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Press
Recent press and awards as well as some things we've written on how to feel better in our everyday lives.
Happiful | June 2025 | “Masterdating” How to plan the perfect solo date
Claire talked to Kerry Law about how dating isn’t just for couples and making a date with yourself can help you rediscover who you are.
Regional Finals of the Dorset, Somerset & Bristol’s Muddy Stilettos Awards 2025 in the BEST WELLBEING SPECIALIST
The Simple Things | May 2025 | Shelf Help
Claire contributed to a piece on classic wellbeing books for life’s changes and challenges.
Breathe | Issue 72 | To Intervene or not to intervene
Claire was interviewed about whether to intervene when a friend is making a big decision that you have your own doubts about.
The Simple Things | February 2025 | A Space to Grieve
Claire talked to Rebecca Franks on the different forms that grief can take and how to navigate this most difficult of emotions.
Red Magazine | February 2025 | 25 Ways to a Happier, Healthier Family
Claire is included in this feature talking about the importance of naming our emotions.
The Irish Times | January 2025 | 9 Ways to Look After Your Emotional Health
Claire talked to about how to set emotional goals in 2025.
Stylist | January 2025 | Want to get better at running without needing to run more? Try these 10 expert-backed tips on sleeps, snacks and stretching by Miranda Larbi
Claire talked about how our emotions and running can be connected.
The Simple Things | November 2024 | The Way You Feel
In this piece by Rebecca Frank about getting to know your emotions, co-founder Claire Fitzsimmons covers what our feelings are trying to tell us and how they can guide us to a calmer space.
“If we view all emotions as important messengers and learn to accept and understand what they are alerting us to, rather than viewing them as something getting in our way, we can gain a greater awareness of what we need and what we value.”
Liz Earle Magazine | March/April 2024 | Under the surface by Claire Fitzsimmons
Emotions Coach Claire Fitzsimmons on how our feelings can make or break our wellbeing goals.
“We often turn to our wellbeing practices for something to do, but we also go to them for ways to feel. We forget how important that piece is: often it’s an awareness of emotions that are missing when we don’t get to the practice and which are key when we do.”
Verve Loves | February 2024 | Online Wellness
We’re featued in the Verve Festival’s online directory of their favourite and trusted suppliers & friends.
“We get you to a better place by providing guidance for everyday life and uncertain times. We offer engaging courses, impactful 1:1 sessions, and meaningful products to create a life that feels good. Embrace the beautifully messy aspects of well-being while approaching life in a way that is uniquely yours.”
Stylist | December 2023 | One Good Thing: how going to a museum or art gallery can be transformative for your mental health by Claire Fitzsimmons
“Sometimes when we visit museums, we bring self-judgment: we’re worried that we don’t get it, we know nothing about art or we’re doing it the wrong way. We can find arts institutions intimidating. Leave that at the door and centre your visit on you: what do you need (calm, inspiration, wonder)…”
Liz Earle Magazine | January 2024 | Mixed Feelings by Claire Fitzsimmons
Emotions Coach Claire Fitzsimmons on why connecting with our emotions is so important.
“But when we learn to experience our emotions as safe, healthy and beneficial, we steady ourselves. Trusting our emotions as we navigate these years is a vital part of cultivating inner strength.”
Muddy Stilettos | January 2024 | Go with the flow: how to work with — rather than against — your emotions by Claire Fitzsimmons
Learn how to flow with our emotions. Read this to find out how making your emotional well-being a key part of 2024 can help you feel more fulfilled, confident and connected.
“Emotions show up everywhere and are tied up with how we move through the world, says Somerset-based Emotions Coach Claire Fitzsimmons, but often they’re the last thing we pay attention to, particularly as we make plans and resolutions for 2024. What we feel often comes last but what if that’s the place we started this January?”
Muddy Stilettos | January 2024 | Reboot your life: 43 wellbeing courses to book in 2024
We’re included in the most zen courses in the UK! Read the piece here.
“Approaching midlife and feeling that your career, relationships or daily routines no longer chime? You’re living the life you always wanted and feel you should be content, but it seems like something’s missing? One of the world’s first certified Emotions Coaching Practitioners and co-founder of If Lost Start Here, Claire Fitzsimmons, can help you figure out midlife – and find fulfillment – in personalised, 1:1 online sessions, either as a one-off 90min session or a series of six.”
Single Parents Wellbeing | November 2024 | Spotlight Interview
For their November Spotlight interview, Claire was interviewed by Single Parents Wellbeing about how her mum's illness led her to start If Lost.
"As I witnessed my mum’s mind unravel, I also tried to catch myself. I saw so much of her in me. I have struggled with panic attacks, general anxiety disorder, and depression, and I have experienced the frustration and confusion of trying to find what I needed, whether that was help with easing anxiety, feeling more connected, or figuring out how to be a sensitive person navigating an overwhelming world."
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