Client Testimonials

"I decided on a course of coaching to enable me to reach a number of personal and business goals that had always eluded and frustrated me. I was amazed that over a twelve-week course I actually achieved these goals. Rachel has given me the confidence, skills and structure to overcome obstacles. The result is a more positive and contented person."

- Miss S Church, Recruitment Consultant, High Wycombe

"Life coaching enabled me to look at myself and how I can achieve my aims, in a clearer and objective manner. The process was personally challenging and enjoyable. Rachel's style was encouraging and supportive and I am glad that I was coached by her."

- Miss J Hilton, PA, Battersea, London

"Being coached by Rachel helped me to make changes in my life that I had been putting off for a long time. The process was exciting, challenging and insightful. I am proud of the person that I have become through being coached by Rachel."

- Miss H Jones, Higher Education Administrator, Leeds

"A great opportunity to hold a mirror up to my self-limiting beliefs. It seems so obvious, yet it would be impossible to get this realisation without the coaching from Rachel.  I have moved forward with things that I just kept putting off and developed some personal habits, which keep me on track and help me excel in what I am doing.  Thank you for listening and responding to what I wanted and maintaining control of the big picture for me."

- Mr J Muranka, MD, Word for World Ltd

"Rachel used a variety of coaching tools as well as her tremendous insight into people and situations to help me analyse my values, strengths, weaknesses and motivations.  She has enabled me to form a much clearer picture of what I want from life – as opposed to what other people think I should want! – and provided me with various techniques as to how to achieve this.
I would recommend Rachel as a coach and guide to anybody who wants to make a real and lasting change in their life."

- Ms R Law, Islington, London

"With Rachel’s guidance I began to take responsibility for my life as I realised that if I did not change then nothing would change.  I realised that my clutter was holding me back and costing me dear.  She could see where my difficulties were and helped me to find solutions.  Since going to the Maida Vale group, I have realised that I have all the answers within me.  During the week when I am having difficulty reaching a goal which I have set in the session, I can hear Rachel’s voice issuing encouragement.  I am also feeling empowered as I tackle jobs, which before the sessions I dreaded and did not believe that completing them would make me feel better.”

- Mrs C Prax, Maida Vale, London

“I was experiencing a lack of confidence, lack of capacity to reward or congratulate myself, achieving things by overstretching and not taking enough care of myself.  I had never learned how to say ‘well done’ to myself nor to really appreciate the value of my own work. I needed appreciation from others to "exist"! I also had a blurry ambition and vague plan, which didn't help to sustain my own business.

Having coaching with Rachel enabled me to get over my fears or lack of confidence by appreciating the discipline I could design for myself and implement. I learnt to believe in myself and take the time to celebrate my success. I attained a nice workflow and an enjoyable leisure time! Finally, I was able to pause and reflect on my activities.

From Rachel's coaching, I got great, compact and measurable results in a very short span of time. Rachel was bold and gentle all together to sustain my eagerness to achieve. She was always attentive to make sure I stayed kind to myself. She picked up my "language" and worked straight away with it by designing exercises that were fit for my needs. I learned a lot about myself and a lot about coaching simultaneously.
The technique and the structure used were followed as planned, however with great creativity and my tangible goals were 100% achieved.”

- Servane Mouazan, Founder and Managing Director, Oguntê

“I was unsure of what to do or where to go generally. I was unable to think clearly and felt a loss of control.  I lacked confidence and self-belief.  This was largely due to habits, formed over a long period of time.  Problems became worse when married long term partner and realised this was a mistake for various reasons, particularly as I had surrendered a lot of the decision making to him, had stopped working for a time; and had generally become dissatisfied with this state of affairs.

I needed to use the resources I already had.  I needed to have the confidence to make a life changing decision – i.e. to leave my husband and to go for the Head of Department role I had been too scared to take; and to realise that I did know how to do things, that I could rely on myself. 

As a result from having coaching with Rachel, I became Head of the Fashion Department, which meant more money, so that I could afford to move out; as well as being beneficial to my career.  I left my relationship, which has shown me I can do it alone – in fact people are asking me how I did it now!  So the tables have turned somewhat!  Friends say I seem happier and more confident than ever.  I feel more relaxed in myself and in control.”

- Helen Walter, former Head of Fashion, Auctioning4U

“I was stuck with loads of ideas about what I wanted to achieve and difficulty trying to prioritise them. I had a clear idea about where I wanted to go and my end game for 12 months time but no idea about how to get there, both financially, with my “job” and with my time. I just seemed to be treading water.

I had previously recovered from a thyroid disorder which had made it difficult to lose weight and had also knocked a lot of confidence out of me. I was ambitious but felt I needed to push on to the next level.

I needed a coach to help me focus on what was important to me and to remind myself of all the talents within.

I now feel 110% better in myself. My confidence is sky high. I have rediscovered what is important to me and made discoveries of talents and passions for lots of new things. Being coached by Rachel has contributed to 2007 being a great year. Better still I am confident that 2008 will now be a superb year!”

- Nikki Halsall  Writer/ Coach/ Recruitment Consultant