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Nurture Her Health Coaching, Rotorua (2026)

25/01/2026

Working my way through We Can Do Hard Things by Glennon Doyle, Abby Wambach, and Amanda Doyle.

Answers to 20 of life’s biggest questions - this section on “How do I make peace with my body?” has especially stood out for me as a woman, as a girl mum, and as a women’s health coach.

Many of us spend much of our adulthood reconciling the narrative we were fed about our worth, what our bodies meant, the fear and control they created - the lack of love and comfort we felt in them.

Learning to love our vessel, to view it as a cosy home that fights for us every day, to listen to and honour the little nudges and messages it sends us can be major work.

It is my hope that our next generation of girls will have a much easier time with this journey because we are doing the work to find peace in our bodies and self-worth beyond the societal narratives designed to control them.

“To make peace with my body I reject anything that tells me to fear myself or that I’m broken” 💪🏼✨

07/01/2026

Shelling walnuts by hand today and feeling very humbled by the process. 🌰🔩🌳

Walnut trees take a lot of time to grow, are absolutely huge deep rooted creations of nature, and require patience to get the fruits of its labour.

A walnut is perfectly designed for protection, you can’t get to the worthwhile bits without a fair effort.

Cracking them open by hand is messy, a bit fiddly, and definitely slower than tipping a bag out of the supermarket packet. But there’s something grounding about working for your food, about being part of the process instead of removed from it.

There’s wisdom in the walnut, if we’re willing to slow enough to notice.

Question - If nourishment isn’t just what you eat, but how you live, where might you need to slow down and go back to basics?

28/12/2025

I think of summer as recalibration season.

Not the season for big goals, reinvention, or fixing everything.
But a gentle pause to check in.

Questions like:
• What’s been working for me?
• What’s quietly draining me?
• What do I want less of next year?
• What do I want to protect more?

When we don’t pause to recalibrate, we just carry the same patterns forward and hope a new year magically changes things.

Recalibration doesn’t need a plan.
It just needs honesty.
And a bit of breathing room.

For me? Recalibration this summer is looking like...
🛏 Going to bed earlier instead of pushing through tiredness for "me" time
⚖ Lowering my expectations of myself temporarily without guilt
☀Spending more time outside and less time scrolling
🧘‍♀️ Releasing the pressure to be productive and making space to just be

25/12/2025

Boxing Day is about taking it slow.

It’s a recovery day.
For your nervous system. For your body.
For the part of you that’s been doing literally all the things for all the people over the last few weeks.

If you feel flat, irritable, or weirdly just done today, that’s not “post-Christmas blues”. It’s your system coming down after sustained stimulation, emotion, and responsibility.

Adrenaline drops.
Cortisol settles.
And what’s left is often exhaustion.

Today doesn’t need reflection, productivity or a tonne of motivation (unless you're travelling, then I wish you ALL the luck on your journey).

It might need:
• Rest without guilt
• Fewer decisions
• Gentle movement or stillness
• Simple food
• Quiet moments where your body can exhale

If all you do today is breathe a little deeper, sit a little longer, or choose ease over effort, that is enough.

This is nervous system recovery; and it matters more than we give it credit for 🤍

💬 What does your body need today?

24/12/2025

✨ Merry Christmas ✨

If the kids are loud, the food isn’t Instagram-worthy, the house feels chaotic, or you’re sneaking five minutes alone with a coffee (or bubbles) … you’re doing it right.

Christmas is allowed to be:
🎄 messy
🎄 joyful
🎄 emotional
🎄 loud
🎄 quiet
🎄 full
🎄 gentle

All at once.

Wherever today finds you - hosting, travelling, grieving, celebrating, surviving, or somewhere in between - I hope you find a moment to pause and breathe.

Sending so much love to you and your people this Christmas

Chelsea x

22/12/2025

A gentle reminder as Christmas approaches:

You are not responsible for everyone’s emotions.
You are not required to keep the peace at the expense of your own wellbeing.
You are allowed to have needs and limits, and to act on them.
You deserve quiet uninterrupted moments too.

If you feel yourself becoming snappy or overwhelmed, that’s information to act on, not an indicator you're ruining Christmas *ahem*.
It’s your nervous system giving you a friendly kick up the butt to help it out.

Even small things:
• Go stand outside for some fresh air and Vitamin D
• Eat something (containing some degree of nutritional support)
• Drink a glass of water (coffee doesn't count, I'm sorry)
• Take a break from conversation
• Let something just be “good enough”

Christmas doesn’t need you to be perfect, Christmas wants you to enjoy yourself. Wildly imperfect, messy, unapologetic - your gorgeous, wholehearted self.

I'm here for it (no aesthetic matching Christmas pyjamas, beautifully decorated cookies, streamlined Christmas tree, or holly jolly family carol singing in sight - yas!)🎄🎁🤶🏻

💬 What’s one small way you can support yourself this week?

17/12/2025

If Christmas Feels Like A Lot...

If Christmas feels like a lot this year, you’re not even a little alone here.

For many women, this season comes with an extra kick of invisible work:
The planning.
The remembering.
The organising.
The emotional holding of everyone else’s experience.

Even the “nice” parts can feel heavy when you’re carrying the mental load behind them.

You don’t have to love every moment or feel wildly grateful all the time.
You also don't have to perform joy if your body is asking for something softer.

It’s okay to slow down your days rather than optimising ALL the events and activities.
It's ok to let go of some "traditions" or "magic making" - your calm and happy presence means more I assure you.
It’s okay to say no to the things that suck your energy rather than restoring it.
It’s okay to give some responsibilities back to others - it was never your job to carry everything for everyone.

💬 If Christmas feels hard this year, know you’re not alone.

15/12/2025

Summer Isn’t for Sprinting

Summer has a way of revealing just how tired we really are.

When life slows down a little, routines loosen, and the constant rushing eases, many women suddenly feel what they’ve been carrying all year. And I don’t think that’s a bad thing.

Summer isn’t for sprinting.
It’s for letting your nervous system settle.
For fresh air, slower mornings, and space to think.
For remembering what it feels like to not be “on” all the time.

Rest isn’t falling behind.
It’s recalibration.

And often, the clarity we’re searching for only arrives once we stop pushing so hard.

💬 What does real rest look like for you this summer?

30/11/2025

The Detour That Leads You Home

I love having those moments in coaching where a client suddenly realises we’re talking about something completely different to what we initially planned. That “wait… how did we get here?” moment?

Honestly, that’s usually where magic lives.

Our brains don’t work in straight lines. They follow threads, make links, and tug on little pieces of information that feel important even if we don’t know why yet. When a conversation takes an unexpected turn, it’s often because your brain is trying to help you make sense of something.

Those detours light up the parts of the brain that help with creativity, intuition and those delicious “aha” realisations (the ones that make a coaching session feel extra good). It’s your mind connecting dots behind the scenes.

And here’s the cool part…
What feels like a random tangent is sometimes exactly what we needed to talk about. It loosens the stuck bits. It gives us another angle. It brings a missing piece into view.

Of course, our brain’s quick, intuitive thinking can get ahead of us too. That’s where coaching comes in - we slow it down just enough to look at that detour with intention and curiosity so we can actually use the insight hiding inside it.

🧩 Growth doesn’t always travel in a straight line. Sometimes the long way round is the way home.

17/11/2025

Why Your Coach Won’t Tell You What to Do (and Why That’s a Good Thing)

When new clients first start coaching with me, they often ask, “So, what’s your plan? What’s the process here?”
And they’re a little surprised when my response is, “What would you like the process to look like? What feels like a good start point for you?”

That moment usually comes with a mix of confusion and discomfort; we’re so used to being told what to do by the "expert" we're paying to help us!

But coaching isn’t about following someone else’s roadmap. It’s about creating your own, as the expert on yourself (with some guidance, curious questions and key pieces of education/behaviour-change practice from your coach, who is great at that stuff 😉).

From a neuroscience perspective, this is exactly what makes coaching so effective. When you design your own plan, your prefrontal cortex (your decision-making and planning centre) lights up, boosting motivation and ownership of that plan. You’re literally wiring your brain for confidence and self-leadership.

Psychologically, this strategy also taps into self-determination theory: you're more likely to follow through on actions that meet your innate needs for autonomy, competence, and connection. As a client, when you own your process, you're not just changing your habits, you're reshaping aspects of your identity and self-belief (which is some awesome work going on in the background!)

So, in summary - when you design the plan instead of just being given one, your brain is excited to take ownership of it. That’s where the real, sustainable change from coaching sticks - because the change is all yours!

06/11/2025

Authenticity: the quality of being genuine, true to one’s own personality, values, and spirit, regardless of external pressures.

We hear a lot about authenticity - bring your authentic self to work, to social media, to every part of life. Especially now, in a world full of curated online personas, AI-generated content, and constant comparison, authenticity seems more important than ever. Anyone can learn the information and skills, but nobody else can be uniquely you and all that comes with that.

But here’s the oxymoron: much of what we call “authenticity” seems fairly contextual. It’s shaped by the environment, the people around us, and what’s deemed acceptable within those parameters.

I’ve had countless conversations with female friends, colleagues, and clients that go something like this:

“I can be my authentic self BUT I make sure to cover up my tattoos.”

“I'm absolutely taken seriously BUT I keep my hair shorter which helps.”

“I know I can speak up here BUT I'm more careful what I say there.”

As women, that tailoring, that constant adjustment, it adds to our mental load and sense of self-worth. We’re told: "be authentic", yet we’re still measured against invisible parameters that we need to remain vigilant of when we walk into a room.

Recently, I had an interaction that really challenged me around this. I received feedback suggesting I needed to show up differently to succeed in a certain environment. It pulled me up short. This was new to me and revealed how much freedom I now have in working for myself, that I perhaps hadn't considered the parameters of authenticity within that particular space that I would have done a few years ago.

I do have the freedom to show up as my authentic self in every interaction with clients because I know whole-heartedly, they've hired me the person, not just my knowledge and skills. It’s a bit mind blowing. And it’s made me wonder:

💬 Do we genuinely want people to be their true authentic selves, or is authenticity conditional - framed by social, cultural, or professional boundaries?

I’d love to hear your thoughts. How do you navigate authenticity in your life and work?

04/11/2025

Even when your work is helping people overcome imposter syndrome, negative self-talk, and your brain’s natural “negativity bias,” life still tests you.

The last few weeks have been exactly that for me. And honestly? Life has a wicked sense of humour when it comes to timing lessons.

Here’s the good news: all the mindset work I’ve done, the coaching tools I teach, the practices I use myself - has been helping.

Instead of retreating or wallowing (like I'm prone to doing):
🌿 I’ve taken walks in fresh air with Murphy our pup
🧠 I’ve challenged negative thoughts and focused on reframing
💬 I’ve supported others involved in the situation without getting stuck in their chaos

The thoughts and feelings still pop up - that’s normal. Our brains are wired to protect us, its just biology. But recognising them, knowing I’m safe, and choosing how to respond; that’s where the power is.

Life doesn’t stop throwing curveballs. But the work we put in, the mindset tools we practice, they do help us navigate the chaos with clarity and calm (even when practicing them feels a bit boring and unnecessary sometimes!)

💛 It’s a work in progress, but every small step counts.

💬 Question for you: When life throws challenges your way, what’s your go-to tool or practice to stay grounded?

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