Words in Waiting
A 90 minute one-to-one session to retrieve the words that actually sound like you.
You have a rich interior life. You think deeply, feel absolutely everything, hold endless ideas and have put in the work to truly know who you are and what you’re here to do. I know that you aren’t lacking in things to say.
But when it’s time to get it up and out of you, something gets in the way.
There are words waiting inside you. They’re brilliant ones too. And when it’s time to actually get those words out into the world, you get what I call word-freeze. It happens when you come face-to-face with the threatening blank document. The notes app with its flashing expectant cursor. The camera staring back at you. The video you keep deleting. The LinkedIn post you keep avoiding. The podcast. The Substack. The “about” page on your website. The email paying rent in your drafts. That damn Instagram-bio and one-liner that you’ve been tweaking and re-tweaking.
The words ain’t coming.
Or maybe they do, but then you panic that it doesn’t fully express what you’re trying to say. Meanwhile, “does this even make sense?” lives on repeat in your mind. You’re over it, so you ask your mates Claude and ChatGPT to write it for you (no shade and absolutely no judgement here) and you realise that you sound like everyone else on the internet. It’s lacking a bit of character, and well, a bit of you. But, what really crushes me? Sometimes you call it quits and never launch, do, say or write the thing.
There’s nothing wrong with your words and don’t even think about saying, “I’m not good at it”. It’s a side-effect of living in a digital age that’s normalised disconnection. To work with that, we need to reconnect to ourselves and the world around us, to retrieve the words that are waiting inside all of us.
I create the time, space and process to do that, so you can leave knowing exactly how to articulate what you do, why you do it and who it’s for. In words that can only come from you.
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“Working with Giselle was truly so pivotal for me.
Since then, I've been genuinely giddy by this new world of words! I've been able to rewrite my website and make a start writing much more clearly and confidently about my bigger perspectives in my email marketing. And I am about to launch a new offering that emerged through our work.”
-Becky Symes
Brand designer, Vision strategist
Let me tell you more.
90 minute one-to-one session online via Zoom
I hold a few sessions each month in person (London, UK) get in touch if you’d like to discuss this option.
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In our time together, we start with The Big Spill, you share where you’re at and most importantly, everything you’re trying to find words for but aren’t really sure how to articulate. I listen and take it all in, scribbling and metabolising it all on stacks of A3 paper.
Then, we go beneath the surface by slowing everything down. We let it all breathe, pull some cards, create some space and invite in some silence, so we don’t miss anything that wants to come through. Because your words aren’t just waiting in your mind, they’re in the body, your interior life and those hidden corners deep within.
Now, I do my thing and connect the dots, finding patterns in what you said, the lines that slipped past you that actually hold all the magic. Making meaning and sense from all of it. Finding the most impactful way to articulate your brilliance, so it connects and emotionally lands with your audience.
From there, the words come. We move everything you’ve been thinking and feeling into words you can use across whatever it is that you do. You’ll leave with key messaging and the stories you’re trying to tell in your work. I’ll follow up with session notes and your at-a-glance storytelling sheet that you can keep coming back to.
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If you don’t know how to explain what you do or what you want to say feels too big to put into words, then hey, this is for you. Here’s some things that my clients come in with:
You might have a talk or workshop you’re hosting and have a million ideas but can’t streamline your thoughts. You keep questioning if it makes sense. Your nerves are making it trickier to articulate your brilliance.
You’ve evolved. Maybe had a pivot (yes another one, own it, they’re important), and your work has shifted or about to. The words you’ve been using don’t quite fit anymore and you need language that speaks to who you actually are right now.
You can’t figure out what your key messages are and the main thread to use in your videos, content and social media posts.
Maybe you’re rebranding or launching a new website but you’re lacking the narrative to fully articulate what you do and what you’re all about.
You might have some networking events coming up and pitches to send out, but you can’t figure out how to say what you do in a short and sweet way, without needing an hour and a 25 page deck to explain it. Elevator pitch? You don’t know her.
You know that your words are needed, but you keep second-guessing, asking everyone else, relying on AI and not trusting what wants to come out.
“Before working with Giselle, I had so many threads that I wasn't entirely sure how they fit together and what story I was telling. Giselle helped me to pull everything together into an overall narrative, in which all the stories I was trying to tell felt so at home. I couldn't quite believe the trails of thought, scribbles and ideas had come together in such a beautiful and coherent way.”
-Ella Achola
Coach, Writer, Alchemist
“How can I put into words how beneficial and eye-opening working with Giselle was? Giselle’s creativity and openness is inspiring and her work is so intuitive. She is confident in her thoughts, insights and ideas and allows you to take and use them in a way that fits. Giselle understands founder life and maps all of her concepts out so clearly.”
-Claire Matern
Founder, JONI
Your words matter
And they can only come from you