All coaching testimonials
The gift of working with Alice - it’s been transformational. I’ve moved into a state of balance and elegance and feeling fully supported in making changes. I can’t recommend Alice enough, she is an incredible coach.
Alice has so much wisdom, she’s a creative brain partner with a structured way of working that ‘gets stuff done.’ I’d especially recommend Alice if you are someone who struggles with overwhelm and you need hand-holding. She’s the perfect wing woman at your side, with all the right resources to help you on your journey.
Kat Dever
Alice, you are totally and utterly brilliant and gorgeous and I'm profoundly grateful for your help. Alice has an incredible ability to know what I need during a session, understanding and empathising with how my brain works. She can explain this and find solutions to help solve the crunchy bits.
Alice has helped me to delegate, let things go and organise my time in a way that I never thought was possible. I’ve been able to create enough space in the week to re-ignite my music career while doing more strategic work, and charging a more appropriate rate for my consulting work. It's a whole new world!
Ted Waters
That I can work. I can work. With some changes and adjustments, work is a possibility for someone like me with my health and all my “stuff” ”. Doing this work, for me, was a case of whether I survived or not. I thought the alternatives were to keep bending and breaking myself and burning out, or just be so out of it that I can’t work. This work has shown me what was possible and that it didn’t have to be either of those extremes. I can have a successful income, not just scraping by.
I knew I had a high need and was aching for some good quality support. I had really low expectations of coaching after some bad experiences with several people who had jumped on the “neurodivergent” term as a way to make quick money, without really understanding how to help or having any concept of what burnout meant, how that looks or interacts with neurodivergence.
I was very cautious about working with you as a white woman! I didn’t want to spend my sessions explaining things that a black coach might get automatically. You created space for me to be all the things, not as a tick box exercise, you actually took those parts in, which shifted what I could bring - and we could get to the heart of the work more quickly.
You have a really good sense of where your boundaries are - if something came up that wasn’t your remit, it wasn’t swooshed away, you attended to it but you were able to redirect me to where I would get the best support and attention - i.e. GP / therapist etc
You have such a holistic and flexible approach - you know how to deal with people! You took in the goals and targets we set, but you also took into account all the different parts of me that would ultimately impact on the sessions and the work we did. So if I was having a low energy day and just couldn’t think, we went with something that required less of my exec functioning / less energy, less thinking but which was still helpful.
You had a real understanding of how my work self and my home/life self come together and I thought this was really well attended to. A beautiful amalgamation of who I am and how I work, in harmony rather than very separate.
Laura P
When I first began my coaching with Alice I felt in the dark about what I was/am struggling with in terms of my neurodivergence and other physically and mentally debilitating symptoms. I wanted to get a deeper understanding of my struggles and how I need to be supported.
It’s been a long journey slowly peeling away the layers, owning the struggles, releasing the shame surrounding them and pushing to get diagnosis and funding support.
Alice has a unique way of holding space for the hard stuff while still seeing the magic and the possibilities which come with being neurodivergent. She is clever and has an amazing understanding of what is available support wise while helping you release the shame attached to asking for/getting this.
I now find myself in a much lighter place despite still having the same physical struggles. I have so much more understanding about myself and a lot more support available to me. More clarity on how to move forward and create a healthy happy life.
The support Alice has given me has been life changing - I would go as far to say life saving - and I would highly recommend her to anyone who needs to shine a light on themselves in this way.
Daisy Dyer
When we started I remember feeling completely snowed under with everything, it wasn't physical stuff, it was the mental load. I was getting so overwhelmed with work and life admin, asking myself “why can't I work like other people?” which was causing a lot of anxiety, feeling like I was just getting it wrong all the time.
Our conversations have helped me understand how my ADHD brain works. I’m looking into autism assessment now too. You’ve been so helpful in giving me solutions and processes of how to do things that work best for me. I get a lot less anxious now and generally just feel more relaxed/confident about handling what I've got on my plate.
I hadn’t been sure if the improvements I was seeing was down to ADHD meds since they started at the same time as coaching. But when I found out I was pregnant and had to stop the meds I realised that it was the coaching that was helping me reprogramme and better understand my brain! I always thought I’d go back on meds after I stopped breastfeeding, but now I won’t bother.
Maddie Smith
With you (Alice) from the offset, I felt an ease in conversation which is rare for me. Normally with a new person I'm feeling like I'm going to say the wrong thing, or I'm going to be judged. But it was instant rapport from our first session and felt very collaborative. You are incredibly clever, someone who is really accessible and very open about your own neurodivergence.
Our sessions have been uplifting, energising and surprising - you have had insights for me across everything, the whole spectrum of my business, autism and personal life. You're deeply curious, genuinely fascinated by what is making ME tick. You get to the bottom of things and you don't let me off the hook! Yet you do it in such a non-judgmental, caring way - someone who is genuinely in MY corner..
I'm more aware of some of my body signals now, especially from an autism perspective, much more aware of when I'm feeling prickly or feeling overstimulated. You've helped me function better by showing me how to have a lot more compassion and patience for myself in those moments.
I've had a lot more business input than I expected which has been really welcome. So from a business perspective, the next three months look a lot different than I had planned earlier in the year, and that’s because of how you've helped support me, and figure out what my priorities need to be to manage my health and to not be overwhelmed.
I wasn't expecting such a degree of scientific knowledge that backs up everything you talk about so well along with factual knowledge about autism and getting support for disabilities. You have given me endless helpful recommendations. I could spend another year just going through some of the books, programs and things that you've recommended for me.
You are fabulous, very fabulous at what you do, and a very fabulous human as well! You go above and beyond with a lot of your recommendations and the support you offer. You really made me think, “I need to step up my own coaching game”!
Emily Jacob, Founder of ReConnected Life
I’m very appreciative of the direction you have taken us in - I think you do a wonderful job, drawing upon a vast array of ‘science’ and ‘human’ knowledge. You are clearly skilled, not only at identifying things to raise and a direction of travel, but at articulating things to people in a way that resonates specifically with them. You are very careful and considered to put something across to me in a way that I will respond well to - acknowledging my brain’s particular wiring as autistic.
You have helped me identify the parts of me that get overwhelmed and why, and you have provided support for those things. You are incredibly insightful, gently supportive and safe. You are a very special human being and very talented at what you do. I really enjoy working with you.
Clare Nesbitt
That I can work. I can work. With some changes and adjustments, work is a possibility for someone like me with my health and all my “stuff” ”. Doing this work, for me, was a case of whether I survived or not. I thought the alternatives were to keep bending and breaking myself and burning out, or just be so out of it that I can’t work. This work has shown me what was possible and that it didn’t have to be either of those extremes. I can have a successful income, not just scraping by.
Laura P, Psychotherapist
As someone running a demanding business I have found it invaluable to have a space where I’m not in charge and I can come for support. You helped uncover important blind spots in a really safe and held way. I now have a deeper understanding of how to work with the neurodivergent aspects of how I do things and so that I can be more effective and highly functioning in my professional life. It has helped ground and deepen what I do so that I can be more present and think systematically in the way I hold my business. The visioning piece was really helpful, I went and left messages with my team afterwards telling them “I have a vision!”
Helen Millar, Consultant, speaker, coach and conscious creative.
I really needed help working out how to be happier in my challenging life; juggling a demanding career and an even more demanding family - each with complex needs! Your coaching has helped me accept that I DO juggle a lot and I can’t “ignore‘ that or ‘optimise‘ or change that, but I can adapt my expectations. It’s also been a good wake up call that my partner and I need to work out a solution that works for both of us, and is not reliant on me being the thinker, doer, arranger and enabler all the time.
You are a very strong coach who has a powerful knowledge base with techniques to explain how the brain and body really work, and why many of us are struggling so much. This insight has been incredibly powerful. You also explore the underlying reasons for why we are struggling and look at the nervous system, our emotions and our brain. Traditional counselling often seems to look for a problem in the past that we need to ‘talk about’ but seems to ignore how the brain / sensory system works.
Elizabeth
"Alice's ability to hold me emotionally as well as practically has helped me really begin to find the stepping stones to working in total alignment with the gift this life has given me. My dear friend distilled the energy of Alice in one of those knowing glances that twinkles with “Yes, go for it!!” When I met Alice I could feel respect, strength and tenderness and I knew she would be able to hold me. I feel like I’ve got permission to get it wrong.
She's shamanic - listening to the intelligence in each moment. It feels to me that she see's the 'bigger' picture around me. She met me exactly where I am so that the right energy can be harnessed to work with at the right time. Her ability to be to the point yet wrapped in warmth, allows me to be more than I knew myself to be. Very cunning! She's a life energy surfer!!!"
Sophie Bolton, Dancing Freedom
"I have worked with other coaches before and found you to be the most useful in terms of honesty and style of working. You seem to be some kind of mind-reader - you know what I'm feeling even when I haven't said what it is. You are approachable and easy to talk to. Unlike with many coaches, I felt able to raise things with you and be honest. You were willing to listen to my concerns, rather than just dictate some cookie cutter approach.
You had tools to help me get to the core of what I was trying to do. Our intensive focused on where to begin and getting things like my about page roughed out. I knew it was just aimed at this area rather than trying to sort out the whole business and that helped me focus as well. You did what you said, you kept your word. My 'story straight' plan" has helped me see where I am going and the steps I need to take. Yes even a few sessions can keep you on track"
Jennifer Syme
"Many, many thanks for your sharp clear focus, open heart and amazing presence. You keep things simple and narrow everything down to what's relevant now as opposed to just visioning. It's totally felt how passionate you are with your work, which is by far the biggest inspiration. I was really excited to do this - it's been coming for many years. My main aim was to find a target audience or a niche and I've been dancing around that for a few years!It only took half and hour and there she is standing in my room and I'm well pleased that I've nailed it now!
I've got a solid marketing strategy now. There's no more messing about. I know who I want to talk to, who will really benefit from my work and I can go! I have clear goals, structure which is great. thank you SO much."
Julia Jeremiah
"Alice has a magical capacity to pull the greatness out of me. She helps me see aspects of myself that I had perceived as flaws, as my in fact greatest strengths. Connecting with what I’m good at has been a relief and allows me to focus my energy on what I do best. I always feel so good about myself, so limitless under the warmth of Alice’s generous attention.​
She connects me with my divinity so that I can remember the vast potential available to me. In practical terms, Alice has helped me realise my authentic value and charge really well for my services, in a female dominant sector where the culture is to undervalue. I had been sitting on a lot of resource for a successful business, but not had the clarity and focus to apply and get results for all the work I was putting in."
Roma Norriss, Parenting Consultant
"Alice has have an innate gift for deeply seeing the gifts of others. I have deeply touched the true essence of what it is that I want to offer and what my purpose is right now. You are restoring my faith in myself supporting me to bring my work into the world at last.
It feels like I've been bringing so many parts of myself together - issues which have been unresolved for over 25 years are coming into harmony, because your work is so deep and so comprehensive. I'm inspired and touched by your deep desire for everyone to shine and live in fullness and integrity. Thank you THANK YOU for seeing me and having faith."
Emily Fuller, Online Midwife
"You gave me permission to try things out, get things wrong and be on a learning curve. To step into my power and make a mess as part of the process. Being held as someone that can create, that has permission to be BIG!
The sense of being celebrated for all that gives me courage and self respect. I so appreciate your ability to hold the shadowy aspects of my feelings without it impacting on the way you can hold the possibilities in my future. I feel the difficulties are honoured and can be included in the positive stuff as evidence of strengths and growth. I think that is a very unique and a powerfully feminine way of working."
Carolyn Clitheroe, Holistic Decluttering Consultant
"II knew what I wanted to do but I didn't know how to break it all down, and you've helped me break it down into sizeable chunks. You've allowed me to see how easy it is - how it was all there but I couldn't make those connections on my own. I've been really worrying about how to write blogs, thinking I had nothing to say - and now I can think of millions of things to talk about now! Its given me a huge big push.”
Samara Lewis, Rewilding The Soul
"Alice has a lazer blade clarity - she wrapped her head around my business sooo quickly. She asked really good questions and was able to see the core issues in such a short space of time. Alice addressed the relationship between me and the business - and how the business reflects me. Not the typical approach of a business coach: very flexible, very organic.
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I was concerned about profitability and visibility, and I ended up with a long list of things I can take action on so I can improve the reach of my business. You should try her, just to see exactly what it's going to mean for you!"
Llyane Stanfield
"Alice has the unique ability to know when to go deep and get right to the heart of what's happening and when to strip out the fluff, fuzz & fog and give practical straight up advice just when it's needed."
Sarah Kent
"You heard what I was trying to say, took my scattered ideas, pulled them together, then repeated them back to me with polished wording that was clear, direct and professional. Really delicious copy for my current project!
Tina Koyama
"This was instrumental in moving me positively forward in a huge and challenging creative project, so thank you. I found Alice extremely insightful and clued into whatever was going on for each person. I felt I could trust her implicitly with my inner most workings and this enabled me to truly release and move forward. No blocks seemed too big for her!!"
Vicki Burke
"Before I started working with you I was feeling very anxious and nervous a lot of the time. I would be constantly worrying about other people's problems along with my own - but feeling powerless to do anything. I now am able to be with my feelings and allow myself space to feel and move through them in their own time. The anxiety is a lot less.
Hannah Roberts, Yoga Teacher
"I got a huge amount of clarity around what you saw in me and how you pulled it out, and then repackaged it and gave it back to me."
Zillah
"Wow, what a journey. I feel highly honoured. A real joy and contentment. Thank you for your amazing respect, connectedness and insight - I felt safe in your hands."
Amy Houghton
Thank you for your help and guidance!!! Yesterday was an especially nourishing session for me! I’m so excited to be allowed to love those bits I was fighting with for so long. Now this is just lovely, oh so lovely…
For the first time in a long time I’m able to see how stuck I have been, and where this stuckness comes from. It’s quite challenging and very very emotional to go back there, but it all feels very natural and as if it's exactly how it is meant to be. I’m sooo touched and elevated. A big weight has fallen off my shoulders.
Pavla Kislerova
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