Client stories

From hobbyist to pro Sarah Haskell met Lorna at a Christmas fayre, where she had set up a small stand to promote her fledgling business,...

Jessica Bonnard is the founder of her well-established business, Language For Fun, which offers lovely, lively language lessons for...

Sheila is a behaviour change and wellness coach and founder at The Primal Zone. She joined the Flourish programme which includes...

Helena has been a drinks writer and broadcaster for more than 20 years. She wanted to build on this experience and broaden her horizons...

Adele is a project and programme manager and runs a successful business as a photographer on the side. Both logical and creative, and...

As a career and leadership coach, Melanie had been running her business for three years. She had been very successful, although the...

When she joined the Flourish programme, Charlie was an acupuncturist starting up her new business while also working in an employed role....

Anna is employed in safeguarding in education three days per week and runs her own business providing training, supervision and...

Rachael and her partner Ben run a video production company. Their fun, playful and highly creative approach to videography was not really...

Annette has been successfully as a self-employed copywriter since 1995 but had never considered that she was a ‘business owner’ or...

Angela co-owns and runs a beauty brand business with a partner and worked in a school when she joined the Flourish programme. As is...

Lesley is a herbalist, interior designer and café / bar owner and she joined the Flourish programme because... “My life was not where I...

When Jess joined the Flourish programme, she was working part-time in a job she didn’t enjoy while freelancing two days a week as a...

Following a relocation to the midlands, Fiona embarked on re-setting up her business as a Reiki practitioner. She joined the Flourish...

David is unusual among the Be The Best You clients in being male. The Flourish programme is indeed for women, however, one-to-one...

Andrea had a tough decision to make. She is self-employed and loves her work, but it is very physical and for the sake of her medium to...

Following many years of working in the publishing industry, Mary left to start her own business, selling her own art, unique handmade...

Emma runs a successful online and in-person dog training business, but she couldn’t complete anything. She was creating distractions...

Jo had recently finished a business development programme to shape her brand new, highly innovative, tech business start-up and realised,...

Teri was recommended to the Flourish programme by a friend who was also on it. Teri joined because, feeling stuck and overwhelmed made...

Kate was in full-time employment and ran her own flower nursery when she joined the Flourish programme. She felt stressed every day,...

Pia runs a successful import and distribution business to retailers in South Africa and, following a move to the UK, was looking to...

Mel ran two businesses, tutoring and Mel’s Marvellous Cakes, and had begun to write a book when she joined The Flourish Hothouse...

Ruth joined the Flourish programme because she was feeling overwhelmed, lost and fearful. She didn’t know which way to go next in her...

Emma had a track history of failing to stick at any job for more than a couple of years. When she left her last employed role, she was...

Jo had run her eco-friendly furniture design business for a few years, and in her own words, “It was doing okay, but this big opportunity...

Alison felt she had lost her identity because she was no longer working due to ongoing ill-health, having previously held senior finance...

Despite being what others might consider a high achiever, Sonia felt she should be achieving more. She lacked confidence in her own...

Maggie was going through a particularly difficult time in her personal and professional life, facing challenges on both fronts. She...

Rachel felt very fearful. Her fears affected her every day and made the running of her business much harder than it needed to be. She had...

Marian is a successful business owner who had already worked with a business coach to evolve and develop her company. To make good on...

Anne’s situation came to a head with care for her elderly father on top of uncertainty around work, which left her feeling guilty and on...

Elizabeth had been made redundant, and wanted to set up her own business, but at 56 she lacked confidence and felt “on the heap”. She...

Over years of yoyo dieting, Andrea had tried many approaches and interventions to tackle her issues with food and exercise. Having...

Susan came to coaching after a series of unsuccessful long-term relationships. When we discussed the common issues in these...

Charlotte came to coaching because she was thinking about early retirement. She said she was OK with the idea of it, as she loves golf...