Pure Coaching

I came to coaching later in life and there was an immediate connection. All my teaching work is underpinned by a drive to see people go further than they thought possible and help them get there. Coaching is just that! It is an immediate expression of what drives me in my life, and it is the way of being I have chosen for myself in this world.

My coaching training has helped me through the ups and downs of parenting; I have improved my communication and coached my children through university interviews and life challenges. It has also helped me feel more resourceful in my work and feel more connected to all parts of myself.

Ultimately, through coaching, you can find a lighter way to be in this world.

For these reasons, I offer pure coaching sessions to anyone who wants to tap into their strengths, become their most resourceful, harmonious, fulfilled self, and increase their impact in all aspects of life. Examples include resolving issues, making choices, communicating better, increasing resilience, working towards goals, changing habits, etc.

A coaching session is for anyone, through transformative approaches everyone can live with greater lightness, impact and joy. Click above to enquire about means based payment options. My coaching fees are based on a sliding scale to ensure this life affirming process is available to everyone. I will offer a suggested payment amount based on broad income brackets. I will never ask you to reveal personal earning information. I trust you to decide what is appropriate.

“Life is a matter of choices, and every choice you make makes you.”   John C. Maxwell

Restorative Piano

This recognises the restorative power of music, the arts and creativity to nourish and enhance our everyday lives. Tapping into this power, you can deal with a wide range of stressors and regain balance, as well as feel a renewed sense of harmony, trust and connection.

Very often wellbeing is a by-product of a good piano lesson with a good teacher. However, the goal of piano lessons is to improve piano skills. The goal of restorative piano is to improve well-being. In removing the pressure to practice and gain piano skills we create:

• space for introspection
• time to listen to your worries, fears and anxieties and to work with me – a coach practitioner – to address these
• bespoke approaches to deal with concerns or negative experiences in a positive and sustaining way.

We work through music and sound drawing on mindfulness, positive psychology, trauma awareness, belonging, and human connection to define and embody wellbeing for you.

These sessions suit pianists who are seeking lessons for restorative purposes. They also suit non-pianists who have always wanted to draw on the power of music to centre the self and enrich their life.

In both types of sessions I draw on my advanced practitioner training, child coaching training, Master’s in coaching mentoring and leadership and ongoing professional development.

I requested coaching to assist me through the challenges that come with a new career move. The challenge was stepping into a new role as a data analyst which required adapting my communication and social skills to support a team of marketing managers (here and abroad) such that we have a productive and amicable working relationship.

I identified the focus of my coaching as how I can improve my communication with colleagues. 

We did this by discussing the difficulties I experienced, identifying opportunities at work to improve these difficulties (action items I can do), attempting the opportunity, reviewing.

As a result of this approach I have improved my communication skills, management approach and group dynamic through making efforts in interpersonal communication and regular group participation. The coaching has given me this insight and through the practical tasks I have carried out I feel I now have the communication and social skills to face similar types of situations in the future.

Anonymous

It has been great working with you. I felt we got on well together; very good co-operation. I found our sessions very interesting and positive. It was good to explore different perspectives and I like the way you asked questions helping me reaslise and highlight things I haven’t seen or I have seen but not connected. You have amazing empathy, and listening and perceiving skills. I don’t see those voices of the past in me anymore!

(12 sessions)

Anonymous

I am loving my work with Bobbie, she is the kindest and most gentle support and confronts me with the issues I need to face with so much love that I feel it’s worth delving deeper to my core to fathom out what I want from my life and future.  Never an easy journey but the mentor is clear, strong and keeps pulling me forward. I don’t see Bobbie letting me off the hook lightly! I highly recommend Bobbie’s coaching.

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