Deirdre McGinn - Step Up Step In

It was a weird morning, I woke up thinking, “What on earth am I doing, what’s it all about?”.

I questioned everything - what I’m doing, how I'm doing it and of course THE WHY (for those who know me and have worked with me, its all about the WHY!).

This very same morning I got a message from my first ever client from when I started StepUpStepIn.

She reached out to tell me that, for the first time in her life, she had connected her belly, her heart and her head brains, to make a decision around a new organisation she wanted to go work for.

Connecting and listening to her three brains made it feel so right for her and an easy decision to make.

Seemingly, my voice was in her head as she made this defining decision for her career. This really did make me smile and gave me the kick up the a** that I needed. This WhatsApp message brought me straight back to my WHY.

It makes me so happy to hear from past clients of their continuous successes and how they are defining their career.

The coaching ends but the relationship you build never end.

Of the 4 Energies (physical, mental, emotional, spiritual), the one I’ve been spending time on over the last couple of weeks is my Physical. It's made up of 4 different areas: Sleep, Nourishment, Movement and Restoration.

I took myself of on my annual trip to Cloona Health Retreat in the West of Ireland for my health retreat to work on all 4 elements of my Physical Energy. A technology (Yes no phone and no Instagram!) and food detox set in beautiful nature overlooking Clew Bay and the wild Atlantic Ocean.

This August was my 11th year at the retreat, and I just got back feeling like a new woman, full of vigor, clarity of thought and an overwhelming gratitude for nature, the sea, and Dara and his team for giving me the opportunity, safe space and time to restore.

I left the retreat with a whole host of benefits ranging from clarity, increased physical and mental energy, heightened creativity, great skin, new friends and a real feeling of self-discovery.

Any of the clouds that fogged my brain, all of the worries that sat on my shoulders miraculously lift and what seemed a real burden is suddenly transformed to something small and insignificant. I feel ready to face the world again with abounding energy: re-charged, re-energised and revitalized.

Awareness is key to making changes. If you can build healthy boundaries around sleep, nourishment, movement and giving yourself permission to restore you are giving yourself a true gift.