Hello and thanks for taking the time to check out my "About" page. I'm a qualified Life and Health Coach and mother of two who believes that giving yourself “Pleasure Permission” is fundamental to life happiness and that self-care should be taught in schools. I also believe that regularly doing things you are passionate about is one of the keys to healing and achieving vitality and in line with that, I adore helping fabulous women and men remember what they are passionate about and start living life to the fullest.  
 
Apart from coaching, my favourite pastimes include beach-time, walking in nature and spending time with family and friends. I am ever-so-fortunate to live in a rural retreat in the beautiful coastal locale of Walkerville in Victoria, Australia.

​In terms of my background, my 20s saw me absorbed in career-building in the corporate world. I worked long very hours, travelling frequently for business and my health suffered. I now look back on this time as a blessing and it resulted in me discovering probiotic foods, something that is still a big feature in my life today.

In my early 30s, motherhood, combined with my corporate career, almost swallowed me whole. In amongst all of the things I was “doing”, I had forgotten to do anything that fed my soul."

In my early 30s, my health was much better (thanks to my discovery of probiotics), however, motherhood, combined with my corporate career, almost swallowed me whole. In amongst all of the things I was “doing”, I had forgotten to do anything that fed my soul. Bottom-line: I was devoid of passion and sadly I had actually forgotten what I was even passionate about. I’d lost myself somewhere between mashed pumpkin and corporate spreadsheets, and it didn’t feel nice

After this realisation, I searched, soul-dived and peeled back more layers than a exists in a bag full of onions. My biggest “take-out” of all of this work was the need to express myself through my writing in some shape or form. I also found a need to show deep support for other people, particularly women. On Valentine’s Day 2014, my Purposeful Passion Facebook Page was born. At the time I didn’t really know what I was doing, but I knew I needed to have a voice. So for the first few months I simply cheered other women on, raving about their achievements to my mini-handful of followers. One day during meditation, I had this idea come to me to post a poem. I was scared, but I did it and soon I could see that it seemed to be of far more interest to my audience than any of my prior posts. Buoyed on by this little bit of success, another jolt of inspiration saw me come up with the idea of a weekly poem and “My Monday Muse” was born as a regular Facebook feature. I soon had a nice little following amongst my friends and other people who had discovered my writing online (Thank You!!). Many of the poems in my audio download and e-book  "Poems for Loving, Living & Healing" are from the “My Monday Muse” collection. It’s no accident that there happens to be 27 of them. Three, nine and 27 have always been my lucky numbers.  

My card collection, "Sweet Musings for the Soul", featuring short and sweet heartfelt rhymes, was launched in early 2019. The purpose of my poetry is to nourish, encourage and inspire. It's rhythmical and accessible, because that's what I enjoy. I trust that you will benefit from listening to or reading my poems as much as I benefited from writing them.  

Writing poetry is one way that I follow my passion and "walk my talk". I'd love to help you uncover your passion and do the same. 

​Chels xxx