About coaching....

This coaching pulls together 25 years of experience in teaching and counselling and enhances it with 5 years of focused learning from some of the best coaches in the world: 

1. Professor Steve Peters and his Chimp Paradox, explaining so accessibly how the brain works and influences our thinking and behaviour;
2. Nancy Kline and her Thinking Environment, pinpointing the '10 Components' our brains crave in order to think freely in wave after wave and do what they do best - 'think independently wherever they are and whomever they are with';
3. And Tony Robbins, unearthing limiting beliefs and assumptions we've carried with us for years and enabling us to take massive action to forge the future we desire.  

It took me 40 years before I realised (because I was taught) that we have far more power than we think when it comes to managing our thoughts and, as a result, harnessing our emotions.  

This coaching is for all ages, but I was shocked to learn that much of the unhelpful programming of our brains happens before the age of 8, hence my passion for also teaching children all about 'Thinking' in primary schools and giving them as much practice as possible to 'skill up' before they leave for secondary school and onwards.  

I learned the hard way - amidst circumstances so extreme they nearly overwhelmed me.  I see that same overwhelm in schools and I have seen it increase over the 25 years I have been in education.  I have witnessed this in children, teachers, parents and leaders and I want to help.

Coaching has taught me that there are solutions that are far more accessible than we think, and can help before the need for therapy, special needs, counselling; or ultimately....safeguarding.