I've been working on my elevator pitch...

Sometimes I find it really hard to explain what I do when I'm asked. I have an elevator pitch, sure, but even that requires some unpacking because what I do isn't logical. Or perhaps the more helpful way of framing that would be to say I don't work with the logical brain, and our society has a bias for what we can see, touch and assign to a cell in an Excel sheet.

You do, however, have a really powerful "other brain" inside your gut and heart. They're responsible for decisions that your logical brain can't explain, like why that guy you met at the conference seemed off, or why you chose not to drive that particular way that day for no good reason.

I discovered the power of my own inner world when I was at a very low point in my life. I had lost my job, my relationship had ended, and I became a single mother with no financial stability all in a period of months. I should also mention that it was during the pandemic - so to say it was a "low point" is being generous.

I was extremely anxious and worried, and there was a huge amount of uncertainty and disorientation, with no prior experience to afford me even the slightest sliver of guidance. Things felt impossible.

It was right about this time that I found guided visualisation - initially just to help me sleep, because the worry was making it next to impossible. But soon after I discovered a visualisation that took me on a journey into the future to meet my future self, and that was the moment everything changed.

I started to allow myself to see a way through, and to see a version of me that was strong, successful and secure. I didn't just think about her, I felt her. And when I started to feel a shift in the way I felt long after the visualisation, I realised that this was the missing piece in my puzzle.

Einstein famously said, "We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them," and I believe that guided visualisation provides the work-around. When we harness the power of the creative brain, we loosen our grip on probability and play in the space of potential. The glass ceiling shatters, and there is space for expansion, growth and wonder.

Perhaps the most important advantage that we can gain from playing in this space is the belief that something is possible, without yet seeing it. This is the difference between taking the leap into the unknown and playing in the safe sandpit of predictability.

I've come to discover that where risk and uncertainty are concerned, you'll bet on yourself when you believe in yourself. And if you want to do this with less resistance, guided visualisation is an exceptional tool at your disposal. Which is why I use it in conjunction with coaching, and why my clients take big risks and gain more in less time.

So, you now have some insight into what I do, and why an elevator ride to the sixth floor would make it hard to do justice to such a seemingly "illogical" pitch.