Six Months In: What I've Learnt (And What I'm Still Learning)

It's the end of June.

And I've been doing a lot of reflecting.

Not in a naval-gazing way more in the quiet, honest way that happens when a busy few months finally slow down enough for you to look back at them.

This year has been a lot. In the best possible way. But also in the way where you realise how much you've been carrying and how much you've grown because of it.

I want to share some of that here, because if you've been following along for a while or even just found this blog recently you deserve more than polished content. You deserve the real version.

What I've learnt about showing up before you feel ready

I ran more events in the first half of this year than I ever have before.

And not all of them felt comfortable before they happened.

There were moments of genuine self-doubt. Times I wondered whether anyone would turn up, whether what I had to offer was enough, whether I was the right person to be standing in front of a room of women talking about nervous systems and rest and healing.

But here's what I keep coming back to.

The women who came didn't need me to be perfect. They needed me to be present.

And being present fully, honestly present is something I've had to practise. Because for a long time, I confused being present with having all the answers. They're not the same thing.

What I've learnt about business being personal

There's this idea that if you're running a business, you need to keep a certain professional distance.

I've tried that. It doesn't suit me.

Everything I do started because of something personal. Because I know what it feels like to be overwhelmed and not know how to get out of it. Because I know the particular loneliness of being surrounded by people and still feeling like no one really sees you.

That's why the work is what it is.

And the more I lean into the personal the honest, sometimes-messy, real version of why I do this the more the right people find their way to me.

What I'm still learning

How to rest without guilt. Genuinely. Still working on that one.

How to receive support as easily as I give it. Still a work in progress.

How to trust the slower seasons, the quiet stretches, the weeks when nothing seems to be happening but actually a lot is building underneath.

I'm learning that the work you do on yourself isn't separate from the work you do in your business. They're the same work.

What's coming

I'm heading into the second half of this year with a lot of gratitude and even more intention.

More events already planning ahead for the autumn.

More one-to-ones I've got some space opening up for new clients over the summer if you've been thinking about it.

More of this the blogs, the honest reflections, the content that feels like a conversation rather than a broadcast.

If you've been here since the beginning, thank you. Genuinely.

If you've just arrived, welcome. I'm glad you're here.

✨ Hayley x