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.

I have managed to shift a degree of complacency and being in the ‘comfort zone’ with stretch targets, including those around more intangible and abstract areas of my life. This has been thanks to both the diagnostics tools Lena has provided me with and the aforementioned structured approach to SMART goal setting.

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.

The coaching sessions with Lena were really beneficial in helping me to define, articulate, and achieve my goals. The way I was assisted in finding my own way to accomplish the desired outcomes, was really good for improving critical thinking skills and applying them to myself. Breaking the goals down into attainable tasks, and deciding on a course of action really helped to make the process less daunting, and in turn increased motivation. It’s helped me to develop a more structured way of thinking.

It was a pleasure to do the sessions with Lena. Her calm and friendly manner immediately put me at ease. This really helped me to relax, focus, and speak from the heart. Each session was really vibrant, and I’m really proud of some of the things I’ve achieved during the course of the sessions with Lena’s help. I feel I’m happier, healthier, and more productive for it.

Working with Lena really helped me during an incredibly turbulent and difficult time in my life. I made a life changing decision to leave a very secure and good job in magazine publishing in order to pursue a new direction in my life and two weeks after I went self-employed lockdown/coronavirus hit. Like many people a lot of my work evaporated overnight and I felt full of fear and uncertainty. 

By doing a series of coaching sessions spaced over a number of weeks, I was able to start to see things from another perspective and even explore avenues I had previously toyed with but had all sorts of limiting beliefs around.

As a coach Lena is warm, positive, non-judgemental and kind. Her smiling face and compassion and calmness even at times when I was emotional, just helped me come to a place of acceptance around my current circumstances and to take action.

I would highly recommend Lena as a coach.

The menopause hit me like a brick, and I was left feeling incredibly overwhelmed and anxious and questioning my abilities in my work life.

Lena helped me to put things into perspective and think through everything objectively, providing tools and methods to help. She was a calming influence, allowing me to slow things down and work through my thoughts at a useful pace. She always relayed everything we talked about back to me which gave clarity during the sessions.

Lena always came across as, and is, incredibly caring and supportive which is exactly what I needed at the beginning of the process.

Before I met Lena I felt I was at a crossroads in my life and had no sense of direction. I desperately needed help with my career and relationships. Coaching has had a massive impact on my life; I feel I am now closer to reaching goals I never knew I had and I feel more positive and optimistic about the future.

Lena is so professional and upbeat, she is truly inspirational and I would not hesitate to recommend her to anybody who is looking to make positive changes in their life.

Having had my review session with Lena recently, I can look back at what I have achieved over the course of our sessions and feel proud with the progress I have made. I am very grateful to Lena for guiding me to achieve positive changes in my own life.

Working with a coach was something entirely new to me and I felt somewhat sceptical before our initial session. Lena instantly made me feel at ease and created a welcoming environment for me to focus on myself and what I wanted to work on. I was going through a difficult period at the time, in terms of my career and issues with self-esteem. Lena helped me to develop strategies and ‘anchors’ to combat these negative feelings and to feel more confident and content in my own skin.

I really enjoyed the range of exercises that Lena guided me through. She was excellent at knowing what I needed at that particular moment to get me to the next step of my journey, whether it was the ‘wheel of life’, ‘museum of old beliefs’ or various anchoring activities.

Moving forward, I now know how to utilise these techniques that I have learned when I feel that I need them and have begun to use them in day-to-day life more frequently. I definitely feel more confident, content and proactive as a result of my sessions with Lena.

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.  There are not many opportunities afforded to focus and discuss oneself especially in these busy times and in the sessions, Lena gave me the opportunity to do just that.  Discussions were led by myself but kept on a track through Lena’s probing and yet empathetic questions which meant we were able to determine practical solutions.

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. One significant change is now allowing myself to focus and being ‘present’ in the moment. This has allowed some of the guilt and pressure I felt when my work-life balance wasn’t in harmony to be lifted. 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. This allowed me to share details I wouldn’t normally share with those around me. 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.

Some weeks have passed now since we last spoke however, I recall the questions and strategies Lena shared with me. These sessions have allowed me to continually improve all areas of my life – something I don’t think I would have been able to do without Lena’s guidance and support.

One of my main aspirations for the sessions was to feel ready when applying for a new, senior position. I have formally begun this interview/selection process and, because of Lena’s support, feel ready for this next phase – something I don’t think I would have been without her.

I am so grateful for Lena’s support. Thank you Lena.

Lena has helped me to gain perspective around changes I wanted to give attention to and, in the process, brought clarity to where my I want to focus my time and energy. Talking this through with Lena, who gently helped to investigate and challenge my thoughts, made such a difference to organising my mind and my priorities.

Lena’s approach not only made me feel understood but our conversations were thought-provoking and motivating, which enabled me to take action on the projects and ideas that now bring more joy and fulfilment to my weeks. Thanks so much Lena!

I have always been interested in working with a coach, but did not quite know what to expect. I was in search of more value and purpose in my future. Before working with Lena, I had a lot of ideas but couldn’t focus, and was struggling to start down a new path.

From our very first intake call, Lena’s supportive style of questioning, summarizing, and repetition helped me prioritize my ideas and get organized. The Wheel of Life and Be Do Have exercises she did with me were especially helpful. By having me write down specific goals and to-do’s, Lena helped me uncover and discover so much about my work ethic and environmental needs, and I’m finally moving forward!

Creating my wheel of life at the start really helped me separate the different areas of my life so I could notice those areas that needed more attention With Lena’s help and guidance, we systematically worked through those areas I self-identified as ‘wanting to work on’ using a much gentler approach that I ordinarily would have used. By breaking these major/main goals into smaller, more achievable goals and giving myself a realistic timeframe, I’ve been able to start making changes to my life; small steps but moving in the right direction.

But the main thing I gained from this experience is to be kind to myself. This not only means setting goals that are achievable (so I’m not setting myself up to fail which then reinforces the negative thoughts I have about myself) but also to realising that failing to reach a goal is not a sign of failure.

With this in mind, I’ve come to realise that the only person standing in the way of my achievements is me. Armed with what I’ve learned with Lena’s coaching, I feel more confident in moving forward and enacting real change in my life. I was so impressed I’ve already recommended life coaching to two friends. Thanks, Lena. I wish you all the best.

During the coaching period I’m very proud to have managed to reach and maintain 3.5 out of the 6 goals and even though I haven’t implemented all the actions, the topics have kept ruminating in my mind and other options made themselves clear along the way as well.  For example, 2 big topics in coaching were about fitness and diet and even though I committed to researching and contacting a fitness coach, in the end I ended up starting a diet plan given by a nutritionist based on my blood tests, which is working very well for me.

I realised that insecurity and negative thinking were holding me back. Lena’s coaching gave me the accountability and the little push that I needed to decide to improve my life and take the necessary action.

During this time I learned that everything becomes easier when I take the time to plan the tasks and narrow the focus. I tended to focus on the big picture and many times was stressed about the size of the tasks, therefore I procrastinated. But the coaching I received from Lena helped me break things down into smaller tasks and make my goals manageable. I am a firm believer that everything happens at the right time, but I now am more aware of when I feel ready but choose to make up excuses because I don’t know where to start.

From now on, anytime I see the need for improvement in my life, I will go through the coaching steps to come up with the positive and smart goal and break it down into manageable tasks. Imagining the ideal situation, what are the benefits of achieving that goal and what might hold me back are important reflections.

Thank you from the bottom of my heart, Lena! It has been an absolute pleasure to let myself coached by you! I’ve learned a lot about myself and I will be forever grateful!