What Clients Say
The quotes illustrate some of the reasons people decided to have coaching and the results they achieved. For some people, coaching is very goal-oriented and task-focused. For others it can be a deep journey of personal understanding and growth. Often its both.
"Lynda combines warmth and humour with a tough, challenging focus on priorities and has moved me forward dramatically in finding and achieving goals. Her clarity and empathy – and sense of fun and possibility - make her a transformational coach." Christian MacLean, Chief Executive Officer, CHIP+
"I met Lynda when I was at a crossroads in my career. She helped me to make some very good decisions, not just about what to do with my working life but also about what I was capable of. I went on to have one heck of an exciting time and I look back and think that I might never have lived the life I have had I not met her. People often say I’m one of the most confident, charismatic and brave people they have ever met. I think it’s because I really do believe in myself and I have Lynda to thank for setting me on that path." Renee Binyon
"I'm a successful chartered surveyor, running my own one-man business .…. When I started working with Lynda I was putting in a 14 hour day and working every week-end. I felt permanently tired …and felt guilty if I tried to take time away from the business for fun or family or anything else…. I now normally work only a 8am -5pm day and no weekends - and my business is doing better than ever”. Nick Coward. More....
“Coaching sessions with Lynda have been wonderfully effective, with exciting, and unexpected, results in two very different areas of my life ..... 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 ..... 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. Anna. More ....
"I have recently been promoted to a Senior Service Management position in a Social Services Department. When I started I felt unsure and underconfident in my role, and with some of my peers, so decided to seek some coaching. I have found these sessions to be of tremendous value to me. Lynda has enabled me to reflect, analyse and positively appraise myself and to manage my sometimes over-emotional reactions to certain situations and people. The techniques I have learnt for managing situations, other people and myself have been a powerful addition to my toolkit. I have certainly benefited from coaching and feel able to continue to apply what I have learned in many situations". LV
"Some years ago, I was at a very low place in my life. I was jobless, directionless and terribly heartbroken from the split of a long term relationship...and thought there was no hope for me ..... Within a year my life changed enormously .... Her help has been invaluable during a very difficult and transitional time in my life" KW. More .... (This client has also now been happily married for some years - I went to the wedding!).
"When I started coaching I was a pretty anxious person - always worried, weighed down by self-imposed feelings of obligation and stress, and feeling like I wasn't experiencing the joy in life. I came to coaching with the intention of focusing on my career, but it's also been about so much more than that. Through the sessions I've come to understand myself better , have stopped being so self-critical and perfectionist, and feel much more optimistic and energised about life in general. I feel more in control, have taken positive steps so that my focus is now on work that I enjoy, have learnt how to set goals and also how to maintain boundaries on my time. Lynda has an uncanny ability to really get to the heart of issues in a sensitive way, and I found working with her both fun and inspiring." Laura
"Overall I feel much more at peace with life than I did before I started coaching. I have had the opportunity to 'sort through my head' in an open, honest and non-judgemental environment. Coaching has given me the opportunity to move forward from negative experiences in a positive fashion and to take my own view of me into my control. I am now much more positive, relaxed and willing to learn and experience life with enjoyment and openness rather than suspicion and negativity. Your non-judgemental support and gentle challenging gave me the space to sort out some really old issues and the skills to tackle some new ones. It has been a challenging and sometimes painful experience but it has also been a wholly positive experience and I would recommend coaching, particularly with you, to anyone." MT
"I'm a single mother with a very serious long-term illness so I've always felt that it's important that I be a very strong and positive person. I felt that allowing myself to feel vulnerable, sad, afraid or angry would take that strength from me. However, in the sample session I connected with some of those feelings and realised how important it was for me to allow myself to experience my emotions and to 'go with' them - all the way through from laughter to crying. I have learnt that doing this makes me stronger rather than weaker. Other benefits from coaching have been fewer headaches, less stress generally and beating myself up less. I'm a lot calmer and I don't let other people bring me down. The tools and approaches Lynda used were ones I could take away from the sessions and adapt in a range of ways. Lynda really worked for me as my coach because I felt able to trust her with my innermost emotions which was a huge achievement for me. I always felt listened to and never felt judged. For me coaching has never been about 'setting SMART objectives' and creating 'action plans'. Rather, at the end of every session I would always feel absolutely light - as if I had spent time in a beautiful garden. I'm stopping coaching for the time being. Things are good and I just feel really happy. But I think it is a place I may visit again - to 'walk around the garden, sit under a tree and feed the ducks'." Juliet
