What We Already Know: Tapping Into the Skills We Forget We Have (S17E7)

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I’ve been meaning to talk about this for a while – and then a conversation in my kitchen with a friend reminded me why it’s such an important theme.

In this episode, I’m exploring the power of cross-skilling – noticing how the skills we use in one part of our lives can help us in another. Sometimes we forget just how capable we already are because we keep parts of our lives too separate. What if we could gently bring more awareness to the strengths we already have and use them where we most need them?

Here’s what I cover:

• Why cross-skilling matters – and how we often miss the skills we already have.
• The “ant brain” – my way of describing how we can tune in deeply to what’s happening around us (without falling into groupthink).
• The risk of unconscious patterns – how to avoid applying old, unhelpful strategies, like people-pleasing, without realising.
• A real-life example of discovering hidden skills – how a client realised they were far better at admin than they believed, simply by looking in a different part of their life.
• The role of motivation and nuance – and why it’s not about doing everything everywhere, but about consciously choosing what supports us.

If you’ve ever felt stuck or believed you don’t have the right skills to face a challenge, this might open up a new way of looking at it.

Henny x

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