There are times in life when something we have kept out of sight begins to demand our attention. Fear, anger, grief, shame, exhaustion or an old pattern can emerge, and our instinct may be to pus it away or try to fix it. But what if facing these parts of ourselves requires something different. I’m Anni Poole, a spiritual life coach, counsellor and author. My work explores what becomes possible when we stop fighting our experience and learn to meet what is here with greater awareness,...

At some point, many of us begin to wonder whether the life we are living is really our own. We can become remarkably good at being who we believe we should be — successful, responsible, capable, agreeable — while quietly losing touch with the person beneath all those roles. I’m Anni Poole, a spiritual life coach, counsellor and author. I work with people at moments when the old ways of living, thinking or defining themselves no longer fit, helping them reconnect with the deeper sense of who...

WHAT DO YOU FEEL WHEN YOU READ THIS? Are you nodding in approval? Shrinking away? Groaning at the thought of yet another redesign of your life? photo courtesy of Upsplash STOP RIGHT HERE and breathe, it's none of the above. Choosing you first is about NOT CHOOSING all the mixed external signals you gather up from others, as you lose yourself inside their opinions and should's wading through your life . I know this space, it was becoming so familiar that I had to really look at the pattern...