About

Jane grew up in a non affluent, primarily working class (blue collar) area of the UK where educational achievements were not high on the list of priorities, especially for girls! However, Jane’s childhood love of books and reading (nurtured by raiding all the jumble sales and thrift shops she could find for material) helped her secure a place at a school which nurtured her talents and eventually led on to University and post graduate study.

Those early experiences of the lottery of opportunity had a profound impact on her and have been reflected in her career. Jane has spent a lifetime working with people of all ages, class, status, income and profession to achieve to their full potential.

Her experience is extensive, literally from birth to older age beginning with young mothers building up confidence in their parenting skills, helping children cope with loss and trauma, running groups for offenders looking at their destructive behaviour (and importantly learning how to change it), work in psychiatric care, to individual one to one coaching with chief executives of major organisations.

In the spring of 2003, in her late 40s, she decided to make a significant life style change herself and established her own coaching and training business, changingpeople.

Jane’s clients are as diverse as they are interesting and range from small business owners to large organisations, to professors at Cambridge University, to those with no formal education at all. But they all share a wish to make a positive change in their lives, or deal with a knotty situation, and Jane helps them do just that!

Jane says:
“I passionately believe that we are all capable of so much more than we think and that if we can unleash the potential inside each and every one of us we can be that person we dream of and we can live our lives to the full. What that means will be different for every one of us as we are all unique. It’s not about wealth or status but about living the life you want and being the best you can possibly be, whatever your starting point. We all have times in our lives when we need a boost.

I love this quote and it has helped me through many a difficult time.  I’d like to share it with you now. Epictetus, a stoic philosopher said,

‘We are not touched so much by life’s events, but by the view we choose to take of them’

Things happen in our lives over which we have no control and lack of control can make us anxious, unhappy, and stifle our inner potential. But there is an area where we always have control! We can always choose how we react and respond to those events and I am dedicated to helping you do just that! I love to hear from you so please do let me know if anything you find here is useful.”