Sophie Mercado - Kinesiology

25/04/2022

💜 I was amazed when I was training to be a self-love therapist my mum came out with a shocker: that self-love is indulgent. She was extremely uncomfortable with the concept of self-love.
💙 I couldn't believe it. But self-love isn't selfish or self-indulgent. And crucially without it I don't believe we can truly love an other. We can give ourselves to another but it won't be love.
💜 So many look outside of themselves for love. We think we will feel good if we could just be loved. We wait until we get the unconditional love we craved since childhood. I'm not judging; I did this for more years than I care to remember. But it doesn't have to be this way.
💙 We can develop the most important love of all: unconditional self-love.

29/12/2021

Been looking forward to this for weeks and it didn't disappoint. I'm such a sucker for lights, light shows and anything like this. Makes me smile. My daughter too 💙💛💜💚

23/12/2021

Time to take things a little more slowly 😀

10/12/2021

I'm very excited about my new 1 litre water bottle from Dunelm. My previous bottle was 500ml and when out working for the day I was never drinking enough water.

I can't drink tap water and prefer not to buy bottled so take my own distilled water everywhere. Now I can take a non-plastic bottle out for the day.

But 1 litre = 1 kilogram. And added incentive to drink it is to not be carrying a kilo of weight around.

07/12/2021

🌲🧑‍🎄My daughter declared this morning as she opened her advent calendar "ONLY 18 DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS!".

😫😀These words are enough to induce a state of impatient excitement or panic and stress. Whether it's the stress of family arguments, in-laws, being the perfect host, buying presents, cooking Christmas dinner and the many other things that seem to induce a bit of stress.

My family Christmases always included at least one big argument.

😌In the picture I'm doing Emotional Stress Relief, a really quick and powerful technique that dials downs stress. I'm thinking I'll do a video on how to do it so you can handle stress this festive season.

🌲🧑‍🎄 Tell me, are you excited or stressed about Christmas. Or perhaps impartial.🌲🧑‍🎄

11/11/2021

The physical wounds heal or may have never existed. But the emotional wounds live long. They define our present and impact our future.

I don't heal people but what I do is help them go in to meet the dark parts and heal the wounds so the future isn't defined by them.

Why are people not encouraged to do this? Why are we encouraged to keep it all in, pretend it didn't happen, put on a brave face? Why are we conditioned to think it is weak to talk about the wounds and emotional pain. It's not. It's the best thing you can do.

And releasing and healing them is the best gift you can give yourself.

04/11/2021

In the last 2 years I've learned some super powers. That is to stand in my power, be authentic and speak my truth.

For those that are newer friends, I haven't always been like this. I used to do what many do and look for external validation, approval and ways to fit in.

I have my self-love coach practitioner training to thank for this. The 'I Love You, Me' method really was transformational.

What has come with standing comfortably in my truth is the ability to say no. I was reminded this morning of the change when i was offered work in Greenwich, SE London. I'm in North London. The old me would have felt like I should say yes and do it despite knowing it was too far away.

However, today I said no, I didn't feel bad for saying no and I didn't feel like I wouldn't be liked for saying no.

It really is the most liberating thing when you step out of the shackles and remember it is okay to be you.

If anyone would like to know more about the I Love You, Me method give me a shout 💜

26/10/2021

💫 One of my favourite energy procedures I do is called Raise Your Vibration.

💗 Recently it came up with 2 consecutive clients on the same day. It got me thinking, who doesn't need a bit of vibration raising at the moment?

💫 And so I decided to offer it free for 3 people over Zoom that feel they would like to raise their vibration.

💗 It's a really such a beautiful and empowering energy procedure.

💫 You will feel love, feel blessed and will allow yourself to invite more love and light into your life, while also sending love to someone that needs it.

💗 It's very powerful but takes just around 15 minutes. If you would like to spend 15 minutes raising your vibration, love this post and comment below.

28/09/2021

Very proud and excited to have qualified in the I Love You, Me self-love coaching method.

It is such a powerful transformative process that is so much deeper than coaching. It's about connecting to the inner child and having a loving conversation, acknowledging the pain and trauma. It's about enabling them to make transformational decisions to take back their power and responsibility. It's about them loving themselves enough to stop hiding away, stop giving themselves away and stop looking outside of themselves for love and approval.

Thank you to all the people that have been my case studies along the way, enabling me to practice, develop and hone my skills.

So excited to take this out to the world and use alongside kinesiology

27/09/2021

Ready to welcome my kinesiology clients today in my newly created space.

Crystals lovingly organised by my 11 year old daughter along with the advice "make sure you don't have smelly breath." Don't you just love kids.

If you would like to see me in London N10 I'm offering 10% off. Fresh breath guaranteed.

24/09/2021

F U N F R I D A Y

These really did trick my mind. Some I really couldn't work out 🤔

21/09/2021

Had some news today that was upsetting and frustrating.

I wonder if the universe was preparing me.

Last night while cooking I was listening to The 7 Spiritual Laws of Success by Deepak Chopra. What stood out was him talking about turning challenges into opportunities. It really resonated.

And today I've received a challenge. I will do as Chopra says and create opportunities from it.

For now some grounding to Mother Earth.

20/09/2021

M I N D F U L M O N D A Y

Our beliefs are our biggest limits. As Wayne Dyer says "The only limits you have are the limits you believe."

Be conscious of your limiting beliefs.

❓How are they holding you back?
❓How is that working out for you?
❓When would be a good time to replace those beliefs with positive ones?

19/09/2021

19/09/2021

17/09/2021

F U N F R I D A Y

Marmite and cheddar 🥪

Delicious or disgusting? 😋🤮

And what's your favourite flavour combo? 🍓🥜🥝🦐

14/09/2021

🖋I'm repeating a business coaching course and one of the tasks is writing 100 reasons why you are awesome (I added amazing as the word awesome is a bit cringe for some).

👷‍♀️Last time round I found it really hard to get to 100. I'm currently at 30.

Here's my first 5.
1. I'm a great listener
2. I'm empathetic
3. I'm fun to be around
4. I have a good sense of humour
5. I care about people and humanity

It's a challenging task but a useful one, whatever work you do.

💯 Can you get to 100 or even 20 is great. Let me know.