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Unlocking You by Leigh

Integrative Wellbeing Coach & Mentor 🌿
Integrative coaching for people who feel constantly "on" and want more clarity, calm and steady energy.

Every woman deserves to feel calm, energised, and deeply at home in her body and mind. 💛
That’s the essence of my work: guiding women from stress, fatigue, and self-doubt to clarity, confidence, and vitality. Through my Vibrant Woman Approach, I integrate holistic life coaching, personalised nutrition, mindful movement, and positive psychology to create meaningful, lasting change — inside and out.

This isn’t about quick fixes. It’s about sustainable wellbeing:
➛ understanding your body’s rhythm
➛ reconnecting with strengths and values
➛ restoring balance, focus, and energy in daily life
➛ cultivating self-leadership and emotional resilience

With 30+ years in health, fitness & coaching, I blend science-based tools with a warm, heart-centred style, grounded in EMCC & ICF ethics and practice. In Zürich or online, you’ll find a safe, supportive space to pause, realign, and rise — so you can thrive with energy, confidence, and joy.

💛 Zürich & online | EMCC & ICF-aligned coaching | unlockingYOU by Leigh

29/07/2026

👉🏼 “I’m ashamed to say that I’m ashamed of my figure.”

That was one of the first things she said to me.

She didn’t feel like herself anymore. Her clothes fitted differently, the extra weight frustrated her and despite exercising more and trying harder, nothing seemed to be changing.

She wasn’t obsessed with her weight.

She was simply fed up with how much space it was taking up in her head.

So we didn’t start with a stricter diet or a harder training plan.

We stepped back and looked at the whole picture… her eating patterns, training, sleep, alcohol intake, stress, recovery and the work that often continued outside office hours.

Then we made small, realistic changes together.

Nothing extreme. Nothing she had to do perfectly.

Three months later, she sent me this:

“Hi Leigh, I just wanted to say thank you. I feel so much more like me again. I have more energy, my clothes are fitting better and I’m not constantly thinking about my weight or criticising myself in the mirror. What helped most was that you never made me feel judged or put me on another strict plan. We looked at everything together and made changes that actually worked for me and my life. It took patience, but I have to say, I’m enjoying myself again, and that feels like such a relief. ❤️”

Her weight had started to shift, but that wasn’t the only change.

She felt fitter, more energetic and much more comfortable in herself.

Sometimes trying harder isn’t the answer.

Sometimes we need to step back, look at the whole picture and take things one manageable step at a time.

Perhaps something in her story feels familiar to you.

You’re welcome to book a call with me, and we can simply have a chat. 💛

Shared with permission. Some details have been adapted to protect client confidentiality.

28/07/2026

👉🏼 When does being responsible quietly become carrying more than was ever yours to carry?

This is the second reflection in my series, Beneath the Surface.

A series exploring the invisible rules that quietly shape the way we live, work and lead.

This reflection begins with responsibility.

Or perhaps, more accurately…

with what responsibility might be trying to protect.

Responsibility is usually seen as a strength.

People rely on you.

Trust you.

Know you’ll show up.

You’ll quietly carry the extra weight without being asked.

From the outside, it often looks admirable.

Inside, it can feel very different.

I’ve met many people who don’t think they have a problem with responsibility.

They simply believe this is who they are.

The dependable one.

The organiser.

The helper.

The person who quietly keeps everything moving.

Over time, that role can become so familiar that it no longer feels like a choice.

It simply feels like who you are.

But what if carrying more has become the place that feels safest?

Safer than disappointing someone.

Safer than saying no.

Safer than asking for help.

Safer than admitting,

“I can’t carry this today.”

Invisible rules have a way of disguising themselves as personality.

Eventually they stop feeling like rules.

They begin to feel like who we are.

Perhaps sustainable wellbeing isn’t about carrying less.

Perhaps it’s about becoming conscious enough to choose what is truly yours to carry… and what never was.

What if responsibility isn’t simply one of your strengths… but an invisible rule you’ve quietly been living by?

I’ll leave that question with you.

📖 Save this reflection if you’d like to come back to it.

💛 Follow along as the Beneath the Surface series continues. ✨

27/07/2026

👉🏼 Waiting for the perfect time…

It’s something I’ve been thinking about after a recent coaching conversation.

A client wanted more energy.

To create healthier habits around food.
Move her body again.
Feel good in her own skin again.

She genuinely wanted to make those changes.

Yet she hadn’t started.

Not because she didn’t care.

Not because she didn’t know what to do.

She was waiting until she could do it properly.

That stayed with me.

Because I don’t think it’s really about timing.

I think it’s about the pressure we quietly place on ourselves.

Sometimes we don’t put things off because we’re unmotivated.

We put them off because we’ve quietly convinced ourselves that the first step has to be done perfectly.

“I’ve missed Monday now…”

“I’ll wait until work is less busy.”

“I need a proper plan first.”

“I’ll start after the holidays.”

It all sounds sensible.

But over time, that pressure makes the starting line feel further and further away.

I’ve caught myself doing exactly the same at different times in my life.

One of the things coaching continues to remind me is this.

Starting isn’t always the hardest part.

Sometimes it’s the story we’ve attached to starting.

And once we begin to notice those stories, something shifts.

We realise they’re stories we’ve learned, not rules we have to keep living by.

Sustainable wellbeing isn’t built through perfect timing.

It’s built through small, intentional choices that feel possible today.

Perhaps the question isn’t…

“When is the right time to start?”

Perhaps it’s…

“What’s one small step I could take today?”

💛

Have you ever found yourself waiting for the “right” time, only to realise it was the waiting that was keeping you stuck?

17/07/2026

👉🏼 For a long time, I thought my responsibility, discipline and high standards were simply part of who I was.

People relied on me.

I was proud of being someone who could always hold things together.

Looking back, I can see that much of my doing wasn’t just about being responsible.

It was being shaped by something deeper.

Beliefs.

Beliefs like:

“I have to hold everything together.”
“If I slow down, I’ll fall behind.”
“If I say no, I’ll disappoint people.”
“My needs can wait.”

At one time, these beliefs genuinely served me.

They helped me become capable, dependable and resilient.

What I’ve come to realise is that what once protected us can quietly become what exhausts us.

One question has changed the way I look at both my own life and the work I do with others:

Are my actions today aligned with who I’m becoming, or are they still organised around beliefs I formed years ago?

For me, this is where Human Wellbeing by Design begins.

Not with trying harder.

Not with becoming someone different.

It begins with gently becoming aware of the beliefs shaping how we live, work, care for others… and care for ourselves.

Perhaps sustainable wellbeing isn’t about becoming someone new.

Perhaps it’s about becoming conscious enough to choose which beliefs still belong in the life we’re creating today.

💛 I’d love to know…

Has there ever been a belief that once served you, but no longer does?

03/07/2026

✨ Time heals more than the body.

When life slows us down, we begin to see what our speed was covering.

Since my shoulder surgery, life has slowed down in a way I wouldn’t have chosen for myself.

My body is healing.

Something else is shifting too.

My energy.
My focus.
My perception.
My relationship with myself.
My sensitivity to what’s happening around me.

When you can’t move through life at your usual pace, you start to notice different things.

The small gestures.
The kind messages.
The moments of quiet.
The simple beauty of sitting outside, feeling the air, hearing the birds, drinking a coffee slowly.

A slower pace can be confronting.

It gives us less to hide behind.

Less doing.
Less rushing.
Less proving.
Less distraction.

More space to hear what’s really there.

Some of what we carry matters.

Some of it only keeps the facade standing.

That’s the part I keep coming back to.

There’s a difference between living fully and keeping a life looking strong.

What belongs to my heart, my health and my relationships?

What am I upholding because it makes me feel strong, capable or seen?

What have I forgotten while trying to keep everything together?

Maybe healing isn’t only about getting back to who we were.

Maybe it’s also an invitation to ask what’s truly worth returning to.

Not just to heal my shoulder.

To listen to what this pause is showing me. 💛

29/06/2026

👉🏼 The body is in the driving seat now.

I’m deeply grateful for my surgeon .matthiasflury, his team and the kind care I received. I’m also so touched by all the lovely messages and good wishes. Thank you 💛

Now comes the next part.

Rest.
Heal.
Recover.
Let others help.
Do what’s needed, not more.

Sounds simple.

Not always easy.

The moment I feel a little bit fitter, my mind starts looking for clever ways to get things done.

What can I manage with one hand?
What could I quickly organise?
How can I be useful?

Then my body whispers back almost immediately.

Not yet.

Slow down.

I’m in charge now.

Healing asks for a different kind of strength.

Not the kind that pushes through.

The kind that can soften.
Receive.
Wait.
Ask for help.
Respect limits.
Let the body lead.

That’s not always comfortable.

Movement and sport have always been part of my life, my work and my way of feeling like myself.

Now I’m being asked to come back to myself differently.

More slowly.
More quietly.
With less doing and more listening.

So for now, this is my practice.

To be grateful.
To be patient.
To let others help.
To heal without trying to perform healing well.

Maybe healing asks us to meet the version of ourselves who isn’t performing, isn’t proving, isn’t holding everything.

The one who’s slower.
The one who needs help.
The one who’s still worthy.

Maybe that version deserves just as much love and respect. 💛

21/06/2026

👉🏼 Many people expect rest to feel peaceful the moment they stop.

For a nervous system that has been living in overdrive, rest can feel uncomfortable before it feels restorative.

I notice this in myself too.

When I finally stop, I do not always feel calm straight away.

Sometimes I feel restless.
Agitated.
Wired.
Unsettled.
Almost as if my body has stopped, but my system has not caught up yet.

There is this strange in-between place.

No longer fully doing.
Not yet fully resting.

I used to interpret this as being bad at relaxing.

Now I see it as information.

It shows me how wound up I actually am.

When we have been carrying a lot, thinking ahead, responding to others, holding things together and living in a state of readiness, the body does not always soften the moment we decide to pause.

It can take time.

The system may need to realise that there is no immediate next thing to solve.

No one to manage.
Nothing to prove.
No urgency to respond to.
No need to stay braced for what might happen next.

This is one reason rest can feel so confronting.

Real rest is not only about stopping.

It is about feeling safe enough to stop.

For me, winding down often begins very simply.

A slower walk.
Sitting outside for a few minutes.
Putting my phone away.
Breathing without turning it into another task.
Letting myself notice the restlessness without judging it.

Sometimes I need movement before stillness.

Sometimes I need quiet.

Sometimes I need nature.

Sometimes I need to stop expecting rest to feel instantly peaceful.

Rest is not always a switch.

Sometimes it is a gradual unwinding.

A letting go of speed.
A softening of the inner grip.
A noticing of how much tension has become normal.

This is why sustainable wellbeing is not only about scheduling more rest.

Rest is something the body needs to feel safe enough to receive.

Maybe the question is not:

Why can’t I relax?

Maybe the more useful question is:

What does my system need in order to feel safe enough to soften? 💛

17/06/2026

👉🏼 One of the most uncomfortable questions beneath overdoing is this:

Who am I without all this doing?

Without the organising.
Without the fixing.
Without the planning.
Without the supporting.
Without being the one who keeps everything moving.

For many capable women, doing is not only a habit.

It becomes an identity.

The reliable one.
The strong one.
The one who copes.
The one who notices what needs to be done.
The one who holds the emotional temperature in the room.

From the outside, it can look like competence.

Very often, it is.

There‘s also another layer we don’t always talk about.

Sometimes overdoing protects us from stillness.

It protects us from the questions that appear when the noise quietens.

Am I still worthy when I am not useful?
Am I still needed when I am not doing?
What would I feel if I stopped moving?
What have I been putting off facing?
Who am I when no one needs anything from me?

This is why rest is not always easy.

Real rest can feel confronting when your worth has been tied to output, responsibility and being needed for a long time.

Overdrive gives us something to focus on.

It can keep us busy enough not to notice the resentment, the loneliness, the grief, the fear or the quiet loss of self that has built up along the way.

Sustainable wellbeing is much deeper than another routine, planner or productivity hack.

It’s not only about managing time better.

It’s about understanding what the constant doing has been protecting.

The nervous system often keeps choosing what feels familiar, even when it’s no longer healthy.

So the question is not only:

How can I feel less exhausted?

The deeper question may be:

What is my exhaustion allowing me not to face?

Sometimes the way back to yourself begins with the question you have been too busy to ask.

Where in your life has doing become easier than listening?

08/06/2026

👉🏼 The longer I work in wellbeing, the more I find myself thinking about environments.

Not just the internal environments we carry within ourselves.

The external environments we spend our lives inside.

For years, I’ve supported people experiencing stress, exhaustion, burnout, major life transitions and that feeling of becoming disconnected from themselves.

What I’ve come to realise is that wellbeing is rarely created or lost through a single factor.

It’s shaped by the interaction between our relationships, habits, expectations, recovery, purpose, daily experiences and the environments we move through every day.

Lately, I’ve become increasingly fascinated by one question:

How much do our surroundings influence the way we think, feel, communicate and perform?

The more I observe, the more I see that people are often expected to function well within environments that continuously increase pressure, distraction and cognitive load.

We talk a lot about resilience.

Perhaps we should also be talking more about the environments we ask people to be resilient within.

This realisation is shaping the direction of my work more and more.

It sits at the intersection of human wellbeing, workplace culture, nervous-system awareness and the spaces we live and work in.

Because the environments around us are never neutral.

They influence our energy.

Our focus.

Our recovery.

Our relationships.

And ultimately, our wellbeing.

I’m curious…

Have you ever worked or lived in a space that noticeably improved how you felt, thought or functioned?

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