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✨10 Questions to get you thinking about what YOU want 👇

30/09/2026

This gave me a rather lovely little boost today 💚

September’s Paseda360 Coach of the Month 🥰

I’ll be honest, building a coaching business alongside everything else can sometimes feel like a bit of a rollercoaster. Some weeks I feel like I’m making real progress, other weeks I wonder if I’m getting anywhere at all 😂

So this landed at a really lovely time.

Over the last few months I’ve kept showing up, kept learning, pushed myself through the tech (not always gracefully 😂) and continued trying to build something that feels very me.

There’s still lots I want to do, but perhaps this is a little reminder to myself to occasionally look back at how far I’ve come, rather than always looking at what’s next.

Thank you Angela Cox Paseda360 💚
This genuinely made my day.

Vanessa x

25/09/2026

I’m getting better at putting things in the diary just because I fancy doing them.

Thursday afternoon was afternoon tea at the beautiful Grantley Hall

No particular occasion. Nothing to celebrate. Just something lovely to do with a friend.

And I think I’m getting better at that.

For years my diary has been very good at filling itself with work, appointments, things that need doing and places I need to be.

The nice things often get fitted around everything else.

I’m trying to turn that around a little.

Not in a “live every day like it’s your last” kind of way. I still have washing to do, emails to answer and food shopping to get. 😂

I’m saying yes more, and making a bit more room for things I enjoy, without needing a particularly good reason for doing them.

And on Thursday that happened to involve tiny sandwiches, beautiful cakes and probably far more food than was strictly necessary.

I can highly recommend it. 😊

Vanessa x

23/09/2026

I’ve been asking people a question recently that sounds ridiculously simple.

What do YOU want?

Not what would make life easier for everyone else.

Not what your partner, children, boss, colleagues or parents might prefer.

Not what you should want at this stage of your life.

Just… what do you want?

It’s funny how much harder that can be to answer than it sounds.

Especially if you’ve spent years being the person who gets on with things, sorts things out and considers everybody else.

And it doesn’t have to mean changing your whole life.

Maybe you want more time. A different balance at work. Something new to look forward to. To say no without feeling guilty about it for the next three days. 😂

Or maybe you’ll realise you’re actually pretty happy with things as they are.

I’ve put together 10 quick questions that take around 3 minutes to get you thinking about exactly that.

When did you last ask yourself what YOU want?

If you fancy giving it a go, you’ll find the link in my bio 👆

Vanessa x

21/09/2026

Nobody really tells you what being a cancer survivor looks like seven years later.

When I was diagnosed with advanced bowel cancer in 2019, life suddenly became about getting through the next thing.

Scans. Results. Radiotherapy. Chemotherapy. Surgery. Recovery.

And somewhere amongst all of that was the hope that eventually life would get “back to normal”.

Seven years on, I’m not sure there is such a thing.

There have probably been several versions of normal since then.

These days cancer isn’t something I think about every minute of every day. Life is full of work, coaching, family, plans, boring jobs, lovely days and all the usual stuff.

Yesterday we were out celebrating my son’s birthday with his partner, who is expecting their baby next month.

I looked at this photo afterwards and had one of those moments.

In 2019 I had absolutely no idea what the future would look like.

And now I’m about to become a grandma. ❤️

I spend a lot of time feeling incredibly grateful. But I’m human. I sometimes still get grumpy, worry about things that probably don’t matter and get caught up in everyday life.

I do think surviving something like cancer changes your relationship with time.

Perhaps that’s part of the new normal too.

Looking back sometimes and allowing yourself to feel what you’ve been through.

And looking around at what’s here now and really noticing it.

Yesterday was one of those moments for me.

I hope you can see from the look on my face just how happy I am to be here, experiencing days like this.

Vanessa x

06/09/2026

When did you last ask yourself what YOU want?

Not what needs doing next.
Not what everyone else needs from you.
Not what keeps the peace.
Not even what you think you should want.

Just… what do you want?

It sounds like such a simple question, but I know from the conversations I have through coaching that it can be surprisingly difficult to answer.

So I’ve put together 10 quick-fire questions designed to get you thinking about how much space your own wants, needs and choices are getting in your life right now.

There are no right or wrong answers, and you don’t need to have anything figured out. It’s simply an opportunity to check in with yourself and see what comes up.

If you’re curious, you can take the scorecard via the link in my bio, or if you’re reading this on Facebook, I’ve popped the link below.

I’d love to know what it gets you thinking about.

Vanessa x

31/08/2026

I think September might be my new January…

There’s something about September that always seems to make my head feel a little clearer.

Maybe it’s the schools going back, routines returning or just that feeling of a new season beginning. Although I’m definitely hoping for a bit more summer yet! ☀️

It gets me thinking about the rest of this year and the next one too.

What do I want more of?
What would I like less of?
Where do I want to put my time and energy?

And maybe that’s why something I’ve been working on feels particularly timely.

When did you last ask yourself what YOU want?

I’ve put together 10 questions that are easy to answer but might just get you thinking.

There are no right or wrong answers. Just a little time to think about you for a change.

If you fancy giving it a go, the link is in my bio 👆

Maybe September could be your January too.

Vanessa x

25/08/2026

I absolutely adore being outside, especially in this beautiful weather.

This is me (again 😊) at RHS Wisley last week.

I did take a photo of myself sitting side-on on a bench, trying to look all professional and reflective. I looked an absolute plonker 😂 so here’s the one with the big grin instead.

Two thirds of my working week I’m a leader in primary care. The other third, I coach people.

And one of my favourite things about coaching is the look on someone’s face when something suddenly makes sense.

That mixture of surprise and wonder when they realise that something they’ve believed about themselves for years, or a way they’ve been making decisions without even thinking about it, has a story behind it.

“Oh my goodness… THAT’S why I do that.”

Sometimes we can trace it back years. To something someone said, something that happened, or a role they learned to play without ever consciously choosing it.

I never get tired of seeing that moment.

Because when you realise what’s been quietly influencing you, you can start deciding for yourself what you want to keep and what you don’t.

That’s the kind of work I do.

And I currently have two spaces for 1:1 coaching from September.

You don’t need to know exactly what you want to change before we talk. That’s often where the work starts.

If you’re curious, send me a message.

Vanessa x

20/08/2026

“I’d love to, but…”

I wonder how many times we say this without really thinking about it.

I’d love to change jobs, but I’m too old to start again.

I’d love to work fewer hours, but I can’t justify it.

I’d love to travel more, but it’s not practical.

I’d love to have a bit more time for me, but there’s always something (or someone!) else that needs sorting first.

It’s something I notice when I’m talking to people.

They mention something they’d really love to do and their whole face changes. They smile, become more animated, there’s suddenly a bit more energy there.

And then comes the BUT.

All the reasons they can’t, shouldn’t, or probably won’t.

Of course, real life comes with responsibilities.

But maybe we’re sometimes a little too quick to dismiss the bit that came before the “but”.

So I’d love to know…

How would you finish the sentence?

“I’d love to…”

Tell me below, or if your answer feels a bit too personal for the comments, send me a message instead.

I’d genuinely love to hear it. ❤️

Vanessa x

18/08/2026

When did you last do something simply because you wanted to?

Not because it was productive.

Not because somebody needed you.

Not because it was on the list.

Just because you fancied it.

We can get so used to fitting ourselves around everything else.

Work.
Family.
Appointments.
Jobs that need doing.
Other people’s needs.

And when you’ve spent years being the person who gets things done and is there for everyone else, it’s surprisingly easy to lose touch with a very simple question:

What do I actually want?

Not what would be sensible.

Not what I should do.

What do I want?

It doesn’t have to be anything big.

A walk because the sun’s out.
Coffee with a friend.
An afternoon doing absolutely nothing useful.
Saying yes because it sounds fun.
Or saying no, simply because you don’t want to.

And if you can’t immediately think of the last thing you did simply because you wanted to…

Perhaps that’s worth noticing.

Vanessa x

PS This was taken on a boiling hot day, it was soooo cool in that tunnel !!

21/04/2026

I care deeply about the impact coaching can have on people.

Not in a dramatic, overnight life changing kind of way
although sometimes things can shift quite quickly.

More often, it’s in the quieter changes that happen over time.

Where someone starts to feel a bit more confident in themselves
at home, at work, in how they show up.

I see it in the people I work with, and I’ve experienced it myself too.

Because I’m not on a pedestal here.

Life has thrown its fair share of challenges my way as well.

And one of the biggest things coaching has given me is a better understanding of myself, and other people.

Things that might have frustrated me before don’t tend to sit with me in the same way now.

That feeling still shows up occasionally, but it passes much more quickly.

There’s more awareness.
More perspective.
More choice in how I respond.

And that’s what I find so powerful about coaching.

It’s not about fixing people.

It’s about helping them understand themselves more deeply, so they can live and work in a way that feels more aligned and more confident.

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