Full Testimonials
“Coaching sessions with Lynda have been wonderfully effective, with very exciting, and unexpected, results in two very different areas of my life. They've also been great fun and I've learnt some powerful new skills.
I decided on coaching because I knew what I wanted to do career-wise, but wasn't doing it. However, after the initial session I realised that I also really wanted to improve the very difficult relationship with my baby's father. The wonderful outcomes in these two very different areas are a testament to the wide range of Lynda's expertise and experience, as well as the usefulness of the coaching approach more generally. In both areas I have been able to achieve results that I knew to be possible theoretically, but felt - quite literally - only able to dream of.
The coaching was most helpful in enabling me to find out what my limits and priorities were, so that I was able to be active in a difficult situation rather than passive and reactive. Access issues have been amicably resolved to my satisfaction without any solicitor's involvement, when once solicitors seemed essential.
In terms of my career, Lynda has encouraged and frequently teased me into taking action to pursue precisely the career I want. I knew what I wanted to do, but was very good at finding ways of avoiding taking action! Teasing me about this has actually enabled me to get on and do it - not an experience I even thought about before, but one that has definitely worked. This has resulted in my finding exactly the sort of research project that I want to work on; now I am working on getting the funding to carry out the research. Lynda's encouragement and enthusiasm have been infectious and inspiring, and her comments on the applications that I have written so far have been analytical and perceptive.
I have found Lynda's coaching skills most helpful and effective because: she listens carefully to what you say, and asks analytical, perceptive questions; she has a mischevious sense of fun and enthusiasm that promotes action, optimism and constructive thinking; she focuses on the present; she thinks 'big' and courageous rather than 'small' and timid; and she cuts to the chase, being prepared to challenge you when necessary. Last but not least, she is clearly interested in you as a person.
In conclusion, the money I've spent on my coaching sessions has been a superb and thoroughly enjoyable investment. I am really pleased that I decided to be coached whilst on maternity leave; working on my aims under Lynda's coaching has simply turned my life around in the direction I want. I have thoroughly recommended her to several friends - many of whom have been most impressed at the results as well as interested in the methods - and thoroughly recommend her to anyone thinking about coaching. You will need to do some work, but it's fun, and it's your life. Go on, try it!!!" Anna Plodowski
Nick
"I'm a successful chartered surveyor, running my own one-man business which I built up by working very long hours and by being constantly available to clients and potential clients, even in the evening and at weekends. When I started working with Lynda I was putting in a 14 hour day and working every week-end. I felt permanently tired, had no time for friends, had lost any sense of joie de vivre and felt guilty if I tried to take time away from the business for fun or family or anything else. I feared that if I didn't carry on doing everything the way I had always done it I'd get fewer clients, have unhappier clients and make less money. I found it hard to believe that I could work less hours, have more fun and still achieve my business objectives.I now normally work only a 8am -5pm day and no weekends - and my business is doing better than ever. Although we initially focused on time and workload management coaching has also benefited me in many other areas of my life. Lynda has encouraged me to challenge myself, explore new approaches and try new things. And I'm reaping the benefits in all areas of my life." Nick Coward
“ Some years ago, I was at a very low point in my life. I was jobless, directionless and terribly heartbroken from the split of a long term relationship. I did not know how to fit into this world. I had no dreams and certainly no self esteem …..and thought there was no hope for me. It was a bleak place to be. When I first spoke to Lynda I believed I was a lost cause, and was very resistant to the small steps she was asking me to take, thinking them insignificant. But before very long, I began to notice some small changes which soon became bigger things. She challenged my negativity and helped me to understand the destructive patterns that have been with me all my life, replacing them with healthy positive ones. And so the process had begun - of Lynda helping me move from a very dark place to a light place. Within a year my life changed enormously. I put in a lot of work, and I now have a blossoming career. I am clearer about what I want, which direction I need my life to move in, my self esteem is the best it has ever been, I have even opened myself to having a relationship again, but best of all – I’ve got my dreams back. … Her help to me has been invaluable during a very difficult and transitional time in my life." KW
