I coach people who want the best for themselves. My clients include disenchanted professionals looking for a new challenge, mothers wanting to return to work, recent retirees facing suddenly empty days, cancer survivors who find their world has changed, university graduates unsure where to leap – and people who simply can’t remember why they’re doing what they’re doing any more. Here’s what they say.
"Judy is one of life’s naturally positive people. She brings so much energy and enthusiasm to each meeting. She’s also got a lot of life experience under her belt, and as a human being she is very together and level. I feel very safe and confident talking openly with her. She seems to draw stuff out of you effortlessly – she’s persistent and direct, which I really like. She prompts me to consider things I wouldn’t consider on my own." Steve, freelance business consultant.
"I was going through a very difficult time in my personal life when I started working with Judy. I’m usually quite sceptical about these things, but she helped me access the wise woman in me – and made me realise how strong I am. I’ve since got out of an abusive relationship and changed my hours at work so that I get to see more of my kids. I can’t express how life-changing it was for me – she made me realise how unhappy I was and to take responsibility for that myself." Rachel, 25, finance assistant and mother.
"Judy has been an absolutely fantastic influence. I got made redundant five months ago and it was very traumatic. She helped me talk through my anger. I realised I’d been unhappy with my working life for years. What she was so good at was helping me get back in touch with who I was and what made me happy – things I already knew but which had got drowned out along the way. I’ve got a fantastic new job now – part-time, and in a place where there’s a lovely atmosphere and it’s not stressful at all. I couldn’t be happier. I don’t think I’d have got here without her." Susan, sales manager.
"Judy helped me get unstuck. I knew what I wanted to do, but I didn’t know how to go about it. She’s helped me to value myself and my abilities and my dreams – and to see that the world out there values what I offer too. She doesn’t impose her own ideas – she’s sensitive to me and my needs. Going to her for coaching has given me a lot more confidence and also helped me have more fun – I’m a freelancer and wasn’t putting in enough time for me. It sounds paradoxical, but since I’ve given myself more time off, everything’s begun to flow better with my work too." Aud, dancer.