Coaching: About Me

My coaching information link on my website is posting here at the moment as my base page is being updated with a new look and new links - part of a gradual website overhaul which is my Christmas Project. So here's the information in the meantime (although I'm going to edit it heavily - it's so easy to write too much on the web!)

"People with great gifts are easy to find, but symmetrical and balanced ones never"
Ralph Waldo Emerson.

I help people fufil their creative potential through:

* Life Coaching
* Workshops
* Public Speaking

LIFE COACHING: I work with busy professionals who feel driven to do well in every area of their life and are juggling a range of activities including work, family, and creative pursuits. Often, they feel they should be making more progress or achieving more than they are. I help them to take a realistic look at what they have achieved, and to set goals which energise rather than depress them. I work with my clients to identify and implement small changes which make a big difference to their energy levels, their feeling of achievement, and their overall enjoyment of life.

WORKSHOPS: I am currently developing workshops and like to present training to groups, drawing on my background as an improviser, juggler and coach to make the training creative and fun.

PUBLIC SPEAKING: I'm an experience public speaker and trainer. I am happy to speak to groups on topics including,
* Having more energy, using time better.
* Finding time in your life for creative pursuits
* How to work out what you really want to do and find time to get there.
* What is Life Coaching?

MY TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE : I have been working as a coach since August 2002. I trained at Coach U and am a graduate of the Coach Training Programme. I am building client hours towards the International Coach Federation's PCC Accreditation.

I have degrees in Commerce (management and marketing) and Law from Canterbury University, and was admitted to the New Zealand bar in 1994. I’ve spent 11 years working as a lawyer in Wellington and London. My roles also included training, and establishing a development programme for Councillors.

I’ve also trained in Acting and Improvisation, and Juggling, and worked as a vegetarian cook at a Yoga Centre.