Psychology, explained plainly

You weren't born like this. You were trained.

I'm Nardia. I make videos about avoidance, difficult family and the not-enough feeling, and I coach people one to one on undoing it.

If you're new here, start with the free course. It's the first thing I'd do with you anyway: ten areas of your life, scored honestly, and one thing to work on.

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Eight short lessons and the workbook. Free, and it stays free.

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You're not behind on everything

You just can't name which part. The Wheel of Life course finds it in an afternoon.

You score ten areas out of ten on how satisfied you actually are, work out which one thing is holding three of them down, and pick one area against it. Eight lessons, under an hour of video, and the files to do it with.

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No card, no catch, nothing held back for a paid version.

The Wheel of Life mark: ten areas plotted inside a ring

Or go straight to what you came for

Three other places worth your time. The course is still the one I'd pick.

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One to one coaching

An hour a week for six weeks, on one thing. Starts with a free twenty minute call.

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The articles

The same ground as the videos, one piece at a time, and quicker to read than to watch.

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About me

Where the training came from, what I'm certified in, and why none of this is theoretical for me.

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Who ends up here

You're the one who notices

You can tell from a text message how the next four hours are going to go.

You manage everyone else's mood before your own, and you've been doing it so long you think it's your personality. Maybe you were the one everything got pinned on at home. Maybe you go quiet when things get close. Maybe you're fine on paper and can't work out why it doesn't feel like it.

Whatever brought you here, it's the same thing underneath. Where you learned it, who it was useful to, and what changes if you stop.

Most people find me from a video, watch for a few months, understand it completely, and still can't stop doing it. That isn't you being slow. Understanding a rule and being free of it are two separate jobs.

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Hey, I'm Nardia

I explain why people pull away, why families pick someone to blame, and where the not-enough feeling comes from.

I'm certified in life coaching, applied neuroscience and positive psychology. I'm a sole parent in Western Sydney at the foot of the Blue Mountains, so none of this is theoretical for me either.

I'm not a psychologist and this isn't therapy. It's the plain version of what's going on, and the work that follows it.

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When the videos aren't enough

Nobody tells you the second job exists, so you assume the problem is you.

That's what the coaching is for. An hour a week for six weeks, on one thing, starting with a free twenty minute call where we work out whether it's worth doing at all.

If you've done the wheel first, you turn up already knowing your shape and which area you picked, and we don't spend the first hour finding it.

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You're allowed to start on one thing

The other nine will still be there in ninety days, and setting them down on purpose is a different act from ignoring them.

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Ten areas, scored honestly, and one thing to work on.

If things are heavier than a course or a call can hold, please talk to somebody.

In Australia, Lifeline is 13 11 14. In the US, call or text 988.