Irina Holmes

Spending some quality family time in Durham over the weekend. It was absolutely incredible to visit Durham cathedral which holds a copy of the Magna Carta. We walked over 12,000 steps and enjoyed the ancient city, filled with so much character and history.

Going out and visiting new places is a great opportunity to see the world from a new perspective, to break old patterns and feel re-energised. Despite the occasional rain we were extremely lucky with the weather. People were really friendly and I loved the old market, bursting with creativity and life.

It's my passion and soul purpose to be my fullest and most authentic self, and through my experience and example, guide and offers support to other people who are also searching for their own way in life. I'm not here to give answers, but instead to ask questions and be with you as you uncover your own answers to the fascinating story that is life.

I'm so grateful to be alive. I was just thinking about all the seeds of all the trees that yearn for a desire to grow into a tree, and how many don't make it.

We are so fortunate to be alive compared to all the possibilities of life that never come to pass. Our life is one in a billion, of all the things that could have happened so that you were never here. But you are here.

I like to think about this when I'm feeling down or lacking excitement about living. I like to remind myself about how miraculous it is that I am alive, that I exist out of all the chances that did not make it.

I hope this resonates with people and in particular anyone who is struggling to see the light at the end of the tunnel. We are survivors, the lucky seeds that found enough soil and nutrition to grow, and had enough safety to grow into trees, no matter how crooked, bent or twisted. We made it and we are here.

Home is not a singular place, with brick walls, glass windows and a roof. Home is also our bodies, our minds, emotions and spirit. It's the daily practises and habits that we enact. It's our weekly schedule and our ability to feel safe and protected even when people are not meeting our expectations. It's an inner feeling, of inner connection, self-acceptance and love for oneself. It's a place where we are self-governing, to decide our rhythms and momentums. Home can be anywhere and it cannot be taken away by anyone. It's something we give to ourselves.

With love,

Elfik

Some recent Gaia encounters 💚 let me gardens speak for me when I am home

Days like these... 💞

⚘ The burnout.
⚘ The self-doubt.
⚘ The endless striving for a version of success that leaves you empty.

⚘ It’s not your fault.
⚘ You were taught to value achievement over alignment, performance over presence, and productivity over peace.

⚘ But what if true leadership begins from within?
⚘ What if your greatest power is not in doing more—but in becoming more fully you?

⚘ I offer a radically different path—one rooted in clarity, self-trust, and inner authority.
Through my unique coaching approach, you’ll be guided back to your centre, supported to shed what no longer fits, and empowered to lead from your truth—not your conditioning.

⚘ Imagine making decisions from grounded wisdom.
⚘ Showing up in your life and work with real confidence.
⚘ Redefining success on your terms—and living it with ease.

This is not just coaching.
It’s a return to wholeness.

⚘ If your soul is calling for more depth, more purpose, and more truth—I'm here to walk beside you.

You are your own greatest source of wisdom.
Let’s remember that, together.

⚘ Grace is not weakness.
It is strength wrapped in softness.
It’s the steady breath when everything shakes.
The kind word when anger would be easier.
The choice to rise, not with force—but with presence.

⚘ Grace forgives without forgetting the lesson.
⚘ It moves through pain without losing compassion.
⚘ It walks with power, but never steps on others.

⚘ In a world that confuses noise with influence, grace is quiet rebellion.

You don’t have to push to be powerful.
You don’t have to shout to be heard.
You can lead with grace—and still change everything.

⚘ You don’t need to fix yourself to be worthy.
⚘ You don’t need to achieve to be enough.
⚘ You are not a project—you are a living, breathing miracle.

⚘ Come back to your breath.
⚘ Come back to your body.
⚘ Come back to the moment that is always offering itself to you.

⚘ If you would like some support on how to achieve this and more, why not book in a session with me? Together we can we can create space for clarity, reconnect you with your inner wisdom, and shape a path that aligns with your true self—one step, one breath, one breakthrough at a time.