Client A – Client was in an unfulfilling job and trapped in destructive relationship. Coaching helped this client identify and secure new job and gave her the strength to end the relationship.

Despite a well paid and “successful” corporate PR job, Client A felt trapped in an unfulfilling career which seemed to have little relevance to her intrinsic life values. Although almost unheard of to change “fields” in the PR industry, coaching enabled Client A to investigate transferring skills across sectors, resulting in a new and more fulfilling career. At the same time Client A was in an energy-draining and destructive relationship. Coaching gave her the strength and assertiveness to end that relationship, and rapidly a new man appeared “as if by magic”!

Client B - Client bullied at work, consequent low self-esteem. Coaching improved self-image and created new job.

Although in a senior management position, Client B suffered bullying from an overbearing Director. As a result her self-esteem was in jeopardy, making the job of a) dealing with the boss, and b) seeking different employment harder and harder. Drinking became a means of stress relief – a vicious circle was in progress.

By encouraging her to focus on her already considerable abilities and achievements, she began to remember her own value, and to see the Director’s attitude as unreasonable. Her self-esteem flourished, she began seeking new employment with great success in getting through to third interview stages, yet still without the overall success of actually getting a new job.

Matters then took a turn when, following a corporate takeover, she was made redundant. However, with her new self esteem and motivated response, and now with more time to focus, she began seeking out companies where she knew she could make a contribution and began contacting them – not waiting for the job ads to appear, but making a proactive gesture towards creating her own future. Although some employers were phased by this approach, after a very few weeks she found employment with a company whose work she admired and where her skills are valued, and she is now flourishing in the new environment. Even during the interim period of unemployment, she was more buoyant and positive than ever before.

Client C - Client left corporate world and achieved dream of becoming highly regarded yoga teacher

A year ago Client C had a prestigious and well-paid job in the technology sector. However she found her job and life unfulfilling, and felt that she had no time to pursue other important interests.

With the help of coaching Client C discovered and established a successful new career as a yoga teacher, rediscovered her talent for creative writing, and now finds time to cook, socialise, go for walks and to the cinema on a regular basis.

Client D - Client with large extended family and huge time management issues, used coaching to regain work/life balance

Client D had a grown up family and grandchildren whom she loved dearly. She was also a “pillar of the community” helping out with local schools events, charities and generally being a good neighbour. The difficulty was that she didn't have the energy she had had previously, and was beginning to feel “put upon” and pulled in several different directions at once, and yet she didn’t want to let anyone down.

Coaching separated out her various commitments and helped her look for alternative ways in which her existing workload could be redistributed. Coaching enabled Client D to learn to say 'no' to those commitments which were not central to her well-being.

Most importantly, coaching enabled Client D to realise her self-worth. Now her work life is balanced - her children have benefited from becoming more self-sufficient, while she enjoys her grandchildren on her own terms, and can take up other leisure activities without any guilt.

Client E - Improved self-esteem enabled to Client to deal with relationship issues.

Client E was in his late 20s, and had had one significant relationship with a girl he’d known since school. When this relationship ended Client E had been distraught. Following the break-up he focused on his work and developed a good circle of friends. However one piece was missing - he seemed unable to find a new girlfriend.

Despite the fact that he was looking for a new committed relationship, he was still badly hurt from the previous break-up and as such was reluctant to risk his feelings again. This caused conflict in his mind, and gave others mixed signals.

We began by encouraging Client E to ask out some girls purely for a social time, the more the merrier, such that there was no pressure for any of them to be “Miss Right” and meanwhile improving his confidence in the company of women generally.

We also looked at exactly what were the qualities he was looking for in his ideal partner, which of course he then began to see in many women, and not just in his idealised memory of his previous partner. Client E began to see certain girlfriends as potential partner material and left coaching satisfied that there was a likelihood that “the spell was broken” and that he would find a partner in due course.