Simone Denny Coaching

The scariest permission I gave myself this year was to say no to a version of me I’d outgrown.

For 18 months I stopped following the formula. Let go of an identity that no longer felt true.

I didn’t create or launch anything new until it felt fully aligned.

It felt like a waiting room between versions of myself. Some days like an ego death. I became more invisible and quiet. I felt like my work was in a contraction.

And still - I knew I needed to stay there and wait.

In that liminal space - the mush, the chrysalis, the not knowing - something finally emerged.

It wasn’t a mindset shift. Wasn’t being more productivity. Wasn’t another framework.

It was capacity.

When our nervous system is overloaded, we can know exactly what we want and still struggle to move toward it. I only learned this by building capacity in myself at a time I was at capacity.

If you’ve been in your own waiting room - stuck, overwhelmed, or frustrated that you know what you “should” do but can’t seem to move - I’d love for you to join me.

Free live workshop, Tuesday 14 July (+ replay)

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No one needs more information right now.

We are at capacity.

The information age has reached a crescendo and people are suffering as a result.

With the relentless saturation of inputs, notifications and AI, people are:

🫥 Checked out or numbed out
🫥 Anxious and overwhelmed
🫥 Foggy and confused
🫥Exhausted and flat

What people need right now, and what more people are beginning to realise, is something almost counterintuitive:

Space to disconnect from endless stimulation.

Regulation for overstimulated nervous systems.

Slow and mindful moments to reconnect with creativity and innovation.

Clarity that comes not from more information but from stillness.

My work has evolved from a lifetime of “more” to the radical simplicity of less.

I have been called to the practice of Gong Fu tea ceremony as a way to help myself and others create space, capacity and insight.

It’s a far cry from my hyper-achieving days in investment banking. But I believe it’s exactly what many people are craving right now.

Recently, I led a tea ceremony with a corporate group who slowly put their phones away, held a warm cup in silence, and simply allowed themselves to be present.

It was incredibly powerful to witness.

No slides. No frameworks. No handouts.

Just presence.

And in presence, we find ourselves again.

When was the last time you slowed down to speed up?

We have this thing in my family where we over-deliver… especially around food.

Someone will say, “let’s just do takeaways,”
and then someone offers a salad,
then someone else brings something homemade…
and suddenly “simple” turns into a fully catered dinner.

Over-delivery in action.

It’s easy to laugh at in moments like this.

But I see this pattern everywhere - especially in women who are capable, thoughtful, and used to holding a lot.

We say yes when we’re already full.
We go above and beyond what’s needed.
We make things more complex than they need to be.

And most of the time… we don’t even realise we’re doing it.

It can feel good in the moment - to be helpful, to be appreciated, to get it right.

But there is often a cost.

Over time it can look like:
feeling stretched
quiet resentment
disconnection from yourself
or feeling like you’re always slightly behind

If this resonates, I’ve just released a podcast on the cost of over-delivering and what you can do about it.

Comment PODCAST and I’ll send it through.

We have this thing in my family where we over-deliver… especially around food.

Someone will say, “let’s just do takeaways,”
and then someone offers a salad,
then someone else brings something homemade…
and suddenly “simple” turns into a fully catered dinner.

Over-delivery in action.

It’s easy to laugh at in moments like this.

But I see this pattern everywhere - especially in women who are capable, thoughtful, and used to holding a lot.

We say yes when we’re already full.
We go above and beyond what’s needed.
We make things more complex than they need to be.

And most of the time… we don’t even realise we’re doing it.

It can feel good in the moment - to be helpful, to be appreciated, to get it right.

But there is often a cost.

Over time it can look like:
feeling stretched
quiet resentment
disconnection from yourself
or feeling like you’re always slightly behind

If this resonates, I’ve just released a podcast on the cost of over-delivering and what you can do about it.

Comment PODCAST and I’ll send it to you ✨