09/09/2026
๐ ๐๐น๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐๐น๐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐โฆ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐๐ฎ๐น๐น๐, ๐ฎ ๐น๐ถ๐๐๐น๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป. โค๏ธ
A celebration to all my fellow coaches, teachers and instructors who keep showing up, adapting and doing something they genuinely care about.
I had a moment this week where I stopped and thought:
๐'๐บ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐'๐บ ๐๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ถ๐.
Running a business in the sports, fitness and wellness industry isn't always easy- and I understand why people come and go. Over the two years I've lost pools and facilities, faced setbacks, navigated difficult professional experiences, worked far too many early mornings and evenings, juggled it all around family life and changed direction more than once.
๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐๐บ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ, ๐ ๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐น.
I was burnt out and genuinely questioned whether I wanted to carry on.
But stepping back reminded me why I'm still here.
I absolutely love triathlon, swimming, strength training and coaching. Most of all, I love seeing people achieve things they didn't believe they were capable of.
๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ'๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ฐ-๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐๐ถ๐บ ๐๐๐บ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฝ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐น๐ โ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ๐, ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ด๐ต๐, ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ.
That's what it's all about. โค๏ธ
It also struck me that everything that's kept me going in business is exactly what we need when working towards our sporting and fitness goals:
๐๐ผ๐ป๐๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐. ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ. ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ. ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป.
I hope my own experiences have made me a more empathetic coach and that I can pass some of those lessons on to the people I work with. Because coaching isn't just about writing sessions and programmes โ it's about helping people develop the confidence, resilience and belief to keep going when things aren't perfect.
Here's to continuing to learn, adapt, support one another and, most importantly, keep doing what we love.
