Caroline Gates-Turnbull Coaching

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21/10/2024

Most people will say they want to change their current circumstances, in relationships or in business or just generally and yet, despite the fact that they are clearly suffering and saying they are ready to change - they still will not do what it takes.

People won't change - until the pain of staying stuck where they are outweighs the pain of doing the work that change requires.

They might fear change.

They might even fear success.

They definitely fear the unknown.

They would rather cling on to certainty of the life they know rather than face uncertainty. There is comfort in the familiar, even if that familiarity is dismal.

You see, our brains are wired for survival. It is a basic instinct. And sometimes we see uncertainty as dangerous. It is just a survival mechanism.

Sometimes though, this can stop us moving forward, it can prevent us achieving our potential. It can stop us taking a chance on something better.

Remember the brain has not evolved much from the days when our ancestors faced life threatening dangers on a daily basis.

Modern life no longer typically holds the same threats. There isn't a lion around the next corner - usually. But our brain still sounds the alarm causing fear and resistance to change and growth.

This is not your fault.
But creating change is your responsibility.
Changing takes consistent effort.
But this is where we grow.

08/10/2024

30/09/2024

I am excited to announce that I have achieved my Hypnotherapy Certification.

It was a great 3 days full of relaxation, much laughter, trance states and yes, some challenging concepts.

Looking forward to introducing my clients to the power of Hypnotherapy.

28/09/2024

I recently had the privilege of working with an amazing client who kindly shared the testimonial below. I’ve included their original email for authenticity but have also created a more readable version for ease.

It's an honour to guide my clients as they tap into their inner strength, ready to do the deep work necessary for lasting transformation.

If you’re ready to break through your own barriers and cultivate the success mindset that fuels achievement in life, business, and relationships, feel free to reach out.

24/09/2024

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝟑 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐒𝐡𝐢f𝐭𝐬 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐀𝐃𝐇𝐃 𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐮𝐫 𝐍𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐒𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬

𝐀𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐃𝐇𝐃 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐮𝐫, 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐞𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐧𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦. 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐡𝐢f𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬:

F𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐨𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲
𝐀𝐃𝐇𝐃 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐨f𝐭𝐞𝐧 f𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐬. 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥f 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢z𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 f𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭f𝐮𝐥 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬. 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 f𝐮𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲.

F𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐒𝐞𝐥f-𝐃𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐒𝐞𝐥f-𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞f
𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐭. 𝐒𝐡𝐢f𝐭 f𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞f 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐲 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 f𝐫𝐨𝐦.

F𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐔𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐒𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲

𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐬, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠-𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐒𝐡𝐢f𝐭 f𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐭-𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞.

𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐢f𝐭𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐀𝐃𝐇𝐃 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐚 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬.

23/09/2024

This week I'm mapping out the next steps for my coaching program. What's your big focus for this week?

Anything exciting in the works?

03/09/2024

And so, it begins ........

From 1 a.m. BST tomorrow until Sunday at 10 a.m. BST I will be in a training room, among others, with one of the best (if not the best) NLP trainers in the world. It blows my mind that this is actually happening. Come Sunday, I will be certified with the biggest NLP certification body in the world. Tomorrow will mark the culmination of a long held dream of mine.

You might ask yourself why I am doing this program when I am already sufficiently qualified and certified in various modalities including NLP. The answer to that is simple. Because I want to be the best NLP Practitioner, Coach and Therapist that I can be. And this program is the best in the world. It is incomparable to any other certification out there.

Why do I want to be the best at what I do? Because I want my clients to get the best coaching they can, so that they can get the results they need to be the best they can be.

That is possible for everyone. It really is. If you are prepared to do the work.

So if you are looking for freedom from negative emotions, limiting beliefs, phobias and so much more (SO much more!) then hit the follow button.

There will be a lot going on after next week. I will not walk out of this huge experience as the same person, coach and therapist that walked in.

For those who work with me via coaching and therapy, you will not walk out of the experience the same either.

That is what the experience is all about.

See you next week 🐣🪶

02/08/2024

Eighteen months ago, I decided to quit playing it safe and go all out to build a business as an online transformational coach and therapist.

I had returned to live in the UK just five short years before this, after four decades in Zimbabwe, and I was no stranger to change, turmoil, or stepping out of my comfort zone. So, while working a 9-5 job, enrolling in a marketing program, and completing other important training—all while living with and managing chronic pain— I took a leap of faith and trusted that the wings that had always held me up would carry me once again.

I’ve invested everything I have into building a brand and putting myself out there, learning all I could about social media marketing. Burning the candle at both ends, I juggled all my other responsibilities and stressors. I pushed through every physical, emotional, and mindset obstacle imaginable because living a life of scarcity in a dead-end 9-5 job on the eternal hamster wheel was never an option for me. Making the decision not to settle but to strike out on the path of entrepreneurship is a decision I would not change for anything.

Have there been moments I wanted to give up? Oh yes. But failure has never been an option for me. The resilience and grit I developed throughout my life—facing adversity, fighting, and slaying my own dragons—have helped me create a bulletproof success mindset. That is worth all the sweat, tears, and pain.

My journey has not been linear, and nor is yours. Like everyone else, my mindset sways at times because it will never be perfect, and that’s okay. I still have a way to go, and that’s okay too. There will always be twists and turns. But my vision for the future is in sight now, and I know I will get there. You can too.

If you are an entrepreneur with ADHD looking to create a bulletproof mindset, I hope this post inspires you and instils within you the belief that anything is possible. Because most things are.