Anna Richmond Reid
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About me
Hi, I’m Anna.
I work with women in grant giving organisations, who are struggling at work after returning from maternity leave, to help them feel capable, so they can start enjoying work again.
You want to regain your confidence and self-trust and start loving your job again. I’m the coach that can get you there.
Sound familiar? Click the email me button and let’s have a chat.
Returning to work after maternity is hard.
One study found that 42% of women lack confidence in their own ability after a year or more away from work.
The first few months returning to work can feel fine, as you slowly transition to being back in the work place.
The trouble really begins a few months in, as a loss of confidence leads to overwhelm, anxiety and feelings of inferiority.
You worry that you at not performing well enough at work. You worry you don’t have what it takes anymore.
This affects your relationships at work and your ability to do your job. While the worry follows you home and invades your time with your children and partner.
Let’s think about this for a moment.
It’s absolutely natural when we have a prolonged break out of the workplace to feel less confident when we return to work.
That being away from work means we experience a crisis of confidence, self-doubt and overwhelm when we return.
It’s not our fault and it’s really common, remember 42% of women feel this way.
Just as having a baby is a huge life transition, returning to work is also a time of transition. We need to give ourselves time and space to prepare and adjust to the new reality of having been away and having so much to juggle.
You’ve tried ignoring your anxiousness and self-doubt, telling yourself to get a grip, immersing yourself in work. You’ve tried positive affirmations. None of it is working. It feels like your confidence reduces further each month while your feelings of overwhelm and anxiety increase.
When we are struggling, we can feel ashamed, why aren’t we coping? Why have I lost confidence?
We also worry that we don’t want to bring attention to how we are feeling. We wonder if our colleagues and managers have noticed. We worry that we are not performing well enough in our job and in our darkest moments that we might be disciplined, or even worse lose our job.
The truth is very different. You are performing in your job. No one is worried about your performance except you.
Working is like riding a bike, the skills, experience and knowledge we grow in our careers are always there, we don’t forget or lose them.
We can regain our faith in our abilities, feel capable and competent again and comfortable with our colleagues and managers.
You still offer all the wonderful skills, qualities and experience you had before maternity leave and in fact, you offer much more to your employer after your maternity leave.
I struggled myself when I returned to work after my second child. Although I breezed through my first return to work everything about my second return felt harder. I lost confidence in my ability to do my job and felt incapable, inferior, overwhelmed and increasingly anxious at work.
I stuck it out, got help and overcame my challenges to enjoy my work again and feel valuable. I now help other women to have successful transitions back to work after maternity leave.
I’m here to support you to regain your love of work, faith in yourself and joy in your life.
Why not book a complementary consult with me to find out more? Click the email me button.
My 1.1 coaching takes you through a process to turn things around and thrive at work and home.
Step 1 – Cope with the day to day
Step 2 - Stop worrying about my performance at work and what others think
Step 3 - Do things differently and start feeling capable again
Step 4 - Start enjoying work!
Step 5 – Build better relationships and reconnect
Step 6 - Feel more confident, trust my judgement and abilities and celebrate what I have to offer
Step 7 - Be present with my kids and partner and keep the important plates spinning
Step 8 - Feel fulfilled at work and home
Ready to get started? Click the email me button and say hi.
Training, qualifications & experience
I'm a qualified Life Coach trained by the Beautiful You Coaching Academy, which is certified with the International Coaching Federation. I also work as a Social Prescriber in the NHS supporting people to make changes and achieve health and wellbeing goals.
I’ve worked in the charity sector, managing delivery of community development projects, applying for funding and reporting impact to donors. I’m passionate about investing in communities, supporting communities to find their own solutions and valuing community and voluntary sector organisations.
I’m a Pregnancy Yoga Teacher, have two children and have navigated two returns to work after maternity leave.
A few client testimonials:
"No amount of money can pay for this six-week experience.
Anna is not only skilled in the practice but very passionate about seeing the success of her
Anna is very encouraging and always ready to celebrate my successes with me.
I am so privileged to have met her and to have gone through the exciting six weeks with her."
Lucy K. Maroncha
"I wholeheartedly recommend Anna’s life coaching sessions. They really helped me move forwards with confidence and feel excited for what’s to come.
Working with Anna was fantastic, she has a natural ability to listen as well as motivate in a very organic way. The sessions were also lots of fun.
Life coaching is a beautiful opportunity & gift to yourself. I hadn’t realised the power of life coaching but quickly learnt how it enables you to focus clearly on the things you care about, the goals you wish to manifest and to tune in to your true self. "
Emma Verey
"Anna has a true gift as a coach and I would recommend her to all my friends who wish to go further in sharing their gifts with the world.
Anna is a very focused, compassionate and skilful coach and guide.
Anna kept me very much 'on track'. She has an incredible ability to get to the bottom of things and ask important questions which really help the truth of the heart reveal itself.
I highly recommend Anna, you will feel fully supported, heard and deeply celebrated! "
Catherine Lee
“The actions we decided on were small but have made a big difference to me and my family.
I booked the one-hour discovery coaching session with Anna which I was dubious about as it seemed like such a short session. However, I was amazed at how helpful and deep we were able to go in that time because Anna is so focused and excellent at asking the right questions in a kind supportive way.
Anna shared some great worksheets and guidance with me which meant the session jumped straight into what I wanted to achieve and we managed to stay on track honing my messy thoughts into very clear small actions.
After the session I felt much clearer and determined. I felt listened to and Anna was able to steer me through my options to help me achieve better wellbeing. It can feel unnatural talking about your personal life but Anna was very understanding and empathetic, she always focused on how I would like it to be and how it could be different. The actions we decided on were small but have made a big difference to me and my family.
It truly was a discovery for me to see clearly how to feel better about myself.”
Marie Buss
Areas of coaching I deal with
Fees
£125.00 per session
Free initial in-person or online session
Additional information
£750 for a six session coaching series.
Payment Plan and gift vouchers available. The Payment Plan is 3 monthly payments of £250
Coaching Packages
Work with me for 6 session coaching series. We’ll meet every two weeks for 60 – 75 minutes. Achieve your goal of loving work again and thriving at work and at home!
Free email support between sessions is included in your package.
I'd love to meet you and chat about what support you need. Click the email me button.
Further information
Praise for my free online workshops
"I left feeling very motivated about my next steps for getting closer to my goals.
The space felt lovely. I felt comfortable sharing my thoughts but not pressured to.
Anna made us all feel very welcome and comfortable. I'm now excited about the next steps I'll take."
Mazzy Murphy
"So lovely to have time to reflect and think on the "everyday". A really lovely open session"
Elaine Richardson
"A really welcoming safe feeling space to share and listen. You realise people are often feeling the same way "
Abigail Leeks
"Anna creates a safe space to dive into yourself and share with others. The workshop broke down the big questions into practical actionable steps.
By sharing her own experience, she invites the group to do the same, sparking a productive conversation and reflection."
"The True Confidence Workshop gave me time to think and reflect and consider new ideas on how to feel more confident and move forward. "
" Very worthwhile, a safe space to discuss ideas. Very, very supportive".
