JENNY GORDON
Jenny went from feeling like she had it all – 3 teenage sons, a husband, a successful career in the NHS studying a PHD, a wide circle of friends, living in Scotland in a beautiful place to a life in tatters to a broken marriage and about to lose her home. So when the world as she knew it fell to pieces, what was she to do? jenny had to keep going for her children and for herself but it was hard. She started a new life down South and started to find her way back to brilliance. She remembers how personality profiling in particular Myers Briggs helped her on her way back to happiness and her steps towards finding her brilliance. She talks about how there are lots of different jewels and precious stones.
They’re different shapes. They’re different sizes, they sparkle differently. pearls have a very different lustre to a diamond doesn’t make them better or worse. It just makes them different. All bring a unique gift to the world.
KEY LEARNS
“I remember waking up one morning in my tiny, little Oxford flat, and I was experiencing this really unfamiliar feeling. And I kind of lay there a bit, and, you know, sat with it. And I realised that what I was feeling was actually happiness. And guess what, the next day, it happened again, and it came back on a regular basis. And that’s when I realised that even the darkest, most horrible times are transient, we can get out the other side, even when it feels like somebody keeps moving the end of the tunnel. But I did get out of the tunnel and back into the daylight.”
“I think quite often as a culture, particularly in the UK. We’re not encouraged to blow our own trumpet. There’s a lot of sayings, that certainly I grew up with things like all pride comes before a fall, and you know, getting too big for your boots, and all of those kinds of things that are designed to stop people from sparkling and saying, I’m really good at this. This is a talent that I have, and I want to share it and I want to make the most of it. It doesn’t make me better than anybody else. But it certainly is a talent that I have, that maybe not everybody else has.
“Brilliance needs polishing. So get your jewels out regularly. Don’t keep those diamonds in a cupboard, waiting for best, waiting for a special occasion. Because although they sparkle in the dark, nobody gets to see them. So I practice getting my jewels out regularly, and letting people see the brilliance.”
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ABOUT JENNY
Jenny is the Founder & Brilliance Coach at Jenuine Consulting Ltd, who specialise in leadership, personality profiling & team effectiveness. I love being able to combine my passion for people, self-awareness and self- development with creativity to work with businesses who want to stimulate brilliance in their workforce by designing and delivering bespoke innovative solutions that have the power to transform. I use my considerable life experience, scientific background together with my doctoral expertise that brings a wealth of insight that I use in a variety of sectors including engineering, finance, healthcare, retail and education every day to stimulate my own and others thinking. I prefer to use collaborative approaches to translate vision into reality, helping people to rediscover, reconnect with and develop their potential and their influence by understanding themselves so that they can share their unique brilliance in all spheres of their lives.
CONNECT WITH JENNY:
Website: https://www.jenuineconsulting.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkein.com/in/jenuineconsulting.com Facebook: https://www,facebook.com/jenuineconsulting Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jenuineconsulting
ABOUT THE HOST Emma Last is a qualified Mental Health and Wellbeing Trainer and Coach. She has co-written both the First Aid Industry body’s accredited First Aid for Mental Health and Wellbeing training for Adults in the workplace and those working with children. Emma also has over 20-years, experience in leading teams and developing strategies for change. She worked in Senior leadership for a large corporate until early 2018, when she came to a turning point in her career due to being on the brink of burnout and wanted to gain more of a balance in her life. She then rebooted her life and founded her company Progressive Minds. Emma also works with workplaces and schools on their Mental Health and Wellbeing strategies and provides training and coaching to support employees through challenging and changing times. Emma also works with individuals to help them to perform at their best by working on their mental fitness, which incorporates stress/burnout prevention and resilience and agility development through her Human Reboot Movement Coaching Programme. Her clients say they have become more mentally fit, happier and gain the results they want in their lives. Her Human Reboot podcast achieved number 22 in the Mental Health category in Mental Health Awareness week
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