Not feeling “it” right now? It’s OK to Down Tools and Take Stock. Permission to goof off, granted

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Not feeling “it” right now? It’s OK to Down Tools and Take Stock. Permission to goof off, granted

Hello Carole Ann,

You know how it is? In a world where we are urged to do more, be more, eat less and have more there comes a time when we have to call it quits. To quit trying, to not fit in and striving, diving and living seems to be such hard work.

Allow me to invite you to give yourself a break. It’s OK to let it go, you know, and here are some other allowances I suggest you make yourself while you are at it.

It’s OK To Not...

It’s OK to not have nailed a signature dish
It’s OK to not enjoy musical theatre (you are not in the minority)
It’s OK to not be “feeling it” about, well, a lot of things right now
It’s OK to not get the “Taylor Swift” thing
It’s OK to never being able to conquer those last 8 lbs
It’s OK that sushi leaves you cold
It’s OK to go with the flow (but it’s not OK if you’re unhappy where you end up)
It’s OK to not know
It’s OK to say “no” without an explanation
It’s OK that sometimes it just is what it is
It’s OK to duck out
It’s OK to still be trying to find your thing, your passion, your purpose
It’s OK that Richard Curtis films give you the ick
It’s OK to give yourself a break from worrying
It’s OK to give yourself permission to not prove anything
It’s OK to drop competitive weekending in favour of duvet diving
It’s OK to be scared (spoiler alert – we are a bit and often)
It’s OK to switch off your phone and stop doom scrolling social media
It’s OK to stop comparing you and your life to other people’s
It’s OK to start focusing on what’s good for you
It's OK to be scared - we all are
It’s OK to not be in control
It’s OK to have had enough of the BS
It’s OK to absquatulate (go on I dare you!)
It’s OK to have had enough of the status quo
It’s OK to not be OK

It’s OK to want more and OK to action it now by booking that free discovery call with me now – do it here.

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About Carole Ann Rice

Carole Ann is an award winning journalist, media consultant and high profile coach, with over 20 years' coaching experience with private clients and major organisations such as the London School of Economics and Play England.

She co-wrote Start Your Dream Business and Find Your Dream Job which are available from Amazon.

She is the winner of 'Best Coach' in the Best Business Women's Awards 2017.

She is also MD of the Pure Coaching Academy which is an accredited (IIC&M) 8 week life coach training course where she trains people to become world class coaches. It includes an inclusive coaching manual which is the handbook of any new life coach when starting out.

As her website boldly states "not just another life coach".

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