How we worked together

We started our coaching relationship with an introductory session. Rich carefully listened to me and asked questions, which helped me to elaborate more on my feelings and emotions. At the end of the session, he proposed a coaching plan focusing on exploring my specific problems and issues. We held bi-weekly sessions for 1 hour. After every session Rich sent me notes from our discussion which was extremely helpful as a reference point. We did a few coaching exercises, which had a profound positive impact on me and helped me to discover more about myself.

What I've learnt

Everyone has negative thoughts at times. Rich taught me a few techniques on how to stop negative thoughts taking over. I use them all the time now, and the more I use them the better I become - practice makes perfect. By allowing these negative thoughts to come and go without hooking me I’m able to neutralise the effect they have on me. I’ve also explored the balance between control and influence which has helped to minimise and eliminate some of my worries. I found the values exercise to be really helpful as it brought some focus and clarity about the things that matter most to me. I feel more in control of how I want to show up and how I want to live my life.