Gillian McLachlan: Healing & Transformation Coach

Let’s celebrate the sisterhood and all the fierce, strong and inspirational women in our lives today - all out there fighting for change in their own ways and trying to embody their fullest expression.

May all women feel free to shine their light and speak their truth without judgement, shame or ridicule. Let’s lift each other up!

Here’s to standing with other women, not against.⠀

To all the amazing women across the world and in my life - I love you and am grateful for the countless ways you make this world (and my world) more beautiful, loving and safe 🥰

Happy international women’s day!

You can have a billion pounds, loads of possessions, the fancy house, the husband etc and have a miserable life... or not much money, a small circle of friends and family, a tiny apartment or flatshare - and have a wonderful life. ⠀
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It all comes down to the patterns of emotions you have. Our thoughts create our feelings and our feelings create our realities. ⠀
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If your brain always comes back to feeling frustrated and angry, then that will dictate the quality of your life - regardless of what is going on externally.⠀
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If you have certain emotions and unhealed wounds, it won’t matter whether Covid is here or not, how much you achieve, if you find the love of your life, if you lose that weight...you will still be miserable. ⠀
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If you can find a way to master your INTERNAL emotions - where you have more gratitude, more joy, more passion, more purpose, more love - your life will completely transform.⠀
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The way we measure our lives is how we feel and yet most of us are not emotionally fit. ⠀
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This is where healing work comes in.⠀
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If you wire yourself to be in the best emotional state, to heal old wounds and break recurring, subconscious patterns, everything around you will change - because deep down it’s our emotional state that controls everything that we do.⠀
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Agree or disagree?

Be your whole ass self and don’t dim your light for anyone.

Who’s with me?! Can you add to the list?

🌙 When one door closes, another opens🌙 ⠀
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This new moon in Cancer represents the first few steps on the new path the eclipses laid for us. ⠀
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It might feel like your lives have been all shook up lately and now we set out on this new journey, so it’s the perfect time to set intentions for this new chapter. ⠀
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Journal on:⠀
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🌙 What energies do you wish to call in? ⠀
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🌙 What needs to be felt?⠀
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🌙 Where have I been holding back my truth?⠀
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🌙 Where have I put in hard work and what foundations have I set in the last cycle of the moon?⠀
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🌙 How can I feel at home with myself?⠀
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Take a moment to close your eyes and visualise the type of energies you wish to embrace, carry and imprint on to this new pathway. ⠀
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Share on intention you’re setting under this new moon energy… 👇🏻

Sometimes speaking our truth means we will lose people or situations.⠀
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But y’know what brings in the best kind of people, the most magical opportunities and deep love?⠀
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Stepping fully into your power, shining brightly, being authentic and being who you were always meant to be, unapologetically, and healing all the programming that has stopped you from doing so.⠀
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Keep playing big and being you, you gorgeous angel.

I used to be one of those people who apologises to the door when I accidentally brushed against it.⠀
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If someone bumped into me, I’d utter the word ‘sorry’ before I’d even realised what had happened. ⠀
Sorry seems to be the hardest word? Nuh uh, not for me. I was 100% an over-apologiser. Sometimes I said sorry for saying sorry.⠀
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I apologised when things were my fault, when they weren’t and for anything in between.⠀
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Do you relate?⠀
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Of course apologies are necessary - when you cancel plans or let someone down or turn up late, for example - but when you start apologising for things that are not your fault or for simply being you or for your opinions...then this often correlates with low self-esteem and starts to hit your confidence more and adds to self-blame and shame.⠀
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So how can you shift things?⠀
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Firstly, stop and think if this apology is warranted. ⠀
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Another way is to use more empowering language. So rather than saying ‘I’m sorry for venting’ perhaps say ‘Thank you for listening’⠀
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It’s time to kick the apology habit and take back your power. Stop minimising yourself and your presence girl! ⠀
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I help women show up unapologetically and go from shame, self-blame and self-loathing to self-loving, empowered and willing and able to show up as their authentic selves - and living a life they love rather than one they settle for.

DM me if you want to know more about my offerings ♥️

One of my best friends got married and had a baby during the pandemic - and today I got to see her for the first time since and meet the little one. (She lives too far away for us to have travelled before now!) ⠀
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It’s got me feeling reflective about the past year and a half.⠀

We so often focus on what we’ve lost and forget about what we’ve gained (and I don’t just mean the pounds 😩😀 Just me?)
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It’s made me realise what’s important. It’s made me turn inwards. It’s made me realise that the only thing in my control is my own reactions to things. And that’s ok. It’s made me question my beliefs and identity and affirm them. It’s forced me to slow down. And be home by 10pm 👏🏻⠀
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And now that we are returning to ‘normal’ I’m definitely taking some of the ‘lockdown rules’ forward in my own life. ⠀
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What about you? ⠀
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Finish the sentence below in the comments 👇🏻 ⠀
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The pandemic has made me realise…

I just made a choice.⠀
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One day, I made the decision to change my narrative. And started the work.⠀
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I didn’t suddenly get the external validation I thought I needed or miraculously lose all the fears I held - and my self-doubts and critical thoughts and conditioning didn’t just vanish like magic. ⠀
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They are still there and I live with them most days. But I turned the volume down.⠀
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I made a choice that I no longer wanted to feel the way I did, I no longer wanted to stay stuck, I no longer wanted to keep playing small, no longer wanted to settle for treatment I didn’t deserve, I no longer wanted to feel like I wasn’t enough or that I was too much, I no longer wanted to be my own worst enemy.⠀
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I could have chosen to give up on love and my dreams and keep living the disempowered version of myself OR step up and create the reality I was LONGING for.⠀
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I’m just a girl who DECIDED to unbound herself and choose a new story. ⠀
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And then I committed to that new narrative.⠀
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Are you ready to do the same? ⠀
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Comment on, save or share this post if you’re committed to creating a new story and letting your full, radiant self shine brightly.

Use this affirmation to call in your deepest desires 💙

Can you feel the energy of transformation in the air?
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🌞 HAPPY SUMMER SOLSTICE 🌞 ⠀
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This is the perfect time to CREATE. Check out my IGTV over on insta 👉🏻to find out how to harness today’s energy to powerfully manifest. And here are some journal prompts to help you on the way:⠀
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🔥 Where is the fiery life force energy in my life? How is it manifesting?⠀
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🔥 How will I feed my creative fire? What is its fuel?
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🔥 How am I a mother? How do I nurture, sustain and protect my creations?⠀
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🔥 What wisdom am I bringing with me from the spring? ⠀
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🔥 What am I leaving behind?⠀
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🔥 Who am I becoming?⠀
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🔥 What is awakening in me now? ⠀
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🔥 What seeds am I planting? ⠀
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🔥 What am I transforming?⠀
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🔥 What is my intention for this new season?⠀
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Share your summer intention below 👇🏻

I’ve added another person to my support team.⠀
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Meet Little Me. Wee JuJu as she liked to be called.⠀
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This little one has been with me every day for over 3 decades but I have to confess - I’ve been ignoring her.⠀
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She’s tried to get my attention in lots of ways - self-sabotaging behaviours, anxiety, anger, acting out, neediness, avoidance - but I’ve ignored and neglected her more than I realised.⠀
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Now this creative, innocent, sensitive part of me is coming along on all my adventures. ⠀
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Together we will choose healthy coping mechanisms and I promise to nurture her, play with her and let her express herself every day. ⠀
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I’ll keep reminding her she doesn’t need to prove herself to anyone and that she is so worthy and so lovable just as she is - and together we are unstoppable.⠀
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She’s got my back and I’ve got hers. ⠀
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Is your inner child trying to get your attention?

It’s time for new beginnings and to speak your truth - are you feeling this? I know I am!
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Today’s solar new moon eclipse signals a new beginning and a time to embrace the new.⠀
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Trust in whatever has been shifting for you and know that whatever needs to fall away will fall, and whatever needs to stay will stay. ⠀
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New moons are always a powerful time for release, letting go and new beginnings. ⠀
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This new moon falls in the sign of Gemini. Gemini is ruled by Mercury and all about communication. ⠀
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With Mercury in retrograde we have an opportunity to reflect on our communication styles, especially in regards to relationships and speaking our truth. ⠀
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Questions to journal on:⠀
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Where have I been holding back my truth?⠀
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What needs to be communicated?⠀
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What relationships need tending?⠀
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What am I ready to release?