Life coaching testimonials

Let me share a few of my stories and testimonials. It is with thanks to my clients that I have shared their journey for a short time, and enjoyed every minute of it!

“I really enjoyed the coaching I had with Karen, she not only focused my thinking but enabled me to come up with totally new ideas, they were all mine too which was even more empowering. I used Karen to discuss both personal and work problems and was able to see new solutions for each. After each session I had solid goals to put into action and have since achieved my goals! You can’t get better than that!”

“I started coaching sessions with Karen with an open mind: I didn’t expect a life changing experience. What I got from coaching was life changing. Karen has given me the skills to question my goals and what stands in the way of me achieving them, to develop a clearer idea of where I am and where I want to go and she has given me the tools to do so. I would recommend coaching to anyone unsure of how to achieve their goals, be they career or personal”.

"Karen is an excellent Coach. She helped me find work life balance at a time during my life when there was a lot of change. She was very good at listening and showed empathy, however she also challenged me during each session, which helped me move forward with my goal.

Karen made a difference by helping me pass my professional exams and launch my business with confidence and excellent organization skills. I would thoroughly recommend Karen as she is supportive, challenging and always sees the issues through the client’s eyes".

Inspirational story

Lorraine was a senior manager in a local authority when she came to me for coaching. She was in a job she disliked due to a lack of autonomy and difficult relationships within the team. She had a dream to set up her own business, but time was tight as her mother was ill and she had a daughter to look after.

Throughout our coaching sessions together, Lorraine gained a greater clarity over her future. Although Lorraine faced trauma in her personal life during this time - as her mother passed away, she found her father whom she hadn't seen since she was a child, and she was also made redundant from her job - she found that these events opened a new chapter in her life. She developed increased confidence in her own abilities and achieved goals that she thought were unattainable. Lorraine travelled to Australia on her own to meet her father, she developed extensive social and professional networks and undertook business training. A couple of months ago, Lorraine set up her own business and now has the freedom to live life on her terms.

"My boss suggested coaching because he felt that I was sometimes hard to read and that it would be beneficial (to me as well) if I could learn to be “the real me” all of the time. I wanted to bring the “top level” PA to my company and needed some help with my confidence to do that. With Karen’s expertise, we explored the reasons behind my behaviours, how I could change them and agreed actions on the way forward. After each session I felt more confident to achieve my goals and eventually everything fell into place and I feel so much happier. My boss has seen a real change in me and our working relationship has moved up a level. It has been a privilege to a) been offered coaching from a great boss and b) to have Karen as a coach, I would recommend it to everyone.”

“I came to see Karen because I felt that I had come to a crossroads career wise and was struggling to make decisions about which path to take. The events which led me to this position had also left me doubting myself and lacking in confidence.

A friend suggested that I could benefit from Life Coaching and recommended Karen and although I didn’t fully understand the concept of the coaching, I felt in my position I had nothing to lose.

Karen was brilliant. We discussed all my concerns/issues at length, initially around my career choices. She helped me to separate out all the “details” that I had lost myself in and focus on the key points. She encouraged me to reach the best, but not always the easiest, decisions for myself and each week gave me a goal to achieve that would move me forward. Without Karen, I would have managed to talk myself out of some of the actions I needed to take, but she gave me the confidence I needed and helped me realise the benefits of completing them for myself.

I am really happy with the place I am in now. I feel I made the best decisions for myself and my family and although it is early days, we are already seeing the benefit in the quality of our lives. I am usually a strong person and quite decisive but events temporarily took over and I needed the guidance of somebody outside of the issues. Karen was perfect for this, she is calming and so easy to talk to and most importantly, I felt that she really understood my concerns”.