Making decisions from the inside out

I have already lost contact with a couple of people I used to be
— Joan Didion

Think back to a time when you did something extraordinary -
something you didn’t know you could do;
Taking a risk, doing something that felt impossible,
trusting your gut, going with your dare…

How did it feel?

Do you want to feel like that again?
That sense of being YOU?

That’s the work we do -
together.

Your sense of identity contains 3 elements:

  • Your story - your understanding of your life and its meaning

  • Your scripts - the invisible patterns that are driving your story

  • Your shadow - the parts of you, both darker and golden, that you’ve lost along the way

Open book with flowers showing growth

Together we’ll explore the story you’ve built about who you
are and look at the hidden forces that have shaped you.
The parts of you that were lost on the journey,
The parts you never wanted,
The parts you’re ready to leave behind now,
The parts you want to meet again.

We are all unreliable narrators.
If our stories are incomplete, wrong or misleading, they keep us stuck.
— Lori Gottlieb

Words make worlds

Writing is at the heart of my work.

I started writing when I was 21 and had post-viral depression. All my friends were moving on with their lives and I felt completely lost.
A friend had given me a blank book for my birthday. 5 months later I opened it started writing.

Always (black) pen on (blank) paper.
Always a beautiful book.
Always something exciting on the first page, to make the fear of spoiling its beauty less.

My first notebooks are tortured and self-conscious, but it doesn’t matter because my only rule is the nobody else ever gets to read them.

There’s lots of compelling research into the neuroscience of handwriting and the power of a regular writing habit.
I’ve found it’s also just a bit magical.

An introduction to you

4 months together
8 one-to-one sessions
personal resources
support between sessions

Investment: £1500

The work

A deeper exploration

6 months together
12 one-to-one sessions
personal resources
support between sessions

Investment: £2100

A longer journey

12 months together
24 one-to-one sessions
personal resources
support between sessions

Investment: £3800

“Having you in my corner means the world to me Annabel: I wouldn’t be where I am without you.
I smile every time I see the invitation for our next session. You even got me writing!

Every time I add to my journal it feels like putting money in a money box
for my future.”

Clara Monroy, London