Liz Bell - Who Am I?: A little book about finding yourself...with magic ingredients

Who am I? A little book about finding yourself
with magic ingredients First Published in Great Britain in 2019 by Balance Books Publishing Kemp House, 142 - 160 City Road
London. EC1V 2NX Enquiries to Copyright 2019 Liz Bell. The moral rights of the author have been asserted. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical reviews and certain other non-commercial uses permitted by copyright law. For permission requests, write to the publisher, addressed Attention: Permissions Coordinator, at the email address above.

Illustrator - Katie Watts Cover and book design - Matt Underwood Editor - Thea Hutchings ISBN: 978-1-9993204-1-6 British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Who am I? A little book about finding yourself...
with magic ingredients Written by Liz Bell
Illustrations by Katie Watts Acknowledgements and Gratitude I am big on gratitude so its important for me to thank and be grateful to a few people for our little book. JoJo my partner in everything including this book. You are my constant and true love. I wouldnt be who I am without my mum, dad and sister who have helped shape me into the person I have become and whom I love dearly. I truly hope mum can read this in heaven.

To all my family for putting up with me going on and on about the book for the last few years and for always being there when I need you, I love you all so much. To Katie Watts our amazing illustrator; you outdid yourself and your kindness, hard work and dedication were a godsend. Cant wait to work together again. Thea Hutchings my editor, grammar queen and EqUas rock; you are amazing. Lee Marriott my friend and confidante always. To Kate Rawling my friend and on occasion writing partner, thanks for always being interested in anything I do; it always keeps me motivated.

To the Bloody Brilliant author Cathy Newman for bigging us up whenever she gets the chance - thank you, we are incredibly grateful. To all my beautiful friends (you know who you are) who have supported me in all my endeavours, without you lot Id be nothing. My inspiring teachers most notably: Ali Campbell (you started our journey and we will never be the same, thank you), Michael Neill, Mike Mandell and Chris Thompson, Richard Wiseman, Syd Banks, Milton H Erickson, Ruby Wax for her brilliant work in mindfulness, Gore and Lisa from The Body IQ Studio (our workshop and studio comrades) and with great reverence his Holiness The Dalai Lama for kindly letting us use his quote at the end of this book. Last but not least, anyone who buys this book and dares to be all they can be. You are everything. Dedicated to those who dare to want more, to those who understand that life is a wonderful journey and much like a car journey, satnav is for guidance only.

We all know in our hearts when we are getting lost, and we can switch it off and change direction. Who I am Liz Bell, Media Performance and Life Coach In 2010 while listening to an all too familiar story from a colleague, Liz realised more and more of the people around her were consistently burnt out and stressed. This led to a swerve away from her then career path and started a 5-year quest in retraining. First, she studied Psychology, and became something of an expert in body language. In 2012, she achieved Licenced NLP Practitioner status, certified by Dr Richard Bandler and finally, went on to gain additional qualifications in hypnotherapy and transformative life coaching. She is proud to be one of a handful mentored by the world-renowned life coach Ali Campbell whose transformative life coaching style she says has been a revelation to learn.

Retraining meant Liz could help her past colleagues deal with the fast and often merciless media industry, but she soon realised that the skills and coaching style she practised could be put to an even wider audience. She has since co-developed a unique approach to coaching called The EqUa Approach which helps clients find their balance, equanimity and be truer to themselves. Liz has a clientele of media and performance professionals, as well as those from all walks of life with phobias, anxiety, sleep problems, motivation loss and those who need help with weight management. But most importantly now you. Contents Introduction How to use this book First, just breathe for a few moments. Just concentrate on your breath and breathe out any distractions.

Why not take this book in, let it be the only thing on your mind at this moment. Be present. Now I want you close your eyes and imagine you are somewhere beautiful to you, for as long as you want to and continue to breathe while you feel yourself there - wherever there may be. Now you should be in a better changing state less distracted and more focused on whatever needs to happen. This is going to be a totally new experience of self-help because I dont want you to do anything at all except read the book. No homework or tasks or bullet points or lists.

Just read the stories then let them marinate. I want you to open yourself up to another way of learning, another way of changing. Ultimately, I want you to let go of anything you think you know about yourself and go on this little journey with me. It doesnt have to mean anything, it doesnt have to mean everything, it doesnt even have to change anything yet. Except for your willingness to begin - which is the most important thing of all. Let go and begin.

My coaching partner Jo loves to use a rucksack of rocks as her example of all the things we carry with us, the rocks representing the baggage we choose to carry. So I want you to imagine you have your own rucksack full of the things you carry with you and as we begin this journey, I want you to notice how heavy it is right now. BUT As you make your commitment to change you will notice it lighten just a little. Now Im not saying it will be empty yet but it will certainly have a little less in it having committed to change. So, as you begin the next chapter of your journey you can be proud of yourself because you will have lost some of the rocks of fear and doubt. When you have read this book through try listening to it.