Anna Standing Wellbeing Coach

Anna Standing Wellbeing Coach Well-being Coach 🌿 | Reflexologist 👣 | Empowering you to thrive! https://linktr.ee/AnnaStandingWellbeingCoach

Ten years ago I left teaching burnt out, and I told myself I was done.Back in June I ran a vision day with a school's le...
01/09/2026

Ten years ago I left teaching burnt out, and I told myself I was done.

Back in June I ran a vision day with a school's leadership team, and something in me lit up that surprised me. This week I went back and delivered a full training session for the whole staff team, on how to hold difficult conversations with confidence.

I'm not the person who left that classroom. Everything since, the burnout, the years in the wellness space learning how the nervous system actually works, my NLP training and coaching qualification, came together this week into a workshop that felt powerful and practical and completely mine. Delivering it felt right in a way I wasn't expecting.

I'm not sure yet exactly what this next chapter looks like, and I'm letting myself sit in that rather than rushing to define it. Stepping back into education, in this new way, feels good.

Our laurel hedge is a beast. Every year my husband and I brace ourselves for it, and every year we tame it back down.Las...
27/08/2026

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...
26/08/2026

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 res...
21/08/2026

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 🥰

19/08/2026

This week my son had a sickness bug, and it sent me straight into old health anxiety I thought I'd moved past.

In the video, I show what I actually do when that happens. Hand on my heart, hand on my stomach, and I talk myself through it out loud.

Saying it out loud matters. Anxious thoughts have a way of running the show when they stay silent in your head, looping and gathering weight. Speaking them takes some of that power back and turns a spiral into a conversation.

And the touch matters too. Your hand on your body is what tells your nervous system you're actually safe, not just your mind deciding it logically. That's the part thinking alone can't do.

This isn't only for health anxiety. The same practice works for the conversation you keep replaying, the event you're dreading, the problem you can't yet solve and have to sit with instead. Your body meets these moments long before your mind catches up, and you can't think your way out of them. You have to feel safe in your body first.

Next time you feel anxiety overwhelming you, try this. Connect to the noise in your head and ask what reassurance your body is actually looking for. Create your own mantra, and always end with you are safe.

Give it a go and let me know in the comments how you find it, or share what already works for you when you feel like this. ❤️

Have you been struggling with something for a while? Perhaps your digestion has been sluggish, or your sleep has been of...
17/08/2026

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...
15/08/2026

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.

13/08/2026

I used to be able to do it all. That changed last year when I was diagnosed with bowel cancer. A year on, I've stopped trying to get back to being her and I'm learning to adapt to the new me.

Your capacity can be impacted in so many ways. For me it's less to do with being a busy Mum and more to do with my health.

Following my diagnosis I had surgery to remove my colon, and I now live with a permanent stoma. I've spent this year deciding it doesn't define me and it doesn't shrink my world, and that part I'm proud of.

What's harder to say out loud is this. I can never go back to who I was before. Different doesn't mean worse, and I cannot do things the way I used to, and some days that still catches me off guard.

Ageing, perimenopause, a new health issue, a body working differently than it did. None of it makes us less capable. It just means the old rules don't apply anymore, and we have to stop measuring ourselves against a version of us that isn't here anymore.

Where has yours quietly changed and you've not yet adjusted for it? Share in the comments.

This is what we're working through in my community - Becoming the Woman Within Collective. Come find out how you can manage your capacity better. The link to join is in my bio.

12/08/2026

The launch price on Embodied Wellbeing Experience closes at the end of this month.

Reflexology and coaching, together in one session. Your body supported and the mental load released. It's not a top-up and it's not a treat you squeeze in, it's time built around what you actually need right now.

If it's been sitting on your list, this is the month to book it before the price moves.

Link in bio.

Save this as your reminder 📌

11/08/2026

Six weeks of holiday club logistics and packed lunches and 'just this once' and your own needs slide quietly off the list. Sound familiar?

And it's completely understandable. It's what we do to get through. The problem is it can quickly slide into the norm. It keeps happening, every holiday, every busy stretch, until overwhelmed just feels like Tuesday.

This month in my free community, Becoming the Woman Within Collective, we're going right into capacity: what it actually is and why checking in with it matters more in the full-on weeks, not less.

Want to know how you can master the summer holidays AND look after you? Come join us. Capacity is our topic of the month. Link is in my bio.

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