Jackie Meek is a qualified Life Coach based in Bicester, with a passion for coaching Mums. She set up Future Path Life Coaching in 2016. While most of the articles on our website are focused on events and places to go with your kids, it’s important to take some time to focus on you.
As a mum we often put ourselves last – what about treating yourself to some time to invest in you? As one of Jackie’s clients said “I work with Jackie as my coach to empower me to bring about the change I desire so I can become more fulfilled and happy which benefits the whole family.”
Jackie can help you to feel calmer and in control, bring clarity around what really matters to you and create valuable thinking time for you to focus on your life. Being a Mum can be isolating. You may have several friends who you can talk to and share with, but when did you last stop and think clearly about your life? When did you last have someone to help to unpack your thoughts and gain a new perspective without making judgement about what you are saying? Conversations with friends can be great. You swap similar stories and if you’re in a fix they’ll give you some tips and suggestions about what to do. A conversation with a coach is different as your coach will not give ideas or advice but, through asking powerful questions, will help to unlock what is already inside you. You are the best expert on your life.
What’s involved?
As a mum Jackie knows you want to do the best you can and be happy about that. To do this, do you need a strong mind or a weak mind? Through a tool called Positive Mental Fitness, Jackie helps you to learn simple techniques to strengthen your mind, so that you can increase your capacity to respond to the challenges of life with a positive mindset rather than a negative one.
Building your Positive Mental Fitness muscles will help you to:
- Nip negativity in the bud
- Be equipped to stop shouting at your kids
- Respond well when the sh1t hits the fan
- Strengthen the quality of your personal and professional relationships
- Build resilience to deal with life’s daily challenges in a calm and focused way
- Increase your self-empathy to stop putting yourself last
Your mind is your best friend. But it can also be your worst enemy!
The tools Jackie shares, strengthen the part of your brain that serves you and quietens the part that sabotages you. This is called Mental Fitness.
Jackie can also be contacted via her Facebook page just mention Red Kite Days when you get in touch.
What do Jackie’s clients think? Here are some comments from some of her mum clients:
Rose, Kidlington
Doing the 6 week PQ program with Jackie has taught me strategies to deal with the negative chatter and build up of stress. Learning to take regular short breaks between switching tasks has been transformative. My stress levels have reduced and I feel more in control and positive.
Sarah, Oxford
I was unhappy at work and finding it difficult to achieve a work life balance. I was frustrated with going around in circles trying to decide what to do with work and the affect this was having on my mental health. Talking with Jackie helped me to work out for myself what was important to me and therefore what things I needed to address to make family life and work/life balance better for our whole family.
Anita, Banbury
I like working with Jackie because she is straight with me. I had 6 x 1:1 sessions with her. She gets me and my issues and she is gently encouraging. She is good at keeping the bigger picture in mind. I like that she has been on and is still on a journey herself. I now have more confidence in my decisions and can come up with new solutions to problems.
Josie, Oxford
I liked being around other mums in Jackie’s group coaching programme, The Mum Boardroom, all facing the challenges of daily life with children, pets and partners. All of us trying to balance work needs and carve out some time for our own interests/fun, mostly overlooked due to being the glue of the family! Supporting each other’s different and diverse hurdles and never trying to solve them with our own opinions. It’s been an interesting way to assist others to work through a problem in their own way. I have gained so much from my time in The Mum’s Boardroom. It’s a fantastic combination of finding our calm, reporting on our priorities, action (focus, listening, discussion) and planning for the next month. It’s been a journey to find my clarity, specify my needs and be able to move forward. I’d recommend the group to anyone seeking accountability and support in work or family situations.
