Be a Free Range Human: Escape the 9-5, Create a Life You Love and Still Pay the Bills

I came out as myself: as your feisty Free Range Humans guide. Now, it’s less ‘and what do you think?’ and more strategies, ideas, brainstorming inspiration and a dose of straight talking (with love). I joke, I laugh, I ask the big questions, I say it like it is. Occasionally I swear. Try finding that in a job description. Result? Way happier. To my

When I first became a coach I realized I didn’t exactly love everything about coaching. For example, I’m not one to sit back, listen and nod while someone car crashes their life, or restrain enthusiasm when it’s clear you’ve hit on something fabulous. For months I was so stressed about this: every session I felt like I had to pretend to be someone

If we were animals this would not be legal.

‘what do I really want to do with my life’ and ‘how do I get to get paid to have fun’

How do these answers make you feel? For example, when I hit the right answers, I feel elated, with this joy rising up to the top of my head. Others feel a comfortable warmth in their chest, and their body relaxes. Write down

Your internal GPS is a term used by author and coach Martha Beck to describe that feeling you get when, say, you’re about to go into a relationship with someone who turned out to be Really Very Wrong for you, or that ‘no!’ feeling you got in the first day at that job that turned out to be a bad environment.

Steve Jobs said, ‘You’ve got to find what you love… The only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do.’

When I work with clients I can almost guarantee that the very thing they say is ‘not that valuable’ is the biggest thing they have to offer.

From now, get in the habit of asking ‘why am I really attracted to this idea?’ and make a note of the themes you notice. This will build up a strong set of clues that we will use to build your personalized free range solution.