Coach Ted

23/08/2026

Most people don't know about this - and it plays a huge role in how we navigate life and its challenges.

Ask, “What is wrong with me?” and the mind begins searching for faults.
Ask, “What makes this response understandable?” and it starts looking for conditions, history and context.
The first question invites judgement.
The second creates room for understanding.
A question does more than request an answer. It directs our attention—and repeated often enough, that answer can begin to feel like fact.
My new article explores what can become visible when we stop trying to find better answers and begin asking better questions.
Read The Wrong Question Most People Ask Themselves:

“What’s wrong with me?” sounds like a search for understanding, but the question already assumes something is wrong. Discover how changing the questions we ask ourselves can shift us from self-judgement towards understanding, awareness, choice and lasting personal change.

18/08/2026

Some walks ask nothing of us but attention.

The fields turn golden, the hedges hum, yet beneath the beauty the land is tired. This summer I hope has been an eye opening.

I wrote this after walking through the fields and noticing how closely our own lives are tied to the earth beneath our feet — its abundance, its resilience, and its limits.

This land is not only something we walk upon, but something we need to learn to listen to and care for more than we already do.

Future isn’t simply something that happens to us.
It is something we shape, quietly, every day.
🌾🌧️🔥🌦️

Countryside Nature OurPlanet

31/07/2026

It costs £27,500 every single day to keep Weldmar Hospicecare running. When we learned that, supporting it became deeply personal.

My husband Scott and I have decided to take on something that excites us almost as much as it terrifies us…

We’re walking on fire. 🔥

Not for the thrill, but to help raise funds for the incredible hospice currently caring for my wonderful mother-in-law, Kate.

The compassion, dignity and kindness shown by the Weldmar team is beyond anything I can put into words. They don’t just care for patients—they care for entire families through some of life’s hardest moments.

We’ve set ourselves a goal of raising £5,000, and we’d love your help.

Every donation, no matter the size, will make a real difference. And if you can’t donate, sharing this post is just as appreciated.

Thank you for helping us support a place that means so much to our family. ❤️

JustGiving link in bio.

28/07/2026

There is no blueprint for becoming who you are.

Only a you-print.

Your own pace. Your own path. Your own way.

Comparison distracts your clarity. Come back to yourself. 🌿

24/07/2026

3 years ago I didn’t know what my life would look like next month.
Then we had our first date - and even tho I still didn’t know what was ahead, I knew I wanted to find out with you.
Happy Anniversary my darling Scott Duncan - and here is to many many more ❤️💚💙💜🩵🩷🤍🧡🤎🩶🥰

21/07/2026

😳 What’s my point?

Laughter. Release. Letting go.

Life has reminded me, more than once, that none of us knows how long we’re here for. We don’t get to choose how much time we have, but we do get to choose how we spend it.

I choose joy.

Not because life is always easy, but because I know what it’s feels like to make joy difficult—for myself and for the people around me.

For years I thought being serious made me more responsible, more worthy, somehow more deserving. Then I realised something…

No one hands you a badge for being serious.

And people will always judge you for something that reflects more about them than it does about you.

So I gave myself permission to laugh more.
To be a little sillier.
To bring light where I can.
To make someone smile, even if only for a moment.

Not everyone will accept that invitation—and that’s okay. Their response isn’t mine to control.

But I can choose what I bring into the world.

I choose joy.
I choose laughter.
I choose to remind myself—and anyone willing to join me—that life doesn’t become worthy or meaningful because we take ourselves so seriously.

It becomes worthy as we choose living it and living becomes meaningful because we remembered how to play.

❤️
Ps. If you struggle with in er permission to play and feel joy, borrow mine - for as long as you need it 😉

Ted

20/07/2026

The response to my last video reminded me of these timeless words.

If you’ve ever worried about doing it wrong, this is for you.

The Man in the Arena by Theodore Roosevelt.

07/07/2026

No tags, just real life reminder.

31/05/2026

I wonder how many of us are carrying a quiet misunderstanding.

We tell ourselves we’re overwhelmed because there is too much in our lives.

But what if the weight isn’t coming from the amount?

What if it’s coming from the lack of space between it all?

A forest can hold thousands of trees and still feel peaceful.

A single room can feel overwhelming when there’s no space left to move.

That thought stopped me in my tracks this week.

This reel is a reflection that emerged from asking myself a simple question:

“What is asking to be noticed?”

The answer wasn’t what I expected.

Listen now, or save this for a moment when you have the space to hear it.

🫧💚🫧

30/05/2026

A simple article about handwriting led me to an unexpected question.

Why does modern science keep rediscovering things our ancestors seemed to know already?

This reflection explores ancient wisdom, modern research, artificial intelligence, and what humanity’s endless search for certainty reveals about our relationship with truth.

Why does modern research keep confirming practices our ancestors considered ordinary? This reflective article explores the relationship between science, ancient wisdom, handwriting, nature, human experience, and why every generation eventually re-examines what it believes to be true.