Anna Standing Wellbeing Coach

Our laurel hedge is a beast. Every year my husband and I brace ourselves for it, and every year we tame it back down.

Last year it didn't get touched. My cancer treatment had other plans, and the hedge was not a priority.

This year I stood watching my husband do the parts I used to do. Handing him tools instead of using them myself.

I felt this weird conflict. Grateful to be standing there at all. Grieving the woman who could just crack on without a second thought.

Living with a permanent stoma means I can't lift the way I did. Can't bend the way I did. The version of me that used to just get stuck in without thinking twice doesn't exist anymore and I'm still working out who this new version of me is.

Nobody warns you that survival comes with its own kind of loss. That you can be thankful and heartbroken in the same breath, over something as small as a hedge.

At least the hedge is tamed for another year and I guess I'll figure out the rest.

Five days left to book the Embodied Wellbeing Experience at the launch price.

If you've been holding this one in the back of your mind, this is your sign to move it to the front.

Two hours. Coaching first, so your mind gets space to think clearly, and reflexology after, so your body can settle into whatever's just shifted. It's not a treatment and it's not a coaching session on its own. It's both, held together in one space, for you.

The launch price closes Monday. Link in bio to book, or DM me if you've got a question first.

More exam results success in our house this week. 🎉 This time we're celebrating my youngest son, Leo.

He got the GCSE results he needs to move on to sixth form and start A levels. Something that, at one point, we weren't sure would be the right pathway for him.

He's spent years navigating a school system that isn't always built for a neurodivergent brain, and that has not been easy, for him or for us.

But he has come through it triumphant. And that is 100% down to him, his hard work, his resilience, and his refusal to let anything define what he's capable of.

So proud doesn't even cover it. Onwards to sixth form 🥰

Have you been struggling with something for a while? Perhaps your digestion has been sluggish, or your sleep has been off. Maybe you've been suffering with headaches or those pregnancy ailments are getting the better of you. Have you thought about reflexology?

This is a non- invasive, super relaxing way to bring the body back into balance. It's also great to help regulate your nervous system and bring a sense of calm to the body.

I have a dedicated treatment room in my garden, here in St Albans. Why not try it? The link to book is in my bio.

Congratulations to my eldest son, who secured incredible grades in his Film Diploma and English A-Level this week. From the age of 14 he knew his passion was in film and since then he has chased that dream to make it his reality.

Making the move to London Screen Academy in Highbury to study was brave. Leaving his friends and the well trodden path of school sixth form took guts, and adjusting to commuting into London every day at 16 took drive. It hasn't always been easy but I'm so proud of his determination and hard work over the last two years.

Your results are more than well deserved Jacob and we're so proud of you. Now onto Elstree Screen Academy for the next step in your training.

If you're still reading, I think you already know which slide was you.

You don't have to keep choosing between a body that settles and a mind that gets clear. You can have both, in the same two hours.

When you book I'll send you a short form to complete before we meet so I know what's going on for you. Then you receive an hour of coaching to get to the heart of it and reflexology so your body can settle and integrate what came up.

The Embodied Well-being Experience is open for bookings now.
Link in bio.