About Me
I suffered with a phobia that I tried hard to hide, but sometimes this was impossible and I had to explain to people around me about my problem - telling them, however understanding they may have been, made me feel very stupid and small. I tried talking to myself about the problem saying word like "stop being so silly" over and over again; I kept thinking that I should be able to overcome my problem by logically thinking it through; by reading self-help books; I tried to give myself both encouragement and threats - but nothing reduced my fear. In desperation I tried hypnotherapy and what a revelation it was. My fear has gone, while my eyes have been opened as to how we can all unlock the power of our minds.
I wanted to know more, so I trained as a Hypnotherapist. The very positive results I achieved with people encouraged me to study further - I qualified as a Clinical Hypnotherapist, a Neuro-Linguistic Programming Practitioner and in the use of Emotional Freedom Techniques. To these I have added two high level qualifications from the University of Chester, Post Graduate Certificate in Business Coaching and Post Graduate Certificate in Personal Coaching.
Personal (Life) Coaching seemed a natural development and compliments my hypnotherapy and Neuro-Linguistic Programming qualifications. Business Coaching is more strategic and allowed me to build on my Business Degree, my MSc in Marketing and my personal experiences of running a successful business for over twenty years.
Personal experience does count
Phobia
From personal experience I know what having a phobia felt like to me and how limiting and embarrassing it was.
Skin
I know how confidence shattering it can be to have a skin condition. When I was around 30, I was prescribed some tablets, a side effect of the tablets that was not explained to me was a very slim chance of becoming hypersensitive to light. Within a week I was peeling from head to toe, my skin hung like sheets of lace. Colleagues and people in the street avoided talking or even looking at me - the feeling of isolation and being somehow unclean was excruciating.
Stress
I still run a successful business, but before I studied NLP our last computer upgrade had my stress levels sky high for months. Through NLP and hypnotherapy, I now have strategies and techniques in place that keep my stress levels to what I am comfortable with.