Kerisma Vere is the founder of Towards Wellness Coaching, a writer, and a passionate advocate for sustainable change. Kerisma blends compassion, strategy, and creativity to help others walk their own path toward lasting transformation.

Her own path has taught her that change, healing, & growth are rarely linear. She has deep insight into many of the struggles some of us face and continues to shape the perspective she brings to both her coaching and writing. She recently released her new book, "The Light Switch Myth".

00:00 Welcome and Introduction

5:30 - How being bullied at home and out-of-home led to self harm, self-loathing, drugs and alcohol

11:46 - Unrealistic thinking, national recognition, a marriage, and broken relasionships

20:38 -After 14 years of sobriety, "All I could do was pay the rent".

23:20 - Breakthrough after the break-down.

24:56 - What is the "Light Switch Myth" and building a plan that actually works.

26:00 - "Small steps build success and confidence that high expectations can't".

34:00 - The staircase and rainbow

41:52 - A different gratitude practice

48:00 - Coaching vs Therapy vs Counselling - which will work, and why Kerisma believes in the hybrid version.

56:48 - "Hope is resilient. Blackness does not mean it is over - just keep breathing."

Kerisma Vere can be found at: linktr.ee/KerismaVere