It is with no exaggeration to say that many aspects of both my personal and professional life has been elevated as a direct result of the time I spent working with Lena.

Some weeks we explored areas of my life some large, some relatively small. Some changes were significant, some relatively minor – all have since meant that I can honestly describe myself as both a better employee and more importantly, a better husband and father.

In each session we shared I left with a feeling of release and renewed outlook, allowing me to look once again at who I am and who I wanted to be. It was almost as if Lena helped me reorganise the bookshelf of my life which now could be sorted in a far more efficient and sensible manner. Lena’s approach is warm, kind and direct.

She was genuinely interested in the things I had to say and showed a tremendous amount of insight and perception when responding to the comments I made. Lena gave me the confidence to become vulnerable in our sessions allowing me to delve into parts of my insecurities so that I could face those challenges with new ideas and greater assertiveness.

What Lena has really helped me with from the first session to the last is a structured approach to goal setting. I am really proud to have been able to tackle some really diverse and complicated goals with the approach that Lena has helped me with.

Having been introduced by Lena to the Wheel of Life and a Values exercise, I have some clear values to which I can aim towards in all aspects of my life and through achieving my goals set out in the sessions, I believe that I am in control of achieving the life I want.

At the start of every session with Lena, we re-capped how I had got on with my goals. This accountability and the success I achieved throughout the process will serve as a constant reminder that everything is achievable with the right approach.

Overall, the coaching sessions have made an immediate and fundamental impact on the way I approach day to day life and how I now look forward to the future. Thanks for everything Lena.

'Like many others, I had a tough time over the pandemic personally and in my work life. It had taken a while to get another job following redundancy and I realised early on that the new role was not what I wanted to do. I needed to be able to step outside of the everyday and work out what was next, but I had lost all confidence to be able to do that and although I didn't want to stay in the job I was very anxious about the prospect of applying for new roles and going through the interview process again. I hoped that spending time with a coach would help me do this.

I have come away from the coaching experience understanding and seeing my own potential again. It has enabled me to think more clearly about my next steps and by clarifying what my goals and values are, I know what I am looking for in a job role and organisation. It will make a difference to how I feel approaching interviews.

Working with Lena was great! She listened carefully to what I wanted to achieve from the coaching journey, where I felt I was at the start and where I wanted to be. She worked with me on solutions and checked in at the start of each session to ensure I was happy with progress, happy with what we had done previously and the plan we had for the upcoming session. I would recommend Lena without hesitation and I believe whatever the reason for accessing coaching, she will have a lasting impact.