Carole Blackburn
Certified Life Coach in Ottawa
Inspiring people just like you to reach their goals and live their best life!
Carole’s Life Coach Services focus on what matters to you most.
Embracing Our True Identity: Rediscovering the Woman Within
In the hustle and bustle of our lives, it's easy for women to lose touch with their true identities. Let's delve into the importance of embracing our true identity and explore practical steps to reconnect with the amazing women we are.
Reversing the Hustle Culture: It Starts With You.
Get back to the foundations of who you are and the life you want to design. No matter what stage you are in, this process is life-giving. You will find the time and energy you thought you once lost, and bring awareness to what matters most.
Do You Suffer From Imposter Syndrome? You Are Not Alone!
The power you hold in your heart and in your mind can outweigh the feelings of inadequacy and self-doubt. Be the woman that you have always wanted to be and don’t allow yourself to be taken down by feeling like a ‘fraud’.
The Truth About the Pressures on Women
The outside expectations that are put on us to bolster up our family, outweigh our deep longing to stay connected to our essence. The sacrifice to put everyone's needs ahead of one's own is glorified and often referred to as selfless and noble.
Curiosity Over Expectations
As women, we grow up being taught that we need to act a certain way. There are expectations that we have to give up pieces of ourselves in order to be who we are told we need to be. The way back to YOU is with curiosity.
Change: Saying YES to Getting Uncomfortable
The voice that was telling me I was meant for more. I could be more! I felt it deep in my bones. But I had no clue how on earth I could do anything, and if I was even capable of doing it all on my own.
The Comparison Game Crushed My Confidence
The deeper I dove into watching and seeing how others are “doing things”, the further away I got from living in my own way. I stopped listening to the intuition that was leading me on my own path. And my self-worth bore the brunt of it. [...]
Finding Gratitude During a Pandemic
It can be difficult to imagine a hopeful future in the eye of the pandemic storm. From the information we hear in the media to the conversations that are happening in our homes, the biggest questions we ask ourselves come from a place of fear. [...]
Thriving in the Face of a Pandemic
There is something counterintuitive about growing into who we are during a global pandemic. A part of us feels guilty thinking about doing well and feeling good when the rest of the world is struggling, and those close to us are having a hard time. [...]
The Self-Love Journey
Imagine for a moment, you are standing on a cliff, looking out at the vast landscape of rolling vistas, colours, nature, and the beauty that surrounds you. You feel at peace, in awe of what your eyes are witnessing. It’s a deep sense of pureness [...]
What is a Life Coach?
Recently, I was having a conversation with someone who asked me what I did for a living. I cheerfully replied “I’m a personal life coach” with the understanding that every person should know what that is… right? No, that was an assumption on my part. [...]
Slide Your Goals off the Backburner
Goals. One of the most commonly used words in the personal growth and development industry. Or for that matter in any aspect of life. According to the Merriam-Webster's Dictionary, the meaning of “goal” is - the end toward which effort is directed. That seems pretty [...]
Find Your Passion
We are about to dive deeper into a topic that each and every one of my clients has spent thoughtful time working through: finding your passions. A big loaded statement that has very different meanings for each one of us; as unique as we are. [...]
Let Go of the Baggage
We all learn behaviours, values, and beliefs at a young age. Starting from the way we were brought up to the choices we make in life, we are influenced by what we have experienced and how we adapt to our environment. We carry a lot [...]
Stop Going in Circles
There is a great deal of information on developing good habits and establishing a solid routine that can build on our personal development. One of the greatest lessons I have learned over the years is that we need to be consistently intentional about what we [...]
Stop Waiting for the Light to Change
One of the many lessons that hindsight teaches us is that we should have started sooner. Hoping for the right conditions to come along, only delays what we should have started sooner. Sometimes we face crossroads in life either because we encounter choices given to us [...]
Take the Fork in the Road
Sometimes in life, we are faced with very big decisions to make: a change in career; looking at what direction a personal relationship is going; or learning how to love ourselves again. There are times when you may have been agonizing over what to do next. [...]
Personal Growth
This is not the time to give up on ourselves, our hopes, our dreams, and our goals in life. In fact, we should be putting our fullest attention into our personal growth. Before I get into why I feel it is so important to take this time [...]
