WiseGoals Coaching

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James’ calm and kind approach combined with an ability to listen deeply and ask insightful questions makes for an enjoyable and powerful coaching experience. James’ coaching has helped me to successfully reach goals in different areas of my life, including business and well-being goals. I have no hesitation in recommending James and I am very grateful that he is my coach.

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When I first approached being coached, I felt a bit hesitant. James created a very safe environment, where it felt easy to talk. I grew up in an environment where we didn’t really ever discuss “issues” but rather were expected to just get on with it. By the time I started talking with James, I had so many things that I wanted to discuss/go through etc, years’ worth of traumatic events/memories/times where I was unable to speak up and then all the current issues these were then impacting. James never made me feel judged or like I had too much going on or that I was waffling on about something that happened so long ago. Instead, James helped me navigate through the numerous piles of things I wanted to discuss. It was a lot, and it was overwhelming, but James was patient and understanding. I always try to tackle things head on and could probably talk for hours. So, James helped me slow down and encouraged me to reflect on why I was bringing up a memory or event, how it has impacted me. So instead of just me ranting for an hour a week, I was reflecting on why an event was still holding relevance. James would also at times send me some articles that I found interesting and could go through in my own time or come back to if needed in future. James’ coaching has left me with genuine life changing skills. He has helped guide me towards being a stronger individual who can put up good healthy boundaries. The skills and lessons I have learned have been beyond beneficial and have helped me in all areas of my life. This in turn has helped me become more confident in myself and my abilities so I cannot thank him enough for that. James’ coaching is amazing, he never “dominated” a session but rather let me lead most of them and then guided me when I went on a side tangent or started jumping between numerous topics - which I am known to do. James is amazing at getting me to reflect on the session, what I have taken from it and what I have learned so that I may take the information and use it moving forward. His coaching style with me was involved but not taking over, provoking thought and guiding me towards my own conclusions rather than telling me what to do. A kind of help you help yourself approach, which is why now I feel like I actually have the ability to work through situations by myself as James encouraged that independent thought process. Offering guidance where needed. He would say something like, what are 3 possible ways in which you could respond to the situation/circumstance, I would lay out my options and then talk through them. It was honestly just fantastic and extremely effective because it puts in place steps that I am now able to go through myself. James’ coaching encouraged independence and that is what really worked so well for me. It also encouraged a forward focus, acknowledging what has happened, not disregarding it as I had done previously, but then instead of just focusing on the past and the negative, we would then look at where to go from there, how to grow from the situation. Not just stagnant negativity, which was a big fear of mine coming into coaching. James’s coaching acknowledges the past and negative issues and allows for a deep dive into these; however, it also encourages forward movement, healing and learning.

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I really enjoyed my coaching journey with James. He was very professional and asked interesting questions allowing me to unlock my vision of what I really want. James helped me to focus on solutions so I could get closer to my goals with each session. He is also a very nice person with a warm and compassionate approach. Highly recommend him as a coach!

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I went through a lot of trauma growing up (even if I didn't realise at the time). As I began to understand more about myself and my daily struggles, I realised how much pressure I had been putting on myself whilst needing to manage my conditions. Although I kept striving towards a good life balance, I could not get my thoughts in order to do so appropriately on my own. In my sessions with James, he has helped me to focus my thoughts, compassionately quell my doubts when I am thinking too much, and discuss methods/perspectives that have allowed me to improve my daily living. He has supported me at a steady pace. I am now more compassionate towards myself, and I feel much more in control of my life. James is very compassionate and is easy to talk to. He has an open-minded approach; He doesn't judge others; He only expresses an enthusiasm and a desire to help. Over the past 2 years, He has worked closely with me to brainstorm and discuss many methods that have helped me better manage different aspects of my life. The dedication that James has put into his research is evident and he is continually learning about new methods/perspectives in order to support his clients. This has allowed me to put my thoughts and motivations into perspective. Because of this, I am much more aware of how I can support myself, now and into the future.