In Brené Brown's book, The Gifts of Imperfection, she defines shame as, '...the intensely painful feeling or experience of feeling that we are flawed and therefore unworthy of love, belonging, and connection.' 

Self-worth is an internal, core belief of being good enough and worthy of love and belonging from others. It arises from self-acceptance (fully embracing who you are without criticism) and self-compassion. Self-esteem is how confident you are in your own worth and abilities and can, therefore, be more fragile and fluctuate. It arises from self-judgement and self-comparison.

Life coaching is a partnership between you and your coach. With the use of thoughtful questioning by your coach, it affords you the time, space, and guidance to generate new ways of thinking; transform self-limiting beliefs; identify your strengths, values, and purpose; and find solutions to complex issues in your personal and professional life. Having a good rapport with your life coach is key so that you feel able to open up and share your thoughts and feelings in full confidence. Coaching is NOT about being given advice or being told what to do as in mentoring.

Coaching is not therapy. Whilst psychoanalytical therapy focuses on understanding and resolving emotional trauma from the past and the impact on the present, coaching focuses on the present and future. This includes generating new ways of thinking; transforming self-limiting beliefs; identifying strengths, values, and purpose; and finding solutions to complex issues.

Hypnotherapy enables you to leave behind external distractions and focus your attention on yourself and what’s happening within. It empowers you to identify and orchestrate your thoughts, feelings, perceptions, memories, and beliefs using the gift of your own imagination, to nurture a mindset that aligns with your desired goals. A clinical hypnotherapist acts as a guide, teaching you how to focus your awareness so that you are better able to relax, identify limiting beliefs, release difficult emotions, get to the root cause of a problem, come up with solutions, and make transformational changes. Think of hypnotherapy as the crossroads where meditation meets coaching. As each session is online, you can do this from the comfort of your own home.

The simple answer is, ‘No’. You’re likely to be very deeply relaxed with your eyes closed, and with a focused awareness. You will still be able to hold a conversation during the session. Clients have reported a much better night’s sleep following on from hypnosis.

Hypnotherapy is nothing like stage hypnosis. The latter is used for entertainment purposes. However, clinical hypnotherapy empowers you to achieve your goals and make transformational changes.

Yes - if you’re in a quiet, calm environment where we can clearly hear one another, then the consultation will run smoothly. You also have the benefit of being able to have your sessions from the comfort of your own home.

Results can vary from person to person as with any treatment, therefore, I cannot guarantee that coaching and hypnotherapy will work for you. Some people notice a change right away, for others it takes longer, and some people experience no benefits at all. What I can guarantee is that I will use a professional, empathetic, and non-judgmental approach to work with you to help you achieve your goal.

A huge positive of having coaching and hypnotherapy online is that you can have a session anywhere in the world as long as you have good internet access and a charged device that can receive video-calls. It’s important to be in a quiet room where you can get comfortable and won’t be disturbed. Headphones may also help, and any devices that can receive notifications should be silenced or put on airplane mode.

The discovery call is an opportunity for you to learn more about the coaching and hypnotherapy program on offer and whether or not it's right for you, but most importantly it's an opportunity for you to decide if you would feel at ease working with me. The importance of having a good rapport with your coach/hypnotherapist cannot be underestimated as you want to be confident that this is someone you can be open and honest with. Likewise, I have a duty of care to ensure that having coaching/hypnotherapy would be suitable at this time and it is an opportunity for me to get a brief idea of what you want to achieve from the program, as well as explaining how the sessions work.