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I saw Karen for three sessions of coaching. In that time I learned more about myself and how my future could look than I did in two years of psychotherapy. As an industry professional myself I’m always looking for great people to compliment my team. I very much hope to continue working with Karen in the years to come. Thanks Karen you are an absolute star! Doug Robertson, Trainer and rehab specialist. www.theperfectbum.com , 2009 "Karen was able to quickly identify my limiting beliefs an install new productive ones then set me on a specific course with outlined action steps to take me towards my goals & aspirations. It's said that all successful people have coach/mentor & I have no reservations in recommending Karen in this capacity" Saul Tracey, Entrepreneur - The Funky Spirit & Marketer www.CanWeMakeADifference.com, 2009 "Karen worked with all my team members when they had to prepare and get ready for smile month. She took charge of the team, went through establishing what we all wanted as an end result and then delegating to all the members with a time line what their role was in the project. She also went through with difficult scenarios and how to resolve difficulties within the team when interacting with the public. Thanks to Karen, the smile month was a great success and all the team members were very enthusiastic and were able to take on projects and run with them. Eventually, she also helped some of the team members with one to one sessions to overcome their individual problems, so they could work better as an individual as well as a team. If you have any doubts - let karen do her magic!" Dr Hitesh Batavia, Ravenscourt dental Practice http://www.rdpholistic.co.uk/ , 2009 “I am very appreciative of Karen’s warmth, clear and honest advice, motivation and support. Her enthusiasm and breadth of knowledge have been enormously helpful and she always helps me to feel positive, motivated and confident that I can achieve my goals.. Thank you!” Teresa Kelly, London, 2009 "My future life progression session with Karen was incredibly powerful... Damien Senn, Internet Business Coach, http://www.senn-sational.com, 2009 I was amazed how after just one session with karen I was able to change how I felt about a long standing issue. Her calming, warm and insightful approach to life coaching left me feeling positive, focussed and able to move forward. Ali Hall, Editor of Look Magazine, 2009 Karen is a fabulous NLP practitioner. I wholeheartedly recommend her to you if you are ready to move forward with your life and get clear on your vision of the future. During my breakthrough healing session with Karen I felt totally safe and supported, and this allowed me to go deeper than I had ever before. Karen works using her intuition, within the classical framework of NLP, which creates a memorable and unique session, with fabulous results. She helped me to move past some blocks and obstacles that had been stressing me out for the past year. I can't wait for my next session! Thanks Karen. 'This evening has put me in the frame of mind to start to achieve my goals 'This evening has made me think really seriously about changing certain aspects of my life' 'Enjoyable/Reflective/Self motivating - Thank you Karen!! 'This evening has been very educational and has made me realise that I really do need to look after my health for the sake of myself and my children. I am feeling really motivated. 'This was a fantastic evening! Thank you Karen Having worked with a number of fitness professionals in the past, I thought I knew what to expect. Karen's approach is totally unique. She gave me a tailored program that allows me to fit my workouts into a very busy day, incorporating the environment I spend the most time in. We used everyday objects and I have a very active and curious young baby. This helps makes my target levels of activity much more achievable. Her program is also designed to be flexible, which means that I don't have to wait for direction from her if I want to adjust the program because I am ready to move up to the next level. On top of this, her motivational techniques provide lots of added value. I know when I'm in danger of letting things slip from prior experience. Karen's NLP techniques really come in useful in those moments. They helped me to visualise not only the target itself, but the results that come from meeting it. Having had a taster of how happy I will feel when I achieve my goal helps me to be more disciplined. It is as if I been able to access the future benefits now, which is the best sort of carrot one can have in this situation. With her approach, no stick is necessary, and Karen certainly doesn't give you any. However, don't let this fool you into thinking that reaching the goal does not require much effort. As with so many good things in life, you do get out what you put in and Karen encourages you to put in quite a lot. The difference is that you know it is worth it and she helps you to find ways to maintain commitment and apply self-discipline when the initial rush of enthusiasm starts to wear thin. Osmin Callis, new mother, March 2009 "I was down on my energy, down in my body image and - well, fat! Roz Spencer, CEO, 2008 "Karen is warm, kind, very supportive and during the time I was working with her she became much more than a personal trainer. As an NLP coach she has taught me the importance of setting achievable goals, to recognise the negative thoughts and behaviours that hold me back, and how every positive step taken today is part of an ongoing journey towards a happier and healthier future. As a personal trainer she pushed me hard - tailoring well thought out, varied and effective sessions which demonstrated her knowledge of training and exercise. She can also be pretty tough when needed! Karen is fun, energetic and an extremely positive person and I wouldn’t hesitate in recommending her services to anyone." Katherine Dinsdale, Policy Manager, London, 2008 "Karen thank you so much for your excellent personal training sessions you gave me prior to getting married in March 2008. I dropped a whole dress size and thanks for all your hard work. I felt fabulous on my wedding day. You were truly motivational and committed and I thoroughly enjoyed all our sessions. Once again, many thanks for making my training sessions fun."
“As a county middle distance athlete, I’m constantly looking for ways of improving my performance in competition. Karen helped me to realise the constraints that I was putting on myself through my perception of other competitors. I entered my next race, the UK women’s league division 1, in a completely different state of mind and managed to improve my personal best time for 3000m by 24 seconds to 10min26.” Diane Kennedy, athlete, 2008
Working with Karen in the lead up to an interview for a job I really wanted helped raise my levels of confidence and actually enabled me to look forward to a day long interview experience. Karen introduced me to a series of NLP exercises that changed me from a partly stuttering interviewee into someone genuinely confident in her ability to communicate and keen to share her skills and experience. The outcome was that I not only enjoyed the entire day, but that I was offered the job and was given excellent feedback. I now have a set of skills that I can apply to any challenging situation and own the power to change my subconscious thinking. “I truly enjoyed Karen’s seminar, it was a real eye opener. She was able to keep it relaxed and interesting. We were so excited by the whole of the course that we were not ready to leave at the end of the day. I can’t wait for the next one, I learnt so much about myself.” Gloria Outen, East London “Exploring how one feels was perhaps one of the most important factors for my success, this was an excellent workshop day” Chas Hines, Holland “I was only able to attend half of the seminar and I feel so much better already!” Jotie Takar, East London “The food was really appetising and made me realise that I didn’t miss desserts or sugars! Very informative and revealing” Anil Bhat, West London “A fabulous original offering that people are crying out for. Creative, exploratory, revolutionary and fun with great food thrown in!” Anne Scott, West London “The breakfast and Lunch raised my awareness about the importance of good and proper nutrition.” Kate McNeilly, North West London ‘Very inspiring. It was extremely good and informative, I learnt a lot’ Piers Day, Suffolk
This came about because Karen was acting as my personal trainer in the gym. We discussed various issues I was working on in professional life during our gym sessions. She offered to help me with these, building on her on NLP techniques. I was fairly sceptical at the outset that the NLP techniques would be valuable. I am not averse to seeking professional coaching and support generally, but the NLP approach was new to me and it was not obvious how it would help. Nevertheless I gave it a go. I had faith in Karen because I had found something highly intuitive about the way she worked, in her understanding of people and what is going on for them, which was evident to me in our physical training work together. In the event Karen added value to my personal and professional development far beyond what my highest hopes might have been. It was a great success for me for which I am very grateful. In our sessions, we explored using the NLP techniques various barriers to personal performance in the workplace, some of which came from my earliest years. We identified ways for me to step over these barriers psychologically and found ways to anchor these alternatives for me. We spent a considerable time working on a realisation of future scenarios, and again found ways to anchor these states in my mind. This work gave me some profound personal experiences that help me understand who I am and how to realise my potential in future. This work was powerfully effective in preparing me for a significant professional challenge which took place towards the end of our work together. When the moment of truth came, I felt absolutely in the right state of mind, entirely personally prepared whatever the outcome might be, and Karen should take a lot of credit for that. In the end, whatever the particular outcome may have been, the process Karen took me through was very valuable to me in itself. I would certainly be very happy indeed to recommend Karen to others. Sean Williams 23rd January 2007
D H London, 2007 I have lost count of the number of times I gave up smoking - sometimes I lasted a couple of weeks, sometimes only a few hours. Once I managed to lay off the weed for over two months but it would inevitably drag me back...or so I thought!
Karen and I sat down and discussed my goals and motivation for going to the gym and personal training sessions before we started and more importantly how I would feel when I reached my goals. My objectives were fairly straight forward and easy to measure; get into a sustainable routine of exercising regularly, lose an inch off my waist and to tone up. I come out of my sessions feeling great and highly motivated to continue with my programme as she maintains my focus on the goals I set.
"After signing up to several gyms in succession and following the 'program' given by the trainer I realised I wasn't getting anywhere in terms of fitness levels or achieving my ideal body shape. Then I was introduced to Karen and this completely changed in a matter of eight weeks! Following a series of sessions with Karen and in between sessions following the tips and suggestions Karen advised; I dropped two dress sizes, my fitness greatly improved and as a result needed to invest in a brand new wardrobe of clothes! I also had loads more energy throughout the day.”
I had been smoking on and off for about 15 years. As most smokers, over the years I had tried to give up several times. However, each time it took me an enormous effort and I would suffer mood swings and would gain weight too. Unfortunately the result would always be the same. I would succeed for a little while and then some trigger (normally alcohol or stress) would get me started again. I had continuous guilt about smoking but did not really think much more about it. N M, Management consultant, Chiswick, 2005
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