The Coaching Life Company

Solicitor, Yorkshire

admin — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:35:13 +0000

By the end of the ‘soul safari’ weekend the confusion I had been carrying around for the last year was replaced with clarity, a sense of inner peace and understanding. This real journey has transformed me!

Art director– London

admin — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 16:13:03 +0000

I arrived feeling overwhelmed by my busy life and needed some time and help to re-connect to myself. I left feeling happy, well-fed, tanned and good about myself and my new decisions.”

Business manager– London

admin — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 16:12:15 +0000

“I have come away with a clear idea about who I am and what I want from life. I have a sense of purpose and a clear idea of what my next steps will be. After a few weeks it now feels like I am moving in a much more positive direction and without the insecurities and fears that I have previously experienced.”

Sally– London

admin — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 16:11:09 +0000

“Susan, you were excellent, engaging and inspirational. The Workshop gave me clear strategies to achieve my vision of how I want my life to be. Thanks for the ‘me’ time!”

Milly– London

admin — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 15:56:24 +0000

Thanks Susan, for helping me to find my own way of making business and also in helping me to find myself. When everything seems blurry and complicated, a session with you brings clarity and simplicity and make things move forward in an effortless and enjoyable way. Thanks again for your support, encouragement and help in finding happiness in my work and myself.

Victoria– London

admin — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 15:54:04 +0000

A friend mentioned Life Coaching, as I had done tons of therapy and I knew I didn’t want more but wanted a way to deal with my life now. Coaching has given me focus on my goals and kept me positive and optimistic even through the tough times. Susan believes in me and my goals and that gives me the staying power to keep moving forward in my life. And we laugh a lot too. The visualisations and affirmations really help me to connect with my inner self.

Josie– Buckinghamshire

admin — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 15:49:18 +0000

I came to a cross roads in my life. Working 12 hours a day in a demanding sales role with little personal gain and mounting stress. I asked myself “what is this all about, what am I doing?” Now looking back I realise how unhappy I actually was and how stressed and irritable I had become. Things got so bad that I quit my job and decided to take some time out. I searched on the internet to find someone that could help and came across Susan’s company. It seemed real to me and personable, something I could relate to. Within a week I had met with Susan and decided to embark on 6 months of coaching. Each week we explored different ideas and areas of interest to try and find my passion. Susan’s approach was so easy, just like chatting with a friend. We set goals every week and Susan gave me the confidence not only to enjoy taking time off but also to allow myself to explore areas I would never otherwise have considered. I have never been happier. I am doing a degree in nutritional therapy, attending college 2 days per week and working part time. I am learning again about something I feel passionate about and I am not stressed or tired anymore! It is hard work, but worth every moment. I plan to set up my own business in 3 years once I am qualified, the possibilities are endless! I don’t think I could have made such a brave step on my own. Thank you Susan, I feel like I have taken hold of my life and changed it not just for now, but for my future.

London Emotional Freedom Groups (EFT) for Debt, Love & Abundance

admin — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 13:41:48 +0000

will be running some Emotional Freedom Groups to focus on clearing emotional blocks/issues on specific issues such as Debt, Opening to Love and Abundance. In the small group (max 6 persons) you will be taken through an Emotional Freedom Technique Tapping Sequence to clear old beliefs, stuck emotions and negative thinking. You will get a workbook and the tools to continue to practise this at home.

EFT Free from Debt- Thursday 5th May from 6.45pm to 8.15pm

Negative emotions can be attached to the debt, debt can keep you feeling bad about yourself, not good enough, shame, guilt, feeling like a looser.….…..lots of lovely stuff like that;-) through the session, we will clear this negativity and more, so you will be left vibrating your energy at a higher level

EFT Opening to Love- Thursday 19th May form 6.45pm to 8.15pm

Often there are fears blocking us from being open to love, and therefore attraccting love into our lives. It can be fear of getting hurt, rejected, abandoned. During this session we will clear these types of fears and you will be taught the heart anchor that you can use to keep your heart open to love.

EFT Tapping into Abundance- Thursday 2nd June from 6.45pm to 8.15pm

The EFT sequence will teach you how to use your energy to get more of what you want in your life, more love, more fun, more money, better health or all of these areas.

Healthy Living Centre, St Pauls Road, London N1 2LH

Price: £40 per session

Want to know more about EFT, check out EFT or contactsusan@thecoachinglifecompany.com or call 0207 193 7725

‘Nonviolent Communication A Language of Life’ by Marhsall B. Rosenberg– what a fantastic tool for life!

admin — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 13:41:04 +0000

Just finished reading this brilliant book ‘Nonviolent Communication A Language of Life’ by Marhsall B. Rosenberg. I loved this book as the process is communicated so clearly and beautifully, with each part of the process summarised at the end of each chapter. It illustrates how to use each technique with stories and breaking the process down into easy parts.It is so interesting to discover how much of what we say is coloured by how we think. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to improve their communication.

His model has four components which are 1)observation 2) feeling 3) needs and 4) requests. We observe the concrete actions that are affecting our well-being. We notice how we are feeling in relation to what we are observing. We honor the needs, values desries, etc. that are creating the feelings. We request concrete actions in order to enrich our lives.

Let’s take a look at ‘Observation’ today. Have a look at the following exercise (this was taken from the book p.34) Do you think they are an observation or evaluation?

John was angry with me yesterday for no reason
Yesterday evening Nancy bit her fingernails while watching television
My father is a good man.
Janice works too much.
My son often doesn’t brush his teeth.

So let’s see how you got on. Here are the respsonses from the book

”for no reason’ is an evaluation. Also it is an evaluation to infer that John was angry. he may have been feeling hurt, scared or hurt, etc. Examples of observation without evaluation might be: “John told me he was angry’
This is an observation without evaluation
‘A good man’ is an evaluaton. An observation without an evaluation would be ‘For the last 20 years, my father has given one-tenth of his salary to charity’
‘Too much’ is an evaluation. ‘Janice spent more than 60 hours at the office this week’ would be an observation
‘Often’ is a valuation. An observation without evaluation would be, ‘Twice this week my son didn’t wash his teeth before going to bed.’

So how did you get on? Do you evaluate more than you thought? I know I discovered that I do. I am going to share more thoughts about how to use this process. Let me know if you want some help with your communication.

Olivia– Bristol

admin — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 11:01:37 +0000

The concept of ‘set a goal and work towards it’ was a new and frightening experience for me. I had always taken what I had been given in life and consequently was stuck in a 2 year rut at work, de-motivated and with no idea how to change things.

Susan encouraged me to set an ultimate goal for myself of changing jobs to work for an established company which valued its employees, earning a specified amount of money. Through our weekly telephone coaching sessions I learned how to set weekly goals in accordance with my ultimate goal. There have been times of struggle and times of fear but my weekly goals enabled me to stay focused and motivated. The outcome of our work is that I actually achieved my goal 5 weeks ahead of time and not only that, my work with Susan has enabled me to become really aware of where my career is heading and where I can take it