Posts by Matt Carter
How to Trust Your Intuition and Let It Lead You
There’s a moment most of us have experienced at least once. You just knew. You hadn’t researched it, nobody had told you, and it wasn’t because the logic added up – you simply knew – deep in your bones, in your gut, in some part of you that your mind couldn’t quite reach – that…
Read MoreChange Is Inevitable. Here’s How to Stop Fighting It and Succeed
Let me ask you something. Is there an area of your life right now where you know things need to shift, but you’re holding back? Maybe a decision that you can’t make because the options keep going round and round in your head? A conversation you keep postponing? A version of yourself you know is…
Read MoreYou Can’t Out-Strategy an Energy Loop – Here’s How to Close Yours
Six years ago, I walked away from my day job and went all in on my business. I thought I knew what I was giving up. Security. A predictable pay cheque. The comfort of knowing exactly what each week would look like. What I didn’t know, and what was quite a mind-blower, is that the…
Read MoreThe Energy Of Play (And Why It’s So Important When Scaling For Success)
The energy of play is something that doesn’t get nearly enough airtime in the world of business and personal development. We talk endlessly about strategy, structure, systems and scaling. But the energy of play tends to get pushed to the side, dismissed as a nice-to-have, or worse, seen as the opposite of serious success. And…
Read MoreThe Power of Admission: Why Success Begins When You Stop Self-Sabotage
Overcoming Self-Sabotage Starts the Moment You Admit What You Already Know There’s a moment that happens in so many of the coaching sessions I’ve run. My client shifts in their chair, their eyes look away, then back again. And then, finally, the words: “I already know what I need to do, don’t I?” And the…
Read MoreAre You Carrying Shame Around Success?
Working with high performers and ambitious professionals, I’ve noticed a pattern that rarely gets discussed in leadership circles. It’s not about imposter syndrome or perfectionism, though these are certainly related. It’s something heavier, more noticeable, and often completely invisible to the person experiencing it: shame around success. As a high performance coach and energetics mentor,…
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