Coaching with Carissa

Coaching with Carissa Personality-led Lifestyle Coaching for Mums

Supporting women to understand themselves and love the life they’re living — one that works with them.

08/09/2026

Today's wisdom is brought to you from the driver's seat, and in full size mode!

Turns out if you do a deep dive, our behaviours can be altered - just like the settings on our phone.

Sometimes it just takes someone to help us understand what we’re doing, why we’re doing it, and what might work better for us.

04/09/2026

There is real beauty in doing the simple things... like making your bed.

Thanks mum 😘

02/09/2026

Sometimes our biggest struggles can become some of our greatest strengths.

Not because the hard stuff needed to happen, or because we have to find a positive in everything…

But sometimes, when we look back, we can see what grew from it.

For me, growing up in a caregiver role came with its struggles. But I can also see how it shaped the part of me that cares really deeply about people.

And I think there’s something pretty beautiful in recognising that sometimes, amongst the hard stuff, there can be a gift too. 🤍

Sunday thoughts 💭Attachment fascinates me.Because so much of what brings us joy in life comes from the things we become ...
30/08/2026

Sunday thoughts 💭

Attachment fascinates me.

Because so much of what brings us joy in life comes from the things we become deeply attached to… people, relationships, places, memories, even versions of ourselves.

Yet part of finding freedom seems to be learning not to hold onto any of it too tightly.

So how do we do both?

How do we love people deeply, while accepting that nothing lasts forever? That people change, life changes, we change… and eventually, everything we know and love will one day no longer be here. Including us.

Maybe the answer isn’t finding comfort in that.

Maybe it’s finding the courage to love deeply anyway.

To be present. To be brave. To be kind. To appreciate people while they’re here rather than being so afraid of losing them that we miss the experience of having them.

And maybe at the end of it all, a meaningful life isn’t measured by what we managed to hold onto…

but by how deeply we experienced it while it was ours to experience.

Beautiful moments. Big laughs. Hard stuff. Connection. Love.

Nothing lasts forever… but that doesn’t make it any less meaningful.

Anyway… welcome to my brain on a Sunday 😂🤔

27/08/2026

Failing sucks. There’s no pretty way to wrap it up 😂

But maybe failure isn’t something we need to avoid quite so much.

Sometimes it’s just part of figuring things out, learning a bit about ourselves and having another crack at it.

Because I’m pretty sure nothing bloody exciting ever happened inside our comfort zone anyway 😂

Here's to failing beautifully x

I need a few guinea pigs… 😂I've been working on a new coaching approach called FLOW for my sessions.It's basically about...
27/08/2026

I need a few guinea pigs… 😂

I've been working on a new coaching approach called FLOW for my sessions.

It's basically about helping you unpack something that feels a bit stuck, understand what's actually going on for you, explore what could work differently, and find a way forward that fits you and your life.

And now I need to get out of my own head and actually practise it 😅

So I'm looking for 3 people who have something they'd genuinely like to work through...

Maybe you're feeling stuck, overwhelmed, lacking motivation, navigating something at work or you just know something needs to change but you're not quite sure what.

I'll offer you a free 45-minute FLOW session in exchange for being a trial subject and giving me some honest feedback afterwards.

Theres no sales pitch or obligation to continue. I'm genuinely testing and refining the process.


If your keen with something to explore then send me a message 😁.

24/08/2026

Not quite how I planned to learn about myself… but here we are 😂

Personality profiling gave me a pretty massive 💡 moment and sent me down a rabbit hole of understanding myself AND the people around me.

Because when we understand that different doesn’t mean wrong, we take a whole lot less personally and make space for better relationships.

And really, that’s why I got into coaching.

Understand yourself. Understand others.
Build more meaningful relationships. 🤍

22/08/2026

Gentle exposure video number two 😅

A little chat about massage, listening to what our bodies are telling us and why sometimes slowing down is just as important as everything else we do for our wellbeing.

Apparently it’s taken me 15 years of massaging to appreciate that 😂

Sometimes we need to do less, not more.

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