I spent two years fighting cancer.
The emotions my family and I went through were immense. I was determined to get what I needed to do, done. I was offered counselling, and I took it, but for me it wasn’t forward focused enough.
I didn’t want to go over what I couldn’t change.
During my first diagnosis, coaching was not on my radar, and it was only once I’d been diagnosed with a second, unrelated cancer and was training to be a coach that I reaped the benefits.
Throughout my treatment I was constantly coached. It changed my mindset and enabled me to deal with what I was going through in a more positive, structured way.
I was able to tap into the strengths I already had and unlock a powerful self-realisation that supported me through one of the most difficult times of my life.
Coaching helped me identify what I was in control of and how I could still focus on what was important and what was within my reach.