My Journey of Becoming an Intuitive Psychology Coach and finding Self Acceptance

I wrote this as part of my training near the beginning of my course, so I thought I would share it here as a reminder of my own personal journey.

My journey to becoming an Intuitive Psychology Coach has actually been a lifetime journey, although I only really knew it since August last year when I signed up for the course. I have always been introspective, someone who questions and analyses and wants to understand. This has led me on my own journey of discovery through counselling and other therapies. Despite finding these helpful, I also found that they sometimes left more questions than answers, like I discovered loads of “stuff” but didn’t know what to do with it.  

I am fascinated by people, their stories and their journeys in this life and I realised that most of my jobs had been in a helping type role, albeit sales or customer service roles. After being made redundant in 2021, I decided it was time to really start helping people so I started counselling training with the intention becoming a fully qualified counsellor. Fate had other ideas though and it didn’t work out but I started to work within mental health which satisfied my need to help. Working with people who are struggling with their mental health has really shaped this journey for me. I have realised that counselling is really beneficial but sometimes people need a more practical approach to be able to work through their struggles and it feels like coaching can really enable this.

I decided I wanted to train as a coach and fate played a part again, as I found the Intuitive Psychology Association. It was the first training provider I found and I just knew instantly this was for me. It just resonated with me on another level and felt it gave me everything I was looking for to become the practitioner I want to be. I trusted by intuition and didn’t even look at any other providers.

The training and my own coaching journey has been incredible, challenging but incredible. The power of the eyes’ closed method is something I have never experienced before but really helps to remove the noise and distraction around you and to really get you out of your thinking mind. I have been able to connect with some of my own self-limiting beliefs. I have recognised how often I put myself in the ‘problem’ seat and take on responsibility for a lot more than I should. This has been tough; I am not going to lie. Sitting in the uncomfortableness of your shadow isn’t easy but for some reason, the things that have come up for me have been so clear and so concise that it has felt a little easier to actually connect and try to do things differently.

My overall intention for my coaching journey is to find acceptance for myself and genuinely find ways to change behaviours, something that counselling so far has been unable to help me do. I have already felt a lot more able to connect with some of my ‘messy’ parts, the parts that I have felt ashamed of for such a long time. I am not going to say I am ‘fixed’ because I was never broken even though that is what it felt like. I am on a journey of self acceptance, one that will last a lifetime, but I already feel like I have made massive strides in this. Our learnt behaviours always have a way of coming back to haunt us when we least expect or want them to but I am learning to allow and accept, because as the great Carl Rogers said “when I accept myself as I am, then I change” and I am here for it all.

Me in my happy place, feeling a whole lot more accepting of all of my parts!