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Life Coaching: Treating life As If It Is a Competition

09 Wednesday Jul 2025

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Have you ever chatted with with someone about say, You had a nose bleed and they then say “Oh well last week I had a massive migraine and was in bed for two days”. Now I am not saying you should not be sympathetic, yes migraines can be painful, but a nose bleed is still bad and then you say “Well that is bad yes, must have been painful” and now the conversation has swept passed your problem because that person feels that theirs is a lot more worthy and now you feeling somewhat like “oh mine is not so important.

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We are all allowed to have fears and we all face challenges but we are all worthy of someone sitting down and listening to you and that your problem is not worth the attention because that persons felt more hard done by, by what’s happened to them.

Yes of course there are people who can’t climb stairs, but you can. #in meeting people who have a disability, never allow their problems to affect on yours and we are all have bad days or challenges and so life is not a competition. It is being on an even ground and have a good chat, without any resent or judgement. EVERYBODY HAS THE RIGHT TO SAY OUCH, HAVE A COFFEE AND BREATH IN AIR.

The one thing I like is to have is a good chat or discussion. I loved the team of people I worked with in a call center because we would just chat. A conversation works both ways and we all like to be heard and to feel that they’re not wasting someone’s time. There was one or two who wanted me to move aside for them to be the center of attention, but I would not entertain them and if they wanted to fly a flag to be noticed I’d just let them continue and put my head down to do my job no matter their feelings were and that when that happens its their own insecurities and in the end they went elsewhere.

Working for me is important to me and doing the job I have been asked to do. I would represent the department too as we did a good job and I felt that there was a resentment towards the department because we would work our butts off.

The best relationships are where you are on the same page and yes I am not saying we shouldn’t have a different point of view, its about having equality and not be snubbed because they are self centered and just think they’re story is more important. So life is not a competition and if you want a good relationship then give eachother the same amount of time to listen and talk.

Many thanks for reading,

Carrie X

Life Coaching blog: What do I want to improve on?

25 Wednesday Jun 2025

Posted by Carries Blog Network in Everyday living, having bad days, health and wellbeing, life coaching blog, Living, Personal Development, Planning for 2025, Summer Project, Weekly posts

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building your life, health and wellbeing, improving your life, looking after yourself, Self development

So with your worksheets I had created in this blog, here The Beginning of My Summer Project 2025 jot down. on Page 7, of what you want to improve. I am always trying to improve my skills and knowledge to help me with my writing, by watching other writers who have been successful and doing short courses online.

It could be to improve your fitness, your communication with others, having more time off and just clear your mind and then go through each one you’ve written down and start taking action.

I am still that girl who has clothes at the bottom of my bed, forgot to pick up something from the shops and gets lost quite a bit. So I will spend time to fold my clothes each day and each week and its having good systems set up. Managing Your Life With Different Systems for better Productivity. I will make sure I have a shopping list at hand and I have preplanned directions.

There is always in my book, room for improvement. When working on radio which I do on Sundays 4to6pm for Epsom Hospital Radio. Being doing this for about a year and still learning and improving my radio skills, to make sure I ask my Manager if I am unsure about something and listen to my colleagues shows to help improve my show and improving my Youtube videos. Check out my Channels:

https://www.youtube.com/@typicallondongal

https://www.youtube.com/@financialliving

https://www.youtube.com/@CarrieEducationalYoutube-ws4xp

So whatever it is jot it down and go back What You Want to Focus on and the most on Page 7 to highlight what is most important to you.

I am also creating videos for this Life Coaching Programme, Summer Project 2025 and so check out above, Carries Educational Youtube Channel.

Many thanks for reading,

Carrie X

Weekly Cheat Sheet: Having A Simple Schedule

23 Monday Jun 2025

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Hello and welcome! I hope you are okay and adapting to the weather. This is being written in June 2025 where (I’m on the UK) we have had a massive heatwave. It is nice to see the sun but the heat has been getting too much. If that annoys you and should be grateful with nice weather, then Sorry and you can skip this bit in this blog if you want to.

So this weeks Cheat Sheet is about Having A Simple Schedule. I like to plan my days, weeks and months, and so developed a system whereby I do things on a selective day, time and write down my plans as well using google calendar and Notion, so they stay in my head.

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These are free to download and print. If you’d like to be notified when I post on this blog then you can, just select subscribe with no cost and just helps me build my content and be some kind of support to you so you have a life where you aren’t stressing. I have always been super stressed but would wear me down so doing Simple Systems when it comes to planning and scheduling, has made me less stressed and enjoy each day.

Many thanks for reading,

Carrie X

Life Coaching Blog..Summer Project 2025: Joining Things Together

11 Wednesday Jun 2025

Posted by Carries Blog Network in career building, Creating a vision, Everyday living, Goal setting, having bad days, health and wellbeing, journal, life coaching blog, Living, Personal Development, Planning for 2025, Positive Habits, Summer Project, Weekly posts

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Did you ever do the puzzle where you had to connect the dots that would form a picture? Well you can do that with life.

I have filmed my first video for this years Life Coaching Programme and so please check it out: https://youtu.be/bcHG7Dx_3ck?si=W4nzQka-oHxQ_yLr That is about Habits and with changing your habits it can help to join things together. Once that starts you will see changes in your life. In the printable I created check this blog which had the link to my printable I have created for this programme The Beginning of My Summer Project 2025 I am a Radio DJ/Presenter and connected another dot to having the life I want.

In my free printable I do each week, my cheat sheet I talk creating a Map Do Ten Things it helps me with writing my books. So the first ones I did were parenting books and wrote and published my first novel, A Lonely Walk to Happiness and now creating a series, and drawing out a map of ok so first book this year is to republish book 1 of the series, then continue to work on another book which is a stand alone and then work book 2 of my series.

Create a chart to see your progress or journal.

With WordPress it shows you how engaged your readers are and how much traffic you are getting.

With that it helps to see what blogs they are particularly interested in and why I continued with this programme because of the positive response to them.

So spend time mapping out what you want to work on and with that set goals, develop new positive habits. Example: I know when I brush my teeth how better I feel and there was a time I would miss days but lead me to not feeling good and having bad dreams about it. I like to be active and do a bit of walking each day, even if it is for 10 minutes and this leads me having better energy to write which I enjoy and clears the brain and when I don’t feel clogged up, feel good.

Concentrate on one area at a time, brainstorming is affective too and researching. I read books on writing, watch youtube videos of other self published authors and watching other peoples routine. Add Mind mapping to your routine as I do this a lot as I see my blogs grow and the writing of my books.

I hope you find these blogs helpful and if you want to be notified when I post then please subscribe and my Educational Youtube channel and then you will not miss a blog or a video.

Please check out my Pinterest where I post too: https://uk.pinterest.com/thetypicalLondongal/summer-project-2025/

Many thanks for reading,

Carrie X

My Weekly Cheat Sheet: Do Ten Things

09 Monday Jun 2025

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This has helped me to feel better about my life and developing better habits to live a more happier life.

You can do ten things or set a timer to do things in ten minutes. On the treadmill I will do a ten minute walk some days and weeks or walk outside, I use this also for my son who is reluctant at times in getting dressed for school or brush his teeth and it seems to work.

Here is this weeks Cheat Sheet for ideas of ten things you can do:

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These are free to download and print. I post every Monday except on bank holidays.

Please check out my Life Coaching blogs and videos that I am doing at the moment. Check out this blog linked for details; The Beginning of My Summer Project 2025

Many thanks for reading,

Carrie X

Blog 1: The Summer Project 2025. What Do You Want to Focus on?

01 Sunday Jun 2025

Posted by Carries Blog Network in Everyday living, having bad days, health and wellbeing, life coaching blog, Living, Monthly and yearly training, Personal Development, Planning for 2025, Positive Habits, Weekly posts

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Welcome Welcome! This is my first blog of my Life Coaching Programme, Summer Project 2025 and will be filming videos and blogs, so lets get started.

So what do you want to focus on?

If I go through my mind and feel there are so many things I want to work on, but not knowing where to start, I will ask about what I want to focus on.

I want to focus on this Life Coaching programme, building my content on Youtube, my blogs and editing the first book of a series I want to create and sorting out my sons bedroom and mine. Also sorting out my sons placement for when he is in year 7, to go onto Secondary school.

Focus on each day:

So today it is my husband’ birthday, packing to go back to Epsom as I live in Wimbledon with my mum and step dad and my husband and son in Epsom, writing this first blog post of my life coaching course and watch a bit of Youtube and have a nice dinner.

In the work book/free printable The Beginning of My Summer Project 2025 Write done what you want to focus on and what is your top priority.

I will, when I plan my week put the most important item to remember or to do, as the heading of each day on my Notion Calendar. So tomorrow, remembering to send an email in regards to a Secondary School place. On Tuesday it is Go For a Walk outside as I am training to do Race for life and doing some writing in a coffee shop, Wednesday edit a vlog, Thursday my son has Afterschool club again and Friday Edit another vlog.

I limit what I plan for each day, because some tasks take longer than others. Example planning my radio show, editing a blog, vlog and on my books.

Eliminate and go through what can wait:

When it comes to focus I go through tasks that can wait and this helps me to not be overwhelmed.

As I go through my lists I will rewrite what I want to focus on, if anything more important has cropped up and change my schedule. It is all about lowering the amount but not getting distracted by all that you need to do, really focusing on what will give you the greatest pleasure in ticking it off, meeting your needs.

Please do comment on what your focus is and do the worksheet as I post and film and if you want to share what you focus is then do so. You can leave a comment below.

This is a programme I created two years ago and enjoy doing. If you want to notified when I post and keep up to date with these programmes then please subscribe.

Many thanks for reading,

Carrie X

Remember What Is Important to You

18 Sunday May 2025

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dealing with self worth, happy living, learning to love yourself, not feeling good

We can lose our sense of self worth when things go wrong and feel that we are inadequate. Comparing ourselves to others. Not wanting to be face to face with ourselves.

The question I ask myself when I am having a down moment is, “Why do I feel this way?”

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It can be influence, but I feel it is deeper than that. I feel it is because it becomes habit, i have done for so many years to the point it can be draining. I remember at Primary school and a girl I was sitting with said when I was touching my hair “You love yourself” like there was something wrong with that. Why shouldn’t I love myself? Why can’t we feel good and be happy with who we are?

There is no shame in feeling good about yourself. No more underestimating yourself and celebrate what you bring into the world. The world is happy that you are here and what you bring to it.

  • Document your feelings.
  • Have some quiet time
  • Leave the chores
  • Be in a different environment
  • Meet a friend or relative not seen for a while

You should never live your life by somebody else’s means. It is a personal choice and what makes you feel good about your life and doing things that help to create abundance and that your not just a number but a human being who is kind to others but also to yourself.

I got my hair done this week, I now take my supplements again along with keep getting out. That is important to me. I am fed up of feeling like I don’t matter and dread. I am done with those feelings. I like who I am and feel proud to be me.

Give yourself praise by writing down what you like about yourself aswell as what is bothering you and is there someone who always puts you down and speak with them to address, what they have against you. Don’t pay attention to them. I have come to realise that I am not to everyone’s tastes. I know I can get on people nerves as I can be up and down in terms of mood and indecisive.

Its what is important to me and be the person I wish to be, as long as it isn’t lashing out like I did once upon a time. I have been jealous and critical of others and now I know better than that and want to see people happy not sad and really focus on building my self worth, being Selfish check out this blog: Its Okay to Be Selfish at times and if you continuously feeling down then perhaps speak to someone. I got help. I was falling a apart. I didn’t know what was real and what was not.

I am fully recovered now and no where to go should I relapse and not allow my mind to go crazy but listen to my gut and building my self confidence that I am back to being happy go lucky and living for each day and enjoy who I am and my life.

So today what is important to you? Take time in going through it.

Many thanks for reading,

Carrie X

Weekly Cheat: Teach Yourself

12 Monday May 2025

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Hello! I hope you had a good two weeks. Here is a new Weekly Cheat Sheet and this week it is about Teach Yourself. I wrote a blog in Change Your Life in April 2025 and it is about being Selfish and is so important: Its Okay to Be Selfish

I am the happiest I have been doing things that make me feel good each day. I love reading and make sure each day I spend time reading. I like to do home workouts and having a coffee in the morning, not all the time now and popping out going for walks.

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These are free to download and print. They are on many different topics. If you’d like to be notified when I post a printable or a post, please subscribe.

Just to let you know I will be doing my yearly my Life Coaching programme Summer Project 2025 and will begin in June 2025 to August 2025. There will be a free worksheet for it, blogs and Videos. The Videos will be on my Educational Youtube channel: Carrie Educational Youtube channel – YouTube

Many thanks for reading,

Carrie X

End Of My Training Change Your Life

01 Thursday May 2025

Posted by Carries Blog Network in Celebrating, Dreams and ambitions, empowerment, Everyday living, Goal setting, having bad days, health and wellbeing, Living, Monthly and yearly training, New Beginnings, People, Personal Development, Planning for 2025, Positive Habits, Printables, productivity, Reflecting, Weekly posts, Youtube videos

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So it is end of April and means that my Change Your Life training has come to an end. Please check out my last video I did. The videos will be left up on Youtube and on this site and so if you hadn’t managed to do this training then you can do so I am all about flexibility.

Please check out my last video: https://youtu.be/HCJ1I7jr_mE?si=nck0KzpbvvyRL5QX

Check out my Pinterest board and going to keep on adding to it. And if you do find it useful please comment below and subscribe as then you be notified when I post on this site and on my Pinterest, and stay on this site and my Educational Youtube channel or on Pinterest: https://uk.pinterest.com/thetypicalLondongal/everyone-can-build-a-castle/making-changes-to-your-life/

There is a printable and will upload this again here:

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So I hope you enjoyed it. I hope that you no longer feel you have no life and nothing to be credited for, but you do. WE ALL DO! Have self belief and take your time. Changes can take time but when you start to do changes each day you will see the results and so be lifted and have time for yourself. I want to help you In getting a job you love, or in a home you’ve been wanting to live in, take on a hobby or a trip to a city you’ve always wanted to go and visit and feel brighter in the mornings and look forward to each day.

I enjoy my life now. Know I am not on a huge income, I still have a bad days, but now I have more resilience and not allow things to get me down. I want to help you all to give yourself credit and celebrating you and your life.

So next will be my Summer Project 2025 and so lots more to come.

Many thanks for reading,

Carrie X

Weekly Cheat Sheet: Sharing Some One Minute tasks

28 Monday Apr 2025

Posted by Carries Blog Network in Cheat sheet, Everyday living, Financial Living, having bad days, health and wellbeing, Living, Personal Development, Planning for 2025, Positive Habits, Printables, productivity, Weekly posts

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Hello and welcome! It is nearly the end of another Month. Please check out my Newsletter for April, sharing what I got up to during Easter and what is coming up in terms of my content. Monthly Newsletter

I have been doing some training for this site, to feel better about yourself and your life and taking action in feeling good, rather then continuously stuck in a rut. I filmed videos for it too, got my last video to film this week and so check out my Pinterest board that I set up for it. https://uk.pinterest.com/thetypicalLondongal/everyone-can-build-a-castle/making-changes-to-your-life/

So in this Cheat Sheet are one minute tasks, as I always like to do these tasks daily and weekly and helps to break up these tasks, helps me to not feel bogged down and once done can breath instead of having a pile of coats everywhere, shoes putting dirt on your shoes, not getting dirt around the rest of the house, not being a eye sore and having more to do:

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These Cheat Sheets are free to download and if you’d like to be kept up to date of my blogs then please subscribe. Please check out another blog I wrote today on one of my other sites: What can you learn from Sport? | Sports and Fitness Coaching I also do vlogs, check out my Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@typicallondongal

Have a good week ahead.

Many thanks for reading

Carrie X

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