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Case study: from worn down to grabbing life!

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When Emily started to work with me, she'd been around my world for a number of years. She was feeling very vulnerable and fragile but she said she'd always felt like I offered a safe and non-judgmental place, so she reached out to see if we could work together.

Emily (not her real name), runs a multi-million dollar company and has done for many years. She had all the outward trappings of success and is a highly respected expert in her field. Yet behind the scenes, she felt like everything was crumbling and she couldn't carry on at the pace and with the wounds she felt she was carrying.

A lot of our work together early on was in helping her understand that she had value, helping her to recognise, decide and set healthy boundaries for herself. As she grew in confidence, she became able to make decisions in her work and personal life that brought her greater time freedom and reduced her chronic stress levels. 

She became able to have difficult conversations with staff that she'd previously avoided, and became very adept at dealing head on with issues when they first emerged, and doing so in classy ways that she could feel good about. She also got to the point where she'd tell me about tough decisions she'd made or delicate conversations she'd had- and she'd say it as if they were no big deal!! SUCH a turnaround.

Not only did she achieve a much healthier work-life rhythm through our work together, she also took up fresh hobbies and was intentionally prioritising time for her dearest relationships. She instituted new ways of working for herself and was able to relish continuing that trajectory.

Emily is an absolute rock star and has gone from feeling worthless and utterly worn down, to modelling what it looks like to grab life and is helping others to do the same now through her own mentoring! WOW!

Way to go Emily!


As amazing as I think Emily is- and she really is - she's still utterly human, just like you. So if she can make these changes, so can you. That's what I'm here for.

If you'd like to apply to work with me and change the trajectory of your life, then fill out the application and let's see if we're a good fit to work together:

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