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Trish McIntosh - Flow Well for Life

Helping women who have spent years putting everyone else first reconnect with themselves. Trish is a Reiki Master.

Through Transformational Coaching, NLP & Reiki, I support you to create clarity, confidence, balance and lasting change. Trish McIntosh is a Life Coach and NLP Practitioner who is passionate about helping people break free from overthinking, self-doubt, and the patterns and habits that keep them stuck. After more than 30 years in the corporate world, Trish felt a strong pull to move into more mean

ingful, people-focused work. This led her to train in coaching, NLP (neuro-linguistic programming), and energy healing, and to ultimately step away from corporate life to fully support others in creating change in their own lives. Trish’s work focuses on helping clients gain clarity, shift limiting beliefs, emotional blocks and move forward with confidence and direction. Her approach is supportive, intuitive, and practical—creating a space where clients feel heard, understood, and empowered to take action. She holds a Master Practitioner qualification in NLP and is completing her Mastery in Coaching. While her primary focus is coaching and NLP, Trish also integrates energy work where appropriate and offers Reiki as a complementary or standalone service. Trish works with clients 1:1, offering sessions designed to help them get unstuck, reconnect with themselves, and create meaningful, lasting change.

16/08/2026

The thing about going away is that life doesn't go away with you.

It waits.

The emails still arrive.
The tasks at work still pile up.
The washing still needs doing.
The appointments still need organising.
The things on your to-do list are still sitting there waiting for you.

And when you come home, they're all waiting to be caught up on.

I've been home for a couple of days now, and I'm noticing that I'm feeling a little resistant to jumping straight back into everything. I thought I’d come back refreshed, energized and ready to dive into all the things I’d been putting off. But I didn’t.

Life in the outback moves at a very different pace to the one I'm used to. There was more space. More time to just sit and talk. Time between doing things. Time to stop and look around. And I liked it. More than I thought I would.

Now I'm home and the familiar list of responsibilities is waiting for me, and part of me is thinking, do I really have to go straight back to the way things were?

I'm not sure what the answer is yet. I know there are things that need doing. There always will be. But perhaps I don't have to do everything at once. Perhaps I don’t even need to do some of them at all. Perhaps I can ease myself back in rather than feeling like I have to immediately catch up on everything I've missed. And perhaps this is something worth thinking about more generally.

How often do we spend so much of our lives carrying responsibilities that we don't even question whether we need to carry all of them, or whether they could be carried differently?

For now, I'm just noticing. I'm not ready to make any big changes. But I think I might like to keep a little of that slower pace with me.
Do you find it hard to ease back into everyday life after you've been away, or do you come home ready to get straight back into everything?

14/08/2026

So, what have I actually been doing in the outback?

A little bit of this...

I came up here with one thing firmly on my bucket list — the Mt Isa Rodeo — but I had no idea what the rest of the trip would look like. And that's probably been one of the nicest things about it.

I've been buggy riding, explored places I'd never been, watched the sunset from the middle of nowhere, sat around campfires under the stars, wandered through the rodeo and watched my nephews march in the street parade.

I've spent time with family, experienced a completely different pace of life and, perhaps most importantly, allowed myself to just be here without needing to make the most of every minute. It hasn't all gone exactly as I imagined it would. But I've had experiences I couldn't have planned for, and memories I'll take home with me.

And yes., I finally got to tick the Mt Isa Rodeo off my bucket list. 🤠

I'm really glad I did.

11/08/2026

Sometimes the moments we remember most are the ones we never expected.

On Sunday, 15 of us headed out to The Granites for an evening of buggy riding, sunset, a BBQ and a campfire.

I'd been buggy riding once before on this trip, and for a newbie like me, each time felt like a real adventure.

We followed the quad bike along rough bush tracks, through dust, rocks and dry creek beds, up and down the hills and through country that most people would never get to see. There was spinifex that felt like needles pricking me through my jeans, black cattle wandering beside the track, and plenty of reminders to watch where we were putting our feet when we stopped to explore or went for a toilet stop in the bush.

And there was dust. Everywhere. In my eyes, despite my sunglasses. Up my nose. In my throat and ears. On my clothes, my skin, the buggy, the trees, my phone... absolutely everywhere.

But I loved it.

We weren’t alone in the bush, but later, after the other people had gone, we sat around the campfire on top of the hill. It felt like we had the whole bush to ourselves. There were no streetlights. No houses. No traffic. No noise, except the sounds of the bush. It was just us, the fire, the darkness and more stars than most of us are used to seeing.

My family were pointing out the Milky Way and satellites moving across the sky. And then someone pointed out one particularly bright star. And I could see it. Actually see it.

I don't think I've seen a star for probably 30 years. I was so excited that I kept looking back at that one spot in the sky, imagining all the other stars I couldn't see.

I even used my phone to magnify it and took a photo, hoping I could see others, but I couldn’t. But I was thrilled that I saw even one.

It might seem like a small thing, but it wasn't small to me. I was surrounded by people I love, sitting around a campfire in the middle of nowhere, after spending the afternoon bouncing around the outback in a buggy, and I was looking at a star I hadn't been able to see for decades. I was enjoying the moment and the opportunity to do something that wouldn’t have been possible without them.

Sometimes it doesn't have to be a big life-changing moment. Sometimes it's just about being somewhere different, trying something you've never done before, and being present enough to notice the moment when something unexpectedly special happens.
I'm very grateful I got to experience this one. And I'm even more grateful I got to experience it with my family.

06/08/2026

I had absolutely nothing planned.

On Sunday night I realised something that felt very unfamiliar.
For the first time in years, I had nothing planned for the next day.

Normally my days are full. There are always emails to answer, clients to see, things to organise, people to help, and a to-do list
that somehow keeps growing, even on weekends.

But before I came away, I made a decision. This wasn't going to be a working holiday.

That might not sound like a big deal, but I don't think I've truly done that in more than six years. Even when I've been away before, I've usually taken work with me. There was always something that couldn't wait. This time, I decided it could.

So on Monday morning, I had no plan. If I'm honest, I thought I might get bored. I wondered what I'd actually do with myself.
Instead, something unexpected happened. I slowed down.
I sat outside with a coffee. I watched the world go by. I enjoyed the quiet. I didn't feel the need to fill every moment with something productive.

And for the first time in a long time, my mind felt quiet too.
I think part of the reason was that I'd already given myself permission before I left home. I wasn't constantly wondering if I should be working or feeling guilty that I wasn't getting things done.

It made me realise that perhaps sometimes what we need most isn't another holiday packed full of things to do. Maybe it's simply a little space.

Space to think.
Space to breathe.
Space to just be for a while.

I'm not sure I'd want every day to look like that. I like having things to do and purpose in my days. But I can also see how important it is to leave a little more room for quiet than I usually do.

I'd love to know, do you find it easy to do nothing for a while, or does part of you start looking for something productive to fill the space?

02/08/2026

I didn't realise how much I needed space. Not just space around me. Space in my mind.

When I boarded the plane in Brisbane, I had an entire row of seats to myself. The flight was only half full. It was quiet. Peaceful. A lovely way to begin the journey.

As we took off, I looked out the window at the endless houses, buildings and busy roads disappearing beneath us.

A couple of hours later, we began our descent into Mt Isa. This time, when I looked out the window, there was something completely different.

Space.

Wide open landscapes stretching as far as I could see.

The airport was much the same. One plane on the tarmac.
One small baggage carousel. Just a couple of people outside waiting.

No crowds. No rushing. No noise.

As my brother drove me into town and gave me the tour, which took less than ten minutes, he laughed and said, "This is peak hour." I think we passed half a dozen cars. It made me smile.

This weekend has been wonderfully simple. Sitting around the fire under the moon with family. Talking. Laughing.
Sharing meals. Visiting Lake Moondarra. Watching peacocks wandering around a park in the middle of outback Queensland.

It's a completely different pace of life.

And I've realised something. Sometimes what we're longing for isn't to escape our lives. It's simply to have enough space to hear ourselves think again. Maybe that's why this already feels like exactly the break I needed.

When was the last time you found yourself somewhere that made you instantly breathe a little deeper?

30/07/2026

On Friday I'm heading away for two weeks, and I'm genuinely excited.

This trip has been on my bucket list for years. I'll be travelling further west than I've ever been before, finally getting to experience the Mt Isa Rodeo, spending time with family, celebrating a new baby on the way, and seeing a part of Australia I've never seen before.

I don't really know what the next two weeks will look like, and I think that's part of what I'm looking forward to. There'll be cold mornings, hot days, big skies, different landscapes, plenty of family time, and I'm sure a few unexpected adventures along the way.

I'm even travelling there on my own, which is always a bit of an adventure when you're legally blind. It takes a little more planning, a little more courage, and usually a willingness to ask for help when I need it.

Right now I still haven't packed, and there are a few things left to organise. But I know they'll get done.

More than anything, I'm looking forward to pressing pause for a little while, spending time with people I love, and simply enjoying whatever the next two weeks bring.

I think I'll share a little of the journey with you while I'm away.
Who knows, we might discover a few things together.
❤️

26/07/2026

I'm feeling a little overwhelmed this weekend.

I'm heading away this week for two weeks, and if I'm honest, my mind has started doing what it always does. Thinking about everything that still needs to be done and making lists.

✈️ Book airport transport

🧳 Start packing

👗 Find something to wear to the races

🤠 Don't forget the cowboy hat!

💇♀️ Hair appointment

📝 Finish client work and planning work around being away

And then, of course, there are the unexpected things that pop up at the last minute. It's amazing how quickly the list grows. For a moment today, it all started to feel like too much.

Then I stopped and reminded myself of something. I don't have to do everything today. I just need to work out what's important, what can wait, and take it one thing at a time.

It's funny how quickly excitement can turn into pressure. This trip is something I've been looking forward to for a long time. I don't want to spend the whole week rushing towards it so that by the time I get there, I'm already exhausted.

So today I'm choosing to swap overwhelm for a plan. One step. One job. One day at a time. And somewhere in amongst it all, remember to breathe. I've learnt that's usually enough.

24/07/2026

Sometimes receiving is harder than giving.

Have you ever been offered something that would genuinely make your life easier, and still found yourself saying no?
Not because you didn't need it. But because accepting it felt uncomfortable.

Maybe you've thought "I should be able to do this myself." "Someone else deserves it more." "I don't want to feel like a charity case." "I don't want to owe anyone."

I've come to realise that sometimes receiving isn't difficult because the gift is too big. It's difficult because the beliefs we've carried for years are even bigger. Beliefs about worth. About independence. About what it means to be a good person. About whether we're allowed to receive as freely as we've always given.

I don't think many women realise how hard receiving can be until they're faced with genuine kindness and find themselves unable to accept it.

Perhaps receiving isn't something we're either good at or bad at. Perhaps it's something we have to learn. Just as many of us learnt to keep giving, even when we were running on empty.

21/07/2026

For a long time I thought I was just an independent person. I was capable. Reliable. Self-sufficient. I didn't need anyone. Or at least that's what I told myself.

Looking back, I don't think it was independence. I think it was self-protection.
If I didn't rely on anyone, I couldn't be disappointed.
If I did everything myself, nobody could let me down.
If I needed nothing, nobody could use it against me.

At the time, those patterns made perfect sense. They had developed for a reason. But eventually I realised they were costing me something too. Connection. Support. Rest. The chance to experience what it feels like to be cared for.

Real strength isn't about never needing anyone. It's about knowing when it's safe to let someone walk beside you instead of carrying everything alone.

19/07/2026

As Sunday winds down, I know how easy it is for my mind to race to the week ahead.

I look at my calendar and automatically start thinking about how I'm going to fit everything in. I begin mentally organising everyone's schedules. Appointments. Work. Meals. School. Family. Things I need to remember. Before Monday has even arrived, I'm already carrying the week. I'm already feeling the exhaustion.

I've realised over the years that I don't want to start every week feeling like that. These days, I try to remind myself that I don't have to solve the whole week tonight. The week will unfold one day at a time, just as it always does.

So tonight isn't about planning every detail. It's about letting my mind slow down for a little while. About trusting that I don't have to have everything figured out before Monday arrives.

If you're feeling the weight of the week already, perhaps ask yourself one simple question instead:
"What can I let go of before this week even begins?"

It might be the pressure to do everything perfectly. It might be the expectation that you have to make everyone happy. Or it might simply be the belief that everything has to happen this week.

Whatever it is, I hope you give yourself permission to finish today before you start tomorrow.

I'd love to know, what's one thing you're choosing to leave behind this Sunday evening?

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