Motivates us to achieve goals, but can cause burnout if unchecked)
- Soothe (Helps us feel safe and connected, promoting recovery and emotional balance).

And if you join my fabulous membership, you will have instant access to all my sessions, designed to help you navigate the twists and turns of life, even on the days it seems impossible,
This session is for you if:
You are stressed.
You are overwhelmed.
You want to change the way you react to testing situations.

It promises to leave you better equipped to manage the spectrum of emotions, and lead a calmer, more fulfilling life.
Join now at the limited reduced price of just £55/month with no long term commitments.

https://www.direction.org.uk/thrive-empower-membership/

IT'S LIVE!!!

I am doing cartwheels that my new quiz: What's Holding You Back From Your True Potential to Thrive has launched.

This 3 minute quiz if your FREE chance to find out the tools you need to break the BS cycle. Those stories you tell yourself? Those excused we are only guilt of? Let's bin them and THRIVE!

Grab a cuppa and take this impactful quiz NOW:

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