Getting Unstuck and Moving

Getting Unstuck and Moving

What is this core value all about?

Being stuck can mean something different for everybody. Sometimes, being stuck can feel like you are running around and around but not moving an inch forwards. For others, it can feel like your entire body and mind is dragging itself through mud, and no matter what you do you just can't quite understand how best to clean it off.

These feelings, whether they are freezes, flees or something else entirely, can be overcome. And by engaging with coaching, you will get a chance to look at everything through a different lens and try to find a better way to move forwards again.

Where did this come from?

Everyone gets stuck. For me, it was part of my early career when I joined the NHS. Having left the army at the highest of Covid-19, I found myself questioning everything I was doing. Why did I stay in the public sector? Why Norfolk and not London? Where am I even going with all of this.

For me, being stuck led to a 'fight' response from my nervous system. I was constantly battling everything to do with my job while gleaning absolutely not joy or satisfaction, let alone being able to form an actual plan for my career. The 'eureka' moment for me was when i took that step back and realised that I wanted the challenge of working for myself. I wasn't even sure in what field, but all I knew was that was the path I wanted to follow. And from there the rest is history.

How has this come to be part of your coaching?

There are many other words I could use to reflect getting 'unstuck'. Key ones that jump out to me include overwhelmed, frozen and spinning. All very different, but every one has the basis of a story.

What story is running through your system? Something to think about...