Testimonials

As a company director, we acknowledged the strains put on all our teams since the start of the Pandemic, working from home, furlough and isolation from each other be it through daily virtual meetings.

Having identified a gap within our Employee Wellbeing program, the workshop gave a good insight into the subject but also in finding a suitable partner with real experiences to deliver a program that resonates with people individually.

Following the initial workshop, we reached out to Jo to discuss our thoughts, needs and budget. Within a few days Jo shared her approach, ideas and how to implement the Wellbeing Action Plan. In preparing the ground work with Jo, I found her approachable, warm, a good listener, trusting and I soon found myself comfortable, confident and ‘safe to share’ how I was also feeling.

With the team all agreeing to give up a few hours on a Saturday morning, Jo meet the team and then presented her vision of our Wellbeing program. Jo involved every member of the team in a positive & compassionate way allowing colleagues able to express safely how their feelings and anxieties. This was backed up with coping techniques giving team members tools and techniques in managing situations when they come about.

Further to this we now have implemented our Employee Wellbeing Action Plan and appointed a Wellbeing Champion.

We all look forward to the next Workshop in 3 months’ time.

Jo started working with me in my last few months of full time work, as I approached retirement from a very busy and demanding role in education. I was clear I was ready to retire but I was still finding this life change daunting and was anxious about how I would manage to to cope with all the different kinds of goodbyes and endings.

Jo worked with me very positively, identifying and allowing me to explore safely why I was feeling anxious and how I could change the way I framed these worries so they became more manageable. We planned practical steps I could take so I wasn’t overwhelmed at the end of term.

Jo helped me understand things from a range of perspectives, which allowed me to keep my concerns in proportion and to work through a whole series of last meetings with a peaceful calmness. I was able to feel more comfortable with things people wanted to say to me, as well as being clearer about what I wanted to say to a wide range of people before I left.

The final few weeks were much easier than I had been anticipating because I felt prepared and could understand the process of leaving and starting a new phase of life much better. I felt more positive about the future and the choices I would have and appreciated the value of the unknown rather than being fearful.

Jo was a positive support, her warmth, focus and breadth of understanding was fantastic. I looked forward to meeting with her and was inspired to do the things we had agreed in Each meeting as I felt confident they would work and move me forward.

I can recommend Jo as a really helpful coach and guide through important life transitions.

Working with Jo has been a pleasure from the very beginning. Her friendly, insightful and intuitive style of coaching was exactly what I needed to make the changes in my life that I’d been wanting to make for a long time.  

Jo’s approach to coaching is open-minded and creative and her experience working in mental health helped me to recognise the self-defeating thoughts and behaviours that were holding me back and find the confidence and self-belief that I need to overcome them. 

In the year since starting with Jo, I have become more productive, more resilient and have already achieved my goal of starting my own business. She has provided endless enthusiasm and unwavering support throughout, no problem too big or too small. 

I’m now setting myself goals that I would never have thought possible this time last year and I have more clarity and focus than at any other time in my life. I’d recommend Jo to anyone looking to uncover their potential and make an investment in their future.

I chose to work with Josephine when she showed me the utmost level of respect during conversations. She was honest, warm, approachable and real. Her style of coaching and insight was warm and welcoming and immediately I knew I could trust her. This enabled me to look at blocks which I may not have mentioned had I not felt safe enough.

Josephine uses her skills within mental health to go deeper than the surface conversations much quicker. She was open, honest and relayed back to me what I may not have seen too. She truly wanted to move me forward in myself and my business.

It was a relationship based on trust, rapport and honesty and I would have no hesitation in recommended Jo at all as a coach and a network facilitator.

Great coaching qualities to be found at Working with you in Mind. I can highly recommend for help in navigating through life.