Jenny Latham Coaching

10/05/2024

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenny-latham

17/04/2024

I wish I hadn’t worked so hard
I wish I had let myself be happier
I wish I had stayed in touch with friends
I wish I’d had the courage to express my feelings
I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me

Did you know these are the top 5 regrets of the dying, according to Bonnie Ware’s brilliant book ‘Regrets of the Dying’?

I did an exercise using these recently which was really powerful.

I had to identify
A) What I would need to do differently to feel 100% confident I wouldn’t feel any of these regrets

B) Any regrets I would add to the list if I was to go tomorrow

Yikes! Powerful stuff!

Certainly made me step off the hamster wheel and get some perspective!

Sometimes we have major events, diagnoses or traumas in our life which force us to take stock.
For me one of these was 5 years ago when my brother in law died very suddenly and unexpectedly aged 44.
But when we’re fortunate enough not to have these, what creates our urgency to stop and work out where we’re going?

12/03/2024

⚡️Start the day in the best way - walks, chats, sunrise and energy and accountability to get 1% better each day

Excited to be running my first sunrise group walk all about habits on 16th April!

Here’s what you need to know:
- Tues 16th April
- 6.15am start
- 1hr
- Meet St James Church, Thorley
- £7
- You’ll leave with fresh inspiration, energy and accountability to start a +ve habit or stop a -ve one
- Registration essential as limited spots https://calendly.com/jennylatham/group-walk-talk-tues-16-apr-habits

20/02/2024

Next Group Walk & Talk:
Fri 15th March: 1.30-3pm
Topic: Habits
Register here: https://calendly.com/jennylatham/group-walk-talk-fri-15-mar-habits

Are you still trying to work out how to break ‘bad’ habits (snacking, boozing, checking your phone a zillion times a day) and how to create good ones (eating healthily, getting enough exercise, prioritising sleep etc)?

This book is an amazing and practical read and/or you could join the next group walk and talk where we’ll be getting practical on making small changes for a big impact ⚡️

07/02/2024

9 days to go!

Come walk, talk, connect and leave with practical strategies for managing your inner chatter ⚡️

Book on here as spaces limited: https://calendly.com/jennylatham/group-walk-talk-16-feb

09/01/2024

10 days to go! 🙌

Calling all Bishops Stortford ‘working from homers’ with flex, freelancers, stay at home parents and anyone who enjoys fresh air and conversations about wellbeing……

⚡️Are you looking to meet new like minded people? 
⚡️Interested in being inspired to be happier and healthier?
⚡️Having soul nurturing conversations?

Join us for this first FREE group walk and talk with a focus on the importance of human connection for wellbeing.

Friday 19th January
1.30-3pm*
Southern Country Park, Bishops Stortford

The walk will be facilitated by myself (Jenny Latham Coaching), a Professional Life Coach, accredited with the International Coaching Federation. I am also a trained Hertfordshire Health Walks Volunteer Walk Leader (although this is an independent venture).

Book here as numbers are limited: www.calendy.com/jennylatham

If you feel nervous about coming along on your own happy to have a chat / text in advance and make sure you get a warm welcome - others will be in the same boat so you won’t be alone.

*with the opportunity to duck out a little earlier for school run if needed

I help busy professionals to get 'unstuck' with life decisions and challenges & into confident action

03/01/2024

Let’s talk HUMAN CONNECTION & WELLBEING

One of my favourite topics!

If you’re local to Bishops Stortford on Friday 19th January join me for this NEW group walk and talk. Everyone welcome 🥰

www.calendly.com/jennylatham

02/01/2024

FEAR! One to work on in 2024…….

Skiing is such a mind game!

How are the kids already faster than me on day 2?! 🤣😭

Me:
* oh god, please don’t cut me up
* gah, this is too steep
* how have I forgotten everything the instructor said?!
The kids:
* wohoo, I’m going so fast
* yeay, let’s go again
* can we do a harder run?

I’ve got the technique as I’ve been before, (though many moons ago), but fear is definitely getting in my way of enjoying the experience as much as they do! Having to have a word with myself regularly, singing also helps!

How much does fear stop you from living your life to the max? Doing the things you really want to?
Imagine what you could do if you were fearless!?⚡️

Back on the 8th for walk and talk coaching in Bishops Stortford, Sawbridgeworth or virtually if you’re not local.
Jan special offer for new clients just £40 for the first session.
Book a free exploratory call here: www.calendly.com/jennylatham

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22/12/2023

The best day for a walk and talk coach 😁🙌
We’ve had the longest darkest day, sliding into spring and longer daylight hours from here - woop! ☀️

20/12/2023

Very excited to launch my local Walk & Talk Coaching with a great (even if I do say so myself) introductory offer 🥳
Please do spread the word to anyone you know feeling a bit stuck and wanting to get into action in 2024.
www.calendly.com/jennylatham to book a free 30 min Intro Call from 8-January

14/12/2023

5 great things about Walk & Talk Coaching

1. Changing your environment can change how you look at things; fresh air drives fresh perspective.

2. Not another Teams / Zoom call; a chance to rest your screen-tired eyes and stretch your mind and body.

3. Walking side by side helps conversation flow more freely and feels less 'confrontational' than a typical 'face to face' call.

4. Processing things weighing down your mind in a natural setting lowers burnout symptoms.

5. You get exercise AND meaningful human connection which releases the feel good chemicals oxytocin, dopamine, serotonin and endorphins.

Excited to launch in January. Look out for the bookings link soon

28/11/2023

Telling people I’m a Life Coach poses a bit of a challenge for me as the word ‘Coach’ conjures up so many different meanings in people’s minds. Generally people think about Sports Coaches, experts at directing or instructing athletes in their chosen field.
This leads people to assume I’ve trained to be some kind of expert on life, that they’ll be able to tell me their problems and I’ll offer some advice and direction from a seat of having sorted it all out myself (which in truth I haven’t!)
However, the role of a Life Coach, as per my training and in alignment with the International Coaching Federation, is quite different.

As a coach I am not trained to be an expert on life but I AM trained to have superpowers in (amongst other things):

1. Facilitating a process - every conversation is different but follows a similar structure and has a start (getting clear about what good looks like by the end), a middle (delving deeper, unpicking thoughts, beliefs, assumptions, feelings) and an end (what next)? I gently guide people through the process and give choices when we reach forks in the road.

2. Listening differently - like, really listening, so that the person doing the thinking can explore and understand themselves in a new deeper way. What tends to happen in conversations with friends is that we listen and diagnose and offer well intentioned advice, or interrupt with our own similar story - this overshadows the ability to self reflect.

3. Noticing - when someone is telling me something I am noticing what is happening to their tone of voice, facial expression, body language as these offer clues as to how they are really feeling. Sharing what I am noticing can often be a lightbulb moment e.g. letting someone know that their face lights up when they talk about a possible career option

4. Giving space - fresh thinking and making new meaning from things needs space, my job is to ‘hold space’ - to not fill every second of the conversation with talk but to pause a little, to notice when someone is processing something, looking skywards, and to slow things down and let them do some quality thinking

5. Understanding key psychological models, neuroscience and tools and techniques which I can share with my clients to help them better understand their situation and/or themselves

Using all of these skills, by the end of a session you’ll most likely know what to do next, feel much more confident to do it AND it will likely feel a lot more ‘right’ than it would have done if I had told you the answer!
Words I normally hear from clients about how they feel after our coaching sessions are: energised, lighter, excited, empowered, confident!

If you, or someone you know, would like to feel more like that and less stuck, frustrated or fearful then I’ll be launching my Walk & Talking coaching (local to Sawbridgeworth and Bishops Stortford) and virtually (for those further afield) in January.

There will be a very limited number of FREE taster session running before Christmas - dates to follow this week.