About

Hello. I guess you’re here to find out a little bit more about me. Allow me to introduce myself. I write on women’s issues, I’m a coach/consultant, (sort of… read on) and I design and deliver amazing courses specialising in women’s personal development. I work alongside women to help them achieve maximum success in their lives.

Re that ‘sort of’…I really dislike the term coach (there are a lot of coaches out there and anyone can use the term) as that implies someone telling you how and what to do. Or worse, sweaty socks and shouting in a field! I try to avoid both….

I am confident that you don’t need a coach to be told how to do things. You have enough life experience to draw on, and no doubt a veritable cornucopia of skills. And coaching is a totally unregulated field so you need to ask lots of questions.

And You..?

You may be here because you have reached a bit of a critical impasse, a turning point where professional personal consultancy will help. And sometimes, when we hit these critical life points, our confidence takes a bit of a nose dive. Just as at work, it can save a lot of time to bring in a specialist.

There’s no such thing as a typical changingpeople client, everyone is unique and treated as such – you don’t get some hackneyed ‘one size fits all’ acronym of a process from me. What you do get is time for you with an experienced professional to really look at what it is you want from your life now.

And you get it from someone who has turned her own life around, in my late 40s as it happens (age is no bar to serious life changes – in fact, you get so much better at it). I was unhappy with my life in management but really couldn’t work out what I wanted instead. It felt like something was there, just out of my vision but it was hard to grab. In my case running my own show was the answer but for you it may be completely different. You may decide to go for the top and get that seat on the board, to change the course of your career, even to opt out of the career trajectory, or it may be that relationship issues are holding you in suspended animation, making it difficult to move ahead.

Magic Answers?

I can help you. I don’t have ‘magic answers’ – there aren’t any! I don’t talk in jargon, pyschobabble, or promote the latest big craze. I am straight forward and down to earth, with masses of experience backed up by qualifications and training. I use tried and tested techniques which I know REALLY work and I leave role play for budding actors! You may choose one to one personal consultancy with me, or one of my courses may suit you better, or both! You choose.

Whatever route you choose, if you are feeling stuck, do something. Life is short, grab it with both hands!

I work both within organisations and independently and can adapt any of my courses to suit the particular demands of your organisation or business. I primarily coach women but not exclusively! Ask me…

My work has been published internationally including USA, Monster Inc, Fabulously 40, Africa and Italy, and my exercises have been featured in national magazines, like ‘Conde Nast’s Easy Living. My site is linked as a resource on many other women’s sites too, for example, Price Waterhouse Coopers.

There are masses of articles and blog posts on the site; please feel free to use with the usual credits.

Click here to read about my latest book ‘When Work isn’t Working!’ You can get it as a download too – immediate delivery and very eco friendly!

My guiding principle is that from a Stoic philosopher, Epictetus. He said:

“We are not touched so much by life events themselves, but by the view we choose to take of them”

And that’s my aim – to help you deal with whatever life throws at you, whatever changes there may be, and know that you can always be in control!

Call me now on 01761 438749 or email jane at changingpeople.co.uk or use the contact page

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