Client Testimonials
These testimonials have all been willingly
written by clients
coached by me, Elsie Normington. Some
clients do not wish their names to be in the public domain, so I have
only used
their designation.
“Initially I had
some misgivings about the process of Life Coaching.
Within a very short time, Elsie had been able
to assist me to identify my strengths, in terms of my character,
qualifications, life experience and career achievements. As a
consequence of my
5 coaching sessions with Elsie, I have been able to take control of my
destiny
and have also discovered I know what I am capable of and believe in
myself in a
way that hitherto had been unimaginable. I recommend Elsie’s skills and
approach to anyone and believe they will inevitably benefit as a
consequence”
Richard
Syred, Deputy Head Teacher
(
Richard has been promoted twice since the coaching sessions)
Development
Worker exploring a career change
(now
developing her own business)
“Fantastic,
Wonderful, Revealing and Releasing!
Those words would only
begin to sum up my
recent experience of Life Coaching with Elsie. Having decided
to go for an
intense 4 days of LC they turned out to be an amazing time in bringing
to the
forefront of my mind and life WHO I AM, WHAT I HAVE and WHAT I
WANT TO DO.
They moved me from falling into the trap of doing the "simple
and
obvious" to releasing me into what I want to do and can do as
a
result of Who and What I truly am. Through Elsie being willing and
skilled to ask real, deep, meaningful and probing questions I
came to a
much more detailed and meaningful understanding of who I am, what I
have and
how I can use that to facilitate the most brilliant success and
development in
my life and career. It was at times deeply heart and
mind searching, quite
emotional and challenging, but at the same
time intensely revealing,
stimulating, adrenaline releasing and massively
motivational. It
released me: into a confidence I have rarely had but now am living in;
from
being slightly depressed to a happiness level that is life giving and
exciting;
from uncertainty to certainty and confidence; from accepting
the norm to
becoming extraordinary both in my expectations and results.
The success of
LC for me was to have Elsie skilfully and extremely
effectively draw out from me what was already there, but
hidden and buried
as a result "life", and to articulate it in a verbal and
interactive setting in order to establish the way forward and give me
the tools
to fulfil that path. I recommend Elsie as a great Life Coach and
suggest
everyone takes advantage of her skills to release who you really are”.
Martin Baldwin
Chief Executive of International Charity
(Martin is now developing his own
Business Consultancy)
“Elsie Normington
has provided some excellent coaching.
I
have found her to be professional yet non-threatening.
The sessions were client friendly and helped
me to identify what was important to me and encouraged me towards goal
setting.
Elsie’s approach was insightful, inspiring and motivational and put
clarity into
the issues I had some awareness of but didn’t quite know how to address. It is exciting and
challenging to see more of
what is possible in my life! I
would
recommend Elsie to anyone who wants to develop and increase their
effectiveness
and fulfilment in both their personal lives and workplace”.
Health
Visitor
(taken
early retirement and pursuing a charitable line of work)
Young
Adult, Admin. Worker
"Having attended 6
Life Coaching sessions with Elsie I am pleased to have the opportunity
to
testify to the effectiveness of these sessions. Elsie’s style and
encouragement
together with her effective listening skills helped me to look at my
life in a
new light. Since
attending the sessions,
I have gained more confidence and have a higher self esteem. The sessions were so
helpful in providing a
non judgemental listening ear at all times – I am now looking at
planning for
the future with renewed enthusiasm and insight.
I would recommend the sessions to anyone as they adopted
an open
approach which allowed me to have a platform for discussion and a
sounding
board to gently guide my direction."
Civil
Servant on a career break
“My time spent with
you in the coaching environment certainly gave me the time and space to
reflect
on the ‘road blocks’ in my life, analyse why this had happened and set
first
short term goals and then look beyond the weeks to longer term goals
for the
future – on reflection today I could not have achieved this without
your
support. I now feel that if I do not lose sight of the circumstances
that led
me to the place I was in, then I will continue to grow spiritually,
emotionally
and physically”.
Professional
person who had been off work with stress.
“Elsie has been
professional, reflective, responsive, able to draw the deeper thoughts
form my
mind. The process
has given me clarity,
support, empowered me to take my life in my hands and see that I am an
important, unique person. Elsie
is
wonderful at drawing people back to the issue they might rather escape!
The
coaching was inspirational and has motivated me to prioritise and move
forward”
Development
Worker
“This was my first
experience of personal coaching. I
was
made to feel relaxed and very much at ease which enabled me to have an
open and
frank discussion. It
gave me the
confidence to deal with an issue successfully which has been causing me
some
concern over a prolonged period”.
Voluntary
Committee Member
Young Single mum looking for employment