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For people ready to stop analysing their story, release identity labels, and actively change how they live, decide, eat, move and show up.

Before the sentence…   Pause…   Notice… Pay attention to the sentence that shows upjust before you decide not to do some...
15/01/2026

Before the sentence… Pause… Notice…

Pay attention to the sentence that shows up
just before you decide not to do something.

That sentence matters more than you think.

They’re stuck because a label gets there first.

“I really want to get fit…
but I have anxiety, so the gym isn’t for me.”

“I want to put myself forward at work…
but I’m not confident like other people.”

“I’d love to join a club or group and meet new people…
but I’m awkward, shy, too much, not that kind of person.”

On the surface, it looks like fear or procrastination.
Underneath, it’s an identity doing its old job.

This series isn’t about pushing past that or forcing yourself through it.
That usually backfires.

It’s about learning how to loosen the grip of those labels gently,
so they stop deciding your choices for you.

If you follow this series and practise the tools I share here,
you may start to notice something shift.

Not overnight.
Not dramatically.

But quietly.

The gym feels more possible.
The conversation feels less loaded.
The club or group feels accessible rather than overwhelming.

Like and follow my page so you don’t miss the next parts of this series.

And if this way of working resonates, I’ll be opening an Inner Community Circle soon for people who want to explore this more deeply, safely and at their own pace.

Keep an eye out for the opening date, or comment “Inner Circle” if you’d like me to let you know.

If something stirred as you read this, you’re welcome to comment with:
• a label you’re tired of carrying
• the word “noticed”
• or simply a quiet hello

Sharing is welcome too.
These posts often land with people who don’t yet have language for what they’re experiencing.

If you’d rather stay private, you can always DM me.
Anonymity is respected here.

This Time As You.









WHEN IDENTITY SHAPES THE SENTENCE AND WHAT FOLLOWSA quiet series for noticing how identity language shapes what we say, ...
13/01/2026

WHEN IDENTITY SHAPES THE SENTENCE AND WHAT FOLLOWS

A quiet series for noticing how identity language shapes what we say, do, and allow before we even begin.

Most of us are not living from who we truly are.

We are living from a label we learned to wear.
Sometimes as a child.
Sometimes from a partner.
Sometimes from work.
Sometimes through repetition over time.

Anxious.
Too much.
Useless.
Difficult.
Not enough.

At some point, the label stopped being something that happened to you and quietly became something you identify as.

And then something subtle happens.

The identity begins to shape the sentence
before, during, or after the thing you want to do or say.

“I am/have X, but I want to do Y.”

Sometimes the identity stacks itself.

“I am/have X, but I can't do Y… because I have Z.”

This is not weakness.
It is a nervous system trying to stay safe.

But when identity leads the sentence, the possibility already feels like a wall before Y even begins.

As you read this, just notice.

Notice where identity shows up in the sentence.
Before it. Inside it. After it.

“I am/have X, but I want Y.”
“I am/have X, but I can't do Y… because I have Z.”

Nothing to change.
Just notice where you are in the loop.

This series is not about ripping labels off.
That only triggers defence.

It is about gently noticing how identity is being used so it stops deciding outcomes for you.

For the next 24 hours, just notice.

Notice what the identity is doing to the possibility.
Notice how many times it gets repeated.
Notice whether it opens or closes the door.

Nothing to fix.
Nothing to force.
No rushing.

Just awareness.

That is where the first loosening happens.
So choice has space to be able to come next.

This Time As You.

If this landed, you are welcome to comment with a label you are tired of carrying or simply the word “noticed” if something stirred.

Please feel free to share. Quietly passing this on can be powerful.

And if you would rather stay private, you can always DM me.
Anonymity is respected here.

I am also opening an Inner Community Circle soon for people who want to explore this work more deeply gently, safely, and at their own pace.

No fixing.
No forcing.
Just real tools, awareness, and choice.

This Time As You.









ABOUT TIME! This has long been known and long been pushed out there by health and wellness businesses and coaches…Now we...
08/01/2026

ABOUT TIME!

This has long been known and long been pushed out there by health and wellness businesses and coaches…

Now we (UK) need to do likewise!

Especially in HOSPITALS 😡coronary and diabetic units and waiting room machines grrr!

Yes, I am proudly part of the healthy living PoPo 😂👮🏻…

So you can live longer, be fitter, have less pain and…

Save money!
😘xx

THE CONTROLLER…  THURSDAY FOLLOW-UPAs you watched or read this, what came up for you?Did you recognise yourself in the C...
08/01/2026

THE CONTROLLER… THURSDAY FOLLOW-UP

As you watched or read this, what came up for you?
Did you recognise yourself in the Controller?
Or did someone else come to mind at work, at home, or in your relationships?

If you’re open, share below…
and I’ll offer a small helpful real-world tool you can try this week.

Your Weekly Shift & Reset Moment…
The Controller

Every Tuesday, we explore one of the six Archetypes.
Then on Thursdays, we slow things down...

Not with more information.
But with a tiny coaching moment you can actually use in your day, not just read and scroll past.

This follow-up is your pause point.

Because when the Controller runs unchecked, it doesn’t just affect you.

It shows up in your day.
In how much you carry…
In how quickly stress builds…
In how conversations feel…

In how relationships experience you.

So today is about catching the pattern early.
Before control turns into pressure.
Before responsibility turns into resentment.

The slides guide you through this gently.
Slide 1
A reminder of why these patterns matter
Slide 2
Your reflection questions
Slide 3

A 60-second reset you can actually use...

These free Thursday check-ins are here to help you:
• notice unconscious habits as they happen
• interrupt autopilot before it takes over
• lower stress in your body, not just your head
• respond rather than react
• stop carrying what was never yours
• and relate to others with more ease and clarity

Small awareness → small interruption → small shift → big difference.

Inner Circle...

I’ll be opening my Inner Circle Community soon.

It’s a space for deeper support, shared experience, practical tools, and real-life change that carries into your work, your relationships, and your everyday life.

If you want the link as soon as it opens, comment INNER below or DM me SHIFT for early access.

You’re not supposed to do everything alone.
Not even pattern change.
xx





THE CONTROLLER.Ever notice how some people are already coaching the drivebefore the wheels even turn?When to accelerate....
06/01/2026

THE CONTROLLER.

Ever notice how some people are already coaching the drive
before the wheels even turn?

When to accelerate.
When to slow down.
How close is too close.
Where to park.
How to park.

Not because they love control.
But because uncertainty once felt risky.

To this nervous system
being prepared feels like care.

But here’s where it gets tricky.

The same instincts that create safety for her
can quietly take the wheel from others.

People stop suggesting routes.
They stop experimenting.
They step back rather than lean in.

Not out of malice.
Not out of judgement.
Just because space disappeared.

And she feels that shift.

The tension.
The distance.
The unspoken resistance.

But to her body
stepping back still feels less safe than stepping in.

So the loop continues.

If this is you
you are not wrong.
You adapted brilliantly.

And if you recognise yourself on the other side of this
it helps to know this behaviour was never about power.

It was about making sure the journey felt survivable.

On Thursday we’ll explore small ways to soften this loop
from both sides without anyone losing their seat.

We’re all just trying to get where we’re going in one piece.







Merry Christmas wishes for All my amazing past present and future clients…And an extra special warmest of virtual hugs f...
24/12/2025

Merry Christmas wishes for All my amazing past present and future clients…

And an extra special warmest of virtual hugs for those feeling alone 🤗

Wishing you peace and wellbeing for 2026 😌 🎉

Nora & Frankie
Activ8Change

QUOTE  Interrupter FOLLOW-UP Change begins before the moment ever arrives.Most of us wake up and immediately start runni...
18/12/2025

QUOTE Interrupter FOLLOW-UP
Change begins before the moment ever arrives.

Most of us wake up and immediately start running familiar scenes in our head.

The conversation that might happen.
The person who always makes us tighten.
The situation where we usually stay quiet, smooth things over, or over-explain.

We replay the old script on autopilot.

And here’s the part most people don’t realise:
Your nervous system treats those mental replays as practice.

So by the time you actually get to work, or see that person,
or walk into that situation…

Your body is already responding to something it’s rehearsed since you woke up and began thinking about it.

That’s why the pattern feels so quick.
So automatic.
So hard to interrupt.

So instead of trying to change yourself in the moment,
try this earlier...

USE YOUR IMAGINATION ON PURPOSE!

Before the situation, take a quiet minute and run a different version in your mind.

Instead, deliberately set the scene.
See where you are.
The room.
The doorway.
The people already there.

Notice who you’re with.
The person who usually pulls you into old roles.
The dynamic that normally tightens your chest before a word is spoken.

Now run the scene as you want it to go...

See yourself entering steady, not braced.
Your posture open.
Your pace unhurried.

Notice your body…
Your shoulders lower.
Your jaw softens.
Your breath slows.

Watch yourself stay present.

You listen without scanning for problems.
You don’t rush to smooth, explain, or manage the moment.

Hear your own voice.
Clear.
Measured.
Enough.

Notice what you don’t do.
You don’t scan for danger.
You don’t pre-empt discomfort.
You don’t disappear to keep things easy.

You don’t overfill the space.
You don’t justify.
You don’t disappear to keep things comfortable.

Let the interaction play out.
See it end without tension.
Without aftermath.

Without you replaying it later in your head.

Feel what’s different in your body at the end.
More grounded.
Less tight.
Still intact.

Fully You!

This is not fantasy.
It’s rehearsal.

You’re showing your nervous system a preferred outcome
before it defaults to the old one.

So when the real moment arrives,
your system doesn’t scramble for the familiar.

It recognises the scene.

It’s already been here.

And it knows what to do.

Next week we return to the Archetype series; The Controller!



HOLD THE PAUSE!Being yourself isn’t hard because you don’t know who you are.It’s hard because it removes the safetyof th...
16/12/2025

HOLD THE PAUSE!

Being yourself isn’t hard because you don’t know who you are.

It’s hard because it removes the safety
of the roles that once protected you.

Consider…
Maybe I don’t have to keep doing this anymore.

There’s no rush to change anything.

No need to dismantle the parts of you that kept you safe.

Just sit with the thought.
Notice where it lands.

And notice which roles feel a little tighter when you read it.

That awareness alone is enough for now.

On Thursday’s follow-up, I’ll share how to gently work with your protective roles...
so your responses can soften
and your outcomes begin to change
without forcing anything or losing yourself.

For today, tap into the quote here and there.

Just letting this one breathe.

Thursday check-ins are to help you:
• catch your unconscious habits
• shift you out of autopilot
• lower stress
• feel clearer
• stop carrying everyone else’s load
• and start responding from a calmer, steadier baseline

Small awareness → small interruption → small shift → big difference.

I’ll be opening my Inner Circle Community private FB Group in the new year… a space for deeper support, tools, stories, and real-life change.

If you want the link as soon as it opens, comment INNER below or DM me "SHIFT" to get the link early.

You’re not supposed to do everything alone.
Not even pattern change.

Today’s follow-up is your gentle nudge back into awareness…A pause.A noticing.A tiny shift in a long-practised pattern.B...
11/12/2025

Today’s follow-up is your gentle nudge back into awareness…

A pause.
A noticing.
A tiny shift in a long-practised pattern.

Because the Invisible Good Girl doesn’t just help everyone stay calm.

She manages the emotional weather of every room she walks into…
often at the cost of her own voice, her own needs, her own presence.

Today is about quietly interrupting that.

A moment to check…
Where did I shrink?
Where did I smooth?
Where did I disappear…
even though I was the one who needed holding?

Your three reflection questions are waiting for you in Slide 2…
and your 60-second nervous-system reset is on Slide 3.

Small awareness daily creates small interruptions…

which create small shifts…

which become life-changing over time.

Inner Circle Community soon… a space for deeper support, tools, stories, and real-life change.

If you want the link as soon as it opens, comment INNER below or DM me "SHIFT" to get the link early.

See you next Tuesday for the next archetype…

The Controller.
It’s a big one.

nora@activ8change.co.uk
frankie@activ8change.co.uk





THE INVISIBLE GOOD GIRL!Some women walk into a room and steal the show.Others walk in and quietly prevent the show fromb...
09/12/2025

THE INVISIBLE GOOD GIRL!

Some women walk into a room and steal the show.
Others walk in and quietly prevent the show from
burning to the ground.

That’s the Invisible Strategist.

She’s the one holding everything together
with the energy of a stage manager,
a crisis negotiator,
and a slightly overqualified therapist…
all while looking like she’s “just checking her emails.”

She’s invisible in the same way WiFi is invisible…
nobody notices it until it stops working,
and then suddenly the entire house is in meltdown.

People rely on her because she’s calm.
Because she’s capable.
Because she won’t kick off, storm out, or throw a stapler.

And because she makes the impossible look easy,
everyone assumes it is easy.
(A charming misunderstanding…
until she hits 38–50 and her nervous system files for divorce.)

This isn’t a “nice girl” story.
This is emotional project management
performed at Olympic level
by a woman who’s been backstage for decades
running the whole production
while the cast take bows.

If you felt a suspiciously accurate tug reading this…
you might just be her.

Come back on Thursday for your Reflection + Reset.

It’s time to step out from behind the curtain
and breathe like someone who isn’t holding up the building.

What happens next:
This Thursday I will share your free follow-up.
A tiny coaching moment and practical reset tool for this week’s archetype.

Here is the flow you will get every Thursday:
Slide 1 – Why this pattern matters
Slide 2 – Your Reflection Questions
Slide 3 – A 60 Second Reset you can actually use.

These check-ins help you:
• Catch unconscious habits
• Interrupt autopilot
• Lower your stress
• Feel clearer and steadier
• Stop carrying everyone else’s emotional weight
• Create small shifts that lead to big change

Small awareness leads to small pattern interruption which leads to small shifts which create big differences.

My Inner Circle Community is opening soon.
This will be the space for deeper tools, stories, support and real change.

If you want the link as soon as it opens, comment INNER or DM me the word SHIFT.

You are not meant to do everything alone.
Not even pattern change.

Next Week: The Controller!







Nora@activ8change.co.uk
Frankie@activ8change.co.uk

Every Tuesday we explore 1 of 6 Archetypes.On Thursdays, we share a tiny coaching moment, something real you can use in ...
04/12/2025

Every Tuesday we explore 1 of 6 Archetypes.

On Thursdays, we share a tiny coaching moment, something real you can use in your day, not just read and scroll past.

This week we met The Fixer…
• She sees a problem forming three rooms away and is already halfway through solving it.
• Her nervous system is basically running Windows 95 with 57 tabs of WHAT IF.
• The woman who jumps in before she has even realised she has moved.

And lots of you were saying “Yes, that’s me… All the time!”.

Fixers are not born.
They are trained by chaos, raised by responsibility, shaped by survival.

If you feel the urge to jump in, fix it, smooth it, save it…
Pause for a moment.
Not everything belongs to you.
Your rest is not a risk.
It is recovery.

So today is your gentle moment to pause, notice the pattern, and give your system a small reset before the Over-Doer runs the whole day.

Slide 1 = A reminder of why these matter
Slide 2 = Your Reflection Q’s
Slide 3 = A 60-second Reset you can actually use

These free Thursday check-ins are here to help you:
• catch your unconscious habits
• shift you out of autopilot
• lower stress
• feel clearer
• stop carrying everyone else’s load
• and start responding from a calmer, steadier baseline

Small awareness → small interruption → small shift → big difference.

I’ll be opening my Inner Circle Community soon… a space for deeper support, tools, stories, and real-life change.

If you want the link as soon as it opens, comment INNER below or DM me "SHIFT" to get the link early.

You’re not supposed to do everything alone.
Not even pattern change.



MEET THE FIXER!The woman who cannot sit still because her nervous system is still running Windows 95 with 57 tabs of “WH...
02/12/2025

MEET THE FIXER!

The woman who cannot sit still because her nervous system is still running Windows 95 with 57 tabs of “WHAT IF”.

She is the one quietly holding up the entire emotional infrastructure for her family, workplace, pets, neighbours and the odd stranger at Tesco.

She does not micromanage because she loves control.
She micromanages because chaos once meant danger.
And her body never forgot.

If this is you, I see you.
You are not too much.
You are not controlling.
You are not dramatic.

You are a woman who learned early that being on top of everything kept people safe and kept you safe too.

Here is the shift to hold onto:
Not every problem needs you.
Not every fire needs your hose.
Not every situation needs your clipboard.

And you, lovely, deserve rest that does not feel illegal.

If this landed quietly but deeply… that’s your sign.

If you’d like a to explore a little shift you can try today… Drop a comment below ↓ and I’ll share a wee tip to help ease your day!

Or message me privately if you don’t want to say it publicly…

Your reset can begin quietly, and completely This Time As You!

Next week’s archetype…
The Invisible Good Girl.
(Get ready… she’s silent but mighty).

What happens next
This Thursday I will share your free follow-up.
A tiny coaching moment and practical reset tool for this week’s archetype, The Fixer.

Here is the flow you will get every Thursday:
Slide 1 – Why this pattern matters
Slide 2 – Your Reflection Questions
Slide 3 – A 60 Second Reset you can actually use.

These check-ins help you:
• Catch unconscious habits
• Interrupt autopilot
• Lower your stress
• Feel clearer and steadier
• Stop carrying everyone else’s emotional weight
• Create small shifts that lead to big change

Small awareness leads to small pattern interruption which leads to small shifts which create big differences.

My Inner Circle Community is opening soon.
This will be the space for deeper tools, stories, support and real change.

If you want the link as soon as it opens, comment INNER or DM me the word SHIFT.

You are not meant to do everything alone.
Not even pattern change.

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