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That Notion
United Kingdom
Приєднався 14 тра 2023
Thank's for visiting my channel! I’m Matt, a Scottish life coach with a holistic approach to well-being, personal growth, and building a balanced, authentic life. Here, I share tools, insights, and resources to support your journey-whether it’s setting goals, staying motivated, or enhancing your well-being.
I also explore what it means to live a flourishing life on your own terms, often sharing moments from my travels around Scotland (rain included!). My aim is to provide thoughtful, practical content that resonates and helps you build tools to thrive.
If something here connects with you, feel free to comment or get in touch. You can also book a free discovery call to explore how coaching with That Notion could support you. Let’s work together to create a life that reflects your values and goals.
- Matt
I also explore what it means to live a flourishing life on your own terms, often sharing moments from my travels around Scotland (rain included!). My aim is to provide thoughtful, practical content that resonates and helps you build tools to thrive.
If something here connects with you, feel free to comment or get in touch. You can also book a free discovery call to explore how coaching with That Notion could support you. Let’s work together to create a life that reflects your values and goals.
- Matt
When Doubt Comes to Town – Overcoming the Self-Doubt Spiral
Three months into building my coaching business and embracing self-employment, everything was going smoothly-until it wasn’t. Out of nowhere, self-doubt hit me like a freight train. Suddenly, the planning, momentum, and excitement I’d been riding ground to a halt, replaced by procrastination, stress, and a wave of negative self-belief.
In this video, I share how I recognised the impact of self-doubt, what it revealed about my mindset, and, most importantly, the steps I took to move forward. Using journaling techniques, mindful meditation, and honest reflection, I untangled what was holding me back and developed a practical plan to get back on track.
If you’ve ever felt stuck or overwhelmed by self-doubt in your own journey-whether in work, life, or a personal goal-this video might resonate with you. It’s not about avoiding doubt entirely but learning how to work through it when it inevitably shows up.
Let’s talk about how to keep moving forward, even when doubt comes knocking.
In this video, I share how I recognised the impact of self-doubt, what it revealed about my mindset, and, most importantly, the steps I took to move forward. Using journaling techniques, mindful meditation, and honest reflection, I untangled what was holding me back and developed a practical plan to get back on track.
If you’ve ever felt stuck or overwhelmed by self-doubt in your own journey-whether in work, life, or a personal goal-this video might resonate with you. It’s not about avoiding doubt entirely but learning how to work through it when it inevitably shows up.
Let’s talk about how to keep moving forward, even when doubt comes knocking.
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In this video, filmed on a fresh but cold autumn day in the beautiful Scottish Southern Uplands, I'm back in the van to explore an important topic: learning to say no in midlife. Breaking out of our comfort zones can be a challenge, especially when it comes to setting boundaries and prioritising what truly matters. Saying no can stir up feelings of guilt, worry, or even fear of disappointing ot...
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After 35 years in IT, I'm diving into a new business and, oh yeah, converting a van too. Some folks think I'm retiring, and I have to keep reminding myself that’s not happening just yet! In this video, I’ll chat about starting my own coaching business and figuring out this whole mid-life transition thing while trying not to slow down. If you’re interested in career changes, juggling work and “n...
Love it that reflective part of yourself it’s within you if you can find it 👍👍👍
Fabulous Matt! Interesting chat, especially about changing things up and going to different places. Viewing the world with a different set of eyes! It's easy to loss the ability and find excitement and enthusiasm to change our thinking. Very easy to become 'fixed and stuck'. So refreshing to change our thinking. In turn we change our belief's and learn that we can chose to change direction and continue to learn, grow and enjoy life, no matter what age or where we might be in life! Eye opening! Thanks Matt!
Thanks Avril
I was very reluctant to do this but thanks to you Matt, I have taken the time to complete a free VIA Character Strength. It's truly fascinating to discover what really are considered to be our very best character strengths. Even more fascinating is to learn about the ones, that perhaps, we could learn to work on. Maybe time to do this again, moving into a new year! My late husband also, had books and studied this very topic too. It was a very interesting discovery and connection!
It's fascinating to check it out and worth doing it every so often to see if things change.
Looking upon retirement, as a new opportunity and reevaluation of our lives is a great asset to achieve and have. Looks like a really beneficial direction to be stepping into Matt. It does take time to build up a business, but you can see how ready you are for this! Great video and advice. It's lovely to be able to have the time to develop and progress, in a direction, not only to grow into your more authentic self, but a direction that also benefits and helps others. You are both blessed and lucky! You are putting in the work and your efforts are going to be so rewarding.
@@avrilmacintosh2407 Thank you so much for your kind words. It means loads.
Setting boundaries - Saying No - Moving forward - Getting out of our comfort zone! Such valuable and important advice! Thank you Matt!
@@avrilmacintosh2407 Thanks Avril :-)
Loved this Matt! Some valuable advice. So relatable. 'Getting the Messages'! Now that takes me back! Love the scenery too!
@@avrilmacintosh2407 Thanks. Hopefully more scenery in the New Year.
Yep agree that reflective part of yourself is very important %100 👍
Another excellent positive thought provoking video I am semi-retired myself working a 13 hour week which initially I resented but now I’m so grateful for it keeps the old mind working an good company with my work colleagues otherwise i would be board out of my mind 😂 love your pods an your thoughts Matt!!! 👍👍
That’s good advice 😂👍
Agree with that 😂👍🏴
Loved this video just subscribe 👍
“The difference between successful people and really successful people is that really successful people say "no" to almost everything,” Warren Buffett. ua-cam.com/video/LweRjfRoaH8/v-deo.html
A few years ago I said NO when 95% of the ever gullible UK public said YES.
It's difficult when external pressures go against our personal values.
@@That-Notion Those who complied didn't have any personal values. If they did have, they would refused to go along with the madness. Spineless bloody wimps, the lot of them. It's EASY to say "no" when there's no real pushback. The hard thing is sticking to your principles, and STILL saying no, like I did when everybody around you has swallowed the Kool Aid.
Love this !
Thanks 🙂
I always say no if i dont like it 💪🏼🤠 i have walked away from my job at 40 building new homes as a bricklayer, sick or how corrupted buildings sites are! I am losing money but i prefer my dignity 👍🏼
Sorry to hear you felt you had to do that. Without doubt a difficult choice. Sometimes for our own wellbeing we need to make difficult choices like you have. I wish you all the best and hope you find something you enjoy and the money builds back up again soon.
@That-Notion really appreciate your kind words thanks 🙏🏼👍🏼🤠 i will never give up trying
Mmmm, some very useful things to think about there for sure, thank you. Btw, I really enjoy your direct and calming delivery. Cheers : )
@@thegardenpizzeria Thank you so much for your comment. I really appreciate it. All the best :-)
not sure i understood any of that , ive allways known what i wanted to do, whether it was going self employed or leisure and then changing my ambitions as circumstances evolved,im limited with work now due to havinng damaged my spine through years of physical work but at the moment im working on refurbishing a small yacht i bought to cruise the scottish islands as the mrs wanted to see scotland seems a reasonable cheap way to do that
Nice one. And sounds sounds like a great trip. Hope you both enjoy it.
Referring to her as “my wife” rather than the Mrs would go a long way. 🙂 Ask your wife if you don’t believe me.
I used to work for Cisco IT solutions years back in Slough , I used to be the guy who would install all their new Servers and set up their Networking equipment but since 2016 onwards that all ended as nowadays most Companies dont use Old fashioned servers or desktop PCs anymore , My uncle for example has all his data stored in a cloud network and in his company they just use laptops like Macbook pro or even iPads to do all their business , so yeah IT jobs unless you can write code etc are not well paid anymore and most ive seen are like zero hours roles , I ended up working in retail due to the way things have gone.
It's a much changed industry, that's for sure.
@@That-Notion 100% AI I forgot to mention has taken a lot of jobs too as years back companies used to phone a helpline if their systems were playing up , now they just ask Chat GPT4 and it tells them how to fix it themselves 😱 and going forward I predict the UK will become a state of unemployed people as AI will take 9/10 job roles even manual labour roles once Tesla releases those robots 🤖
I'm so glad to know that there is this opportunity there. I'm 53 & I got retired living 6 months in Europe & 6 months in South America.
Physical health has to be one of your top projects. Look into Intermittent fasting if you haven't already. We all need quality years :)
Totally agree. Slowly getting there. Thanks for the suggestion of intermittent fasting. It's something I have considered and I think there's some versions of it that I could use. I'm finding accountability helps me. I've had a PT for a few years now and I'm definitely stronger than I was in my 40s. Never really took diet seriously though. So, I've recently started something similar with managing my weight and so far it's looking positive. Long way to go though :-). Thanks.
I have found skipping breakfast and doing any exercise while fasted and leaving at least 3 hours before eating works for me. Fasting has so many benefits that I would recommend it to anyone.