It seems to me that since I started my coaching journey the amount of ads and invitations to take this course and that course, all for free and promising the earth are getting more and more prolific in my inbox daily.
All I want to do is reach as many people as I can who are lost, stuck, afraid, and as a result are missing out on the joys that life has to offer. I want to bring them out of that fog, that frustration, that misery. I am really good at doing that (see my testimonials page) it is my mission and my core business.
I have taken up a fair few of these courses, I want to continually improve my skills and the service I offer and I’m hungry to learn about this coaching world that I am so passionate about. But I have absolutely no intention of signing up for another free course. Why? I’m glad you asked me that . . .
I have paid for quality training (quite a lot of £ investment actually) and when I combine that with my years of experience, the lessons learned from all the shit I have had to go through both personally and professionally, that gives me incredible insight into where you are and how you can rise up from it.
On a personal level I am a mother, a step mother, a 2nd time wife, a grandma, a step nanny, a sister, an aunt, a friend. Professionally I am a LifeCoach, NLP Practitioner, Hypnosis Practitioner, ex project manager, ex proposal manger, ex admin, ex weight loss coach, ex facilities manager, ex video store business owner, ex care worker, ex shop assistant ex insurance broker, etc. etc. etc.
I have been around a bit.
I have been bullied at work, I have been overlooked for promotion due to prejudice, I have been made redundant, twice. I am the sole breadwinner for my family, everything I have I have worked long and hard for.
I have been divorced, suffered the grief of losing both parents, I never had a grandparent, I lost my brother to drug and alcohol abuse, I have, and continue to, struggle with my weight (that’s another story).
I was in a fog, a continual cycle of prove myself, think I’ve failed, try harder, look for affirmation, didn’t get it, try harder, feel like a failure, round and round and round.
My attitude to life was not great. I used to focus on everything I wanted but didn’t have, I always needed to prove myself worthy, I took everything negative personally and questioned everything positive.
When I invested in coaching something amazing happened. I started to see things very differently.
First of all I focused on my achievements instead of focusing on my perceived failings.
I realised that I have been happily married for 30 years, I have two really well adjusted and successful and happy kids, I have a great relationship with my step-children, I am loved by my grandson and 4 step grandkids, I have a lovely home, and I had a job that gave me security in which I had been promoted several times and was well respected and liked.
By refocusing I realised that I was truly blessed in my personal life but totally miserable and unfulfilled in my professional life. Through the course of the coaching my self-confidence began to return, I started to believe in myself again and finally I was able to take a leap of faith and leave my secure job and start my Coaching business, finally going after my dream.
I invested, I trained, I worked hour after hour to build a solid set of skills and a great business foundation. I built my own website, started to grow my visibility, with confidence and clarity of purpose (and took loads of those free but rubbish courses!) and the clients started to come to me.
This is my lifes’ work, my dream, my mission. I changed from scared, stuck, lost, no confidence and misery to outgoing, understanding and celebrating my value, not needing validation from anyone else, really enjoying life and full of hope for the future.
I have had nothing but success with my clients. I have changed lives. Yes I charge because I have to earn a living, but more than that, what I do has tremendous value. I change lives for the better. My clients have gained confidence, refocused their attitudes, learned to love themselves, have build better relationships and found fulfilment both personally and professionally.
All I want to do now is help you to make that change. I can do that with you, you are worth making that investment in yourself because you have a right to be the best you can be and live a full and happy life. You know where I am, when the time is right for you, connect.