Hi World Changer,

Happy June!  

The better weather is definitely cause for celebration, but I’ve had two other reasons to celebrate. It was my birthday in May, but I also completed my first year of Counselling & Psychotherapy studies at University of Highlands and Islands (UHI) - so, I’m starting June with a real sense of achievement and growth.

I must confess I’ve become rather addicted to growth, it just feels so good, and I can’t get enough of feeling good! 

Becoming a student again was not an easy decision, I’m still running Change Your World, I’m still a carer for my sister Shelly and have a busy family life with a partner and two step kids. 

I had no idea how I was going to find the time to do a full-time course in Psychotherapy, but what I did know is the time was going to pass anyway, and I’d rather try and find a way than becoming another year older, with regret. 

Is there something you have been meaning to do, but you keep putting off because you don’t have time?  

I speak about regret a lot in my newsletters because I see it all the time. 

I’ve seen it in my loved ones whose lives have been cut short by a terminal illness, but I see and hear it from my clients who still have the opportunity to do something about it. 

When I started my course, I won’t lie, it was daunting, I was full of fear and insecurities. I had not been a student for 20+ years!  

But, between all the fears and limiting beliefs -there was fun, new friendships, learning, expansion of my skillset and a growing determination to find a way to see it through. 

There was a couple of people who dropped out in the early stages of the course, I remember thinking that the decision to quit seems worse than the changes I need to make to complete the course.  

When something becomes important to you, your priorities change.  Becoming a psychotherapist was now a goal and extremely important to me. It meant re-prioritising and I had to start saying no, so I could start creating space for the things I wanted to say yes to. 

What do you want to say YES to? 

When we say we don’t have time, what we’re really saying is its not a priority, because when we really want to do something, we make the time.  

Try it - next time you find yourself saying “I don’t have time” , change it to “It’s not a priority for me” and feel the shift as you get honest with yourself and you realise what is important and what’s not.   

When you figure out what is important, that’s when you will feel motivated to act. 

I’d love to know what you discover and what you feel motivated to start.

Remember, if you are struggling and feel stuck, you want more for your life, then book in for a coaching session to get movement and direction back in your life. 

With Love,

Suzy