Frequently asked questions

What is Transformational coaching?

Transformational coaching will help you find clarity and a more refined awareness of yourself. It can help you discover how to make permanent shifts by exploring your inner barriers and learn how to transform them. It is a powerful journey of self-discovery – a journey that will help you feel more empowered to create the life you’re yearning for.How is it different to therapy and traditional coaching?

What is the difference between Transformational coaching and therapy?

Traditional therapy is often based in the past and traditional coaching is often based in the future. With this type of coaching, we explore all areas such as past events and experiences that may have created unconscious patterns in the now as well as exploring inner barriers and blocks, all in order to open up new possibilities of yourself to walk closer to your desires and wishes, creating new ways of thinking and acting to help fulfil your deepest yearnings.

Transformational Coaching can help you find the tools within yourself to deal with challenges life throws at us and help you become the you that you can see but aren’t quite living to its fullness yet.

Who is it for?

Anyone. Really, anyone. At its most basic level, coaching is essentially somebody facilitating your thinking. Holding up a mirror to you, challenging your view of the world, helping you set awesome goals and then smashing them. There is a – pretty short – list of things coaching generally isn’t appropriate for, i.e. serious mental illness, addiction, etc. That said, coaching helped me massively with my depression when I was in the worst of it.

How do we decide if we want to work together?

If you decide that you want to explore the possibility of coaching with me further, book a free consultation call. This usually lasts around 30 minutes. You will not be coached on the call.

The purpose of the call is threefold…

– For me to get to know you a bit better and to understand your challenges or goals in more depth.

– For you to get to know me a bit better, to ask me any questions about myself or the process and to get a feel for what it’s like to be coached by me.

– For both of us to decide whether or not we think we’re a good fit to work together. I don’t work with everyone who wants to work with me: the fit is really, really important. You need to be excited about working with me and I need to be excited about what you’re trying to do and supporting you in getting there. Otherwise it’s a non-starter. If I don’t think we are a good fit then I have a whole bunch of other amazing coaches I can refer you to, depending on what it is you’re looking to work on or your personality type. Good coaches do a lot of cross-referrals because the right fit is so important.Why do you insist on payment upfront for the whole package?

The first reason is that money is a very tedious distraction from what’s important. I want you to make the decision to pay just once and then we can both focus on what we’re going to achieve together and how we’re going to get you there.

The other reason is that by paying upfront you are demonstrating your commitment: to me, to yourself, and to the process of your own personal development. If you want to pay by the session and decide every month if that session is of use to you, then I’m not the coach for you. Total commitment is a vital part of a powerful coaching relationship and is the main driver behind achieving incredible results.

It seems expensive; I could go on a nice holiday instead

Yup, you could. Or you could buy a sofa. And that would be lovely. I love going on holiday and sitting on the sofa.

The only thing is, that holiday will give you a week – perhaps two – of happiness or relief or rest or whatever it is that holidays do for you. Coaching will give you an understanding of what makes you tick, help you get out of your own way and give you tools you will use for the rest of your life. All of these things will empower you to smash life in general and have a brilliant time along the way. Which sounds more valuable?

Up to you though, holidays are fabulous.

How do I pay?

Following our consultation call, if we’re in agreement that we’d like to work together, I’ll send you my bank details. As soon as I receive your payment, we get your first session in the diary and get started.

When you say ‘unlimited support’ what does that actually mean?

It really does mean unlimited. Most of my clients contact me every 2-3 days to update me on what they’re up to, usually by WhatsApp. This could be to share a success about something they tried, or to tell me that something didn’t go exactly to plan and ask for my thoughts. If you want to arrange a 20-30 minute call with me then you just drop me a message on WhatsApp and I will usually fit you in the same day or the next if it’s already late in the day. People always ask, “How much contact is too much?” The answer is: I don’t know, it’s never been an issue.

Why do you work this way? Does it not take up a lot more of your time than the 8-hour programme should?

Yes it does. But a) I love coaching and being in touch with my clients, hearing what’s going on for them and helping them out if needed. And b) when you buy the package, you aren’t buying 8 hours of my time. There is no hourly rate. You’re buying 8 hours of face-to-face coaching, as much other support as you want during the time we work together, and all my training, experience and knowledge gained from the amazing results I have achieved with my previous clients.

I adopted this approach after becoming frustrated by the traditional coaching model, which is to see your clients once every couple of weeks and have zero contact in between. The fatal flaw of this, for me, is that it means that until we sit down in front of one another for the next session, I have no idea how you have got on in the meantime or what’s been happening for you. This means that we’ll end up spending the first 15-30 minutes catching up on where you’re at. Which is a massive waste of time that we could be using for coaching. When I already know where you’re at because we’ve been in touch in between sessions, we can get the best possible value from our hour together.

I’ve used this approach for 2 years now, and in that time I have seen my clients’ results go into orbit. We achieve a lot more, a lot quicker and generally have a brilliant time along the way. What’s not to like?

What if I don’t fit neatly into your descriptions?

Then you will be like absolutely everyone else! Nobody fits exactly into any category, whether mine or anyone else’s. My descriptions are purely examples of the kinds of things I help people with. It’s by no means an exhaustive list.

Some of my highest achieving clients haven’t fitted into any of those descriptions. If you’re not sure, book a consultation call and we’ll decide together.

I’ve heard that coaching can be uncomfortable, is that true?

Yes, that’s true. Sometimes it is. Although, usually when we hit something uncomfortable, that means it’s worth exploring, as it will almost certainly be something that’s holding you back in one way or another, even if you’re not aware of it. Discomfort almost always comes from pushing the boundaries of your comfort zone (to state the bleeding obvious). And nothing fun, useful or progressive happens in your comfort zone. It might be comfy and safe, but you won’t get much done there.

Should I do this?

Yes! (Although obviously I would say that.) I have never met a single person who has experienced good coaching who hasn’t a) loved it, and b) got a huge amount from it. People generally don’t regret investing in themselves. Good things happen when you do.

I’m interested. What are the next steps?

Book a free consultation call and we’ll go from there. I look forward to speaking to you.