Testimonials
“Julia is professionally rigorous yet endlessly encouraging.”
Helen Jackson, lawyer
“Julia inspires confidence in anyone with whom she works, whether on a one-to-one basis or in a group situation.”
Yvonne Williamson, head of music (retired)
“Life coaching with Julia was an empowering experience. When I began, Julia was keen to understand the motivation behind my retirement plans and understand my values. Julia listened to me and made me feel central to the process. Once this was established, she set a positive and caring environment for our sessions. She was wholly encouraging about my ideas but questioned my self-imposed limitations. She was not afraid to challenge my long held and unhelpful beliefs.Julia left me with some great tools to continue exploring different areas in my life. I am positive about my choices but also now know I am capable of changing paths if this is needed. Thanks so much!”
Heather, General Practitioner
“I am a research scientist, and I came to Julia with the aim of improving my confidence at work. Throughout our sessions, we covered several areas, including public speaking and communication with colleagues. Julia used a particularly effective question-answer approach, where she would present well-considered questions to help us both understand my motivations and internal barriers, and this in turn would often lead us to appropriate goals and solutions.
“I’ve found Julia’s coaching incredibly helpful and I feel like I’ve taken away so much from our sessions. She is full of good suggestions, and with her background in music performance, lots of really valuable advice on self-confidence. Throughout the coaching, I really felt that Julia was 100% invested in me. Thank you so much, Julia!”
Caroline Roberts, research scientist, Cancer Research UK
“The words that come to mind when I think of Julia and her work are passion, commitment, integrity and connection… She has the buzz factor.”
Pippa Jones, cello teacher and training workshop participant
“Julia is a skilled trainer who brings out the best in all her clients whatever their age. Julia runs well-structured training sessions; she also manages to make the sessions entertaining and fun. I would thoroughly recommend her sessions.”
Ruth Burgess, London Workshop Company
“I’ve been working with Julia over the past few months and have found the experience invaluable in terms of identifying priorities, challenges and solutions… Her intelligence, broad life experience and incredibly positive attitude shine through all of our sessions.
“We work over the phone (rather than Zoom – my preference!) but I can feel how carefully she listens and how considered her questions and suggestions back to me are. She brings great humanity and kindness to this work, always making me feel understood, appreciated and supported, whilst moving me forwards in terms of improving the ways I am managing my time, activities, and interactions.
“I would recommend coaching with Julia for anyone who would like to consider where they are and how to get to where they may want to be.
“Coaching is not easy, but equally, under Julia’s guidance, it is not difficult. She moves at a pace that you set together, and is flexible in terms of what you are feasibly able to manage between sessions. I know that once I complete the course, I will often recall her words and her belief in me, and make better decisions and plans as a result.”
Isabel Hopkins, market research consultant
“Working with Julia has been great. She’s really helped me reframe some of the things I was already doing and given fab advice on how to tackle some of the challenges I wanted to overcome which has ultimately resulted in me being offered a new job within a very short period of time! I am really excited about starting my new job and am already well on the way to sorting out all the things I need to do to move across the country to start, all with Julia’s support!”
J. Hopkins, market researcher
“Julia has a gift for keeping participants enthralled… The main words are: delighted, excited progression, confidence, achieving, succeeding, relaxed, stretched, skills and INSPIRATIONAL!”
Rosemarie Adams, training workshop participant, music teacher
