Hey I'm Emily!
My life was flipped upside down with a knock on the door one Christmas Eve.
Everything changed that night, when I found out that my partner at the time of 9 years had been having an affair off/on for our entire time together.
It was a devastating blow.
The kind that left me quite literally unable to pull myself up off the cold tiles of the kitchen floor on more nights than I could count.
On top of that, 6 months earlier after spending more than a decade feeling trapped in my corporate job, I had finally quit to make a go of the little online side-hustle I’d been quietly working on for a couple years.
All of this added up to one of those moments when you float up out of your body, looking down on yourself and knowing your next decisions will impact the rest of your life.
I had spent so many years feeling stuck, between a job I knew I didn’t belong at and in a relationship I thought was the best I could do and had moments of wondering, “is this it?“
The circumstances that led to this cataclysmic event were ones I couldn’t have dreamed up in my worst nightmares, but they presented me with a choice: stay comfortable, or face my deepest fears of the terrifying unknowns that would come with choosing something different.
Even though I was scared sh*tless, I ended the relationship, sold the house along with most of my belongings, and took off to the other side of the world on my own with a one way plane ticket.
Do you feel it too?
- That little twinge of knowing that you’re capable of more?
- The glimpse of the full, technicolour version of yourself before retreating into the more timid, fearful version that feels like you’re existing only as a shell of your true self?
- This feeling like you might be too much or going against the grain?
No idea where to start but knowing you absolutely must do something differently?
This is the right step for you if you're:
- Unsure what your next right step is.
- Confused about a potential career move.
- Dealing with a major shift in relationships in your life.
- Trying to learn how to show up as yourself, rather than the version of you that everyone else expects.
- Wondering who you even are anymore, and feeling lost, dejected, and dissatisfied.
- Exhausted, burned out, and knowing you need to make major changes in your life, but have no idea where to begin.
- Ready to say “f*ck you” to the expectations others place upon you.
I’m here to fully and personally support you on your journey in a way that aligns with what you want most from your life and to help you move forward with the kind of confidence you haven’t seen in yourself since…well, ever.
But you have to be willing to put in the work. That part, I can’t do for you, K? 😉
When I started showing up unapologetically, everything changed.
- Because of the incredible support system I was privileged to both have and create, I stopped playing small and started fully owning my natural strengths
- I leaned on my coaches to stop hiding behind what I thought I should be doing and started just being myself.
- I focused on showing up in every aspect of my life as the full version of me without watering myself down to make others comfortable
I'm not going to bullsh*t you with some magic formula. Growth is hard work. But imagine being able to:
- Find the genuine, supportive kind of relationships with ourselves and others you didn’t think was possible, and feeling fully understood.
- Break your own personal barriers and allow for room to grow and expand into being a stronger, more compassionate human.
Cultivate the freedom to speak your truth and to be honest with yourself and others from a place of radical self acceptance and owning exactly who you are, unapologetically.
I launched an Apple top 200 podcast, started my online coaching business and I've been living my truth ever since.
Room to Grow™ Podcast started as an idea buried in a Google doc.
That turned into a listening experience that hits top 200 charts globally in Mental Health and is listened to in more than 100 countries.
I started to realize that the podcast alone wasn’t enough. I wanted to be able to offer much more support to people who were willing to do the work to go deeper, to gain clarity about exactly who you are and leaning into your unique skill sets to step into versions of yourself you haven’t even met yet.
Because there’s always Room to Grow™.
Let's dive into the uncomfortable, messy parts of life so you can be a stronger, more resilient human.
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Some things you may not know about me:
- A handful of my favourite things include deadlifts, dark chocolate PB cups and patting every dog I meet.
- I’ve held random jobs that include everything from working in a warehouse and bartending in nightclubs for years, to customer service at a well-known chain and managing large corporate sales accounts in the automotive industry.
- I have BA in Criminal Justice & Psychology, plus certifications as a personal trainer, group fitness instructor and holistic nutritionist - and it all somehow led me to where I am today.
- Whether it’s walking, hiking, lifting heavy weights or trying to learn to love the assault bike, I’m usually in motion.
- I laugh a lot, even at inappropriate moments. I try to find the light in everything, and will also always encourage you to feel all the feels, otherwise they have a habit of coming back to bite us in the ass 10X over.
- The hardest lesson I’ve learned is that life isn’t going to go according to plan. Ever. The faster you learn to let go of “the plan,” the more adaptable you will be and that will allow you to see and appreciate the most beautiful parts of the unexpected.
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Developing the Capacity for Unconditional Love
“Try to limit your pain, and you will also limit your joy and capacity to love.” – Emily Gough Pain is inevitable. Joy and love
The 9 Year Affair: Lessons in Infidelity
I ended my 9 year relationship in December after finding out on Christmas Eve that my partner at the time had been unfaithful to me
Don't take my word for it!
Emily’s power is somewhere between clairvoyance & coaching. She sees who you were & what has happened. She then helps you realize your pain, frustration & struggles were the very things needed to wake you up and get you to where you are meant to be. She shows you how to use all that has happened to fuel all the best that’s to come. She’s done it for herself and countless others and she will do it for you. Hers is an exceedingly rare skill, one you can’t afford to miss."
