I Need To Move Forward In My Life

Our award-winning coach, Kim Morgan, helps a woman going through a huge life transition to accept and navigate the changes ahead

COACHING SESSION

1“Life as I know it has come to an abrupt end in so many ways”

Ruth* was a quiet and considered person who told me that she had never talked to anyone before about her ‘problems’. She found it difficult to accept that she needed to seek help from a coach because she had always had a wonderful life. I listened to Ruth describe the happy marriage, lovely home and family life she had enjoyed for more than 20 years. Then she broke down in tears. ‘I’m just not the sort of person these things happen to,’ Ruth said, as she shook her head in disbelief.

I found out that when Ruth’s youngest son went off to university, she had experienced a bad case of ‘empty nest syndrome’. She told me she had felt a real sense of loss, a lack of purpose and extreme sadness. ‘I know it sounds ridiculous because my children still came home a lot, but I felt that my old life was over. Little did I know that it actually would be soon.’