About me
My mission is to inspire you to live an authentic, fulfilling life by unlocking your full potential. Through my tailored coaching sessions, I help you set clear goals, overcome obstacles, and create a pathway to success.
How I Can Help You?
I believe we all have the ability for personal and professional growth but achieving it alone can be challenging. As your coach, I offer a safe, supportive environment where you can explore your aspirations and achieve real, transformative change.
Coaching Approach
My coaching program is 100% tailored to your unique needs, using a solution-focused approach that helps you make sustainable, positive changes. Whether you're seeking career advancement, emotional resilience, or improved relationships, my goal is to help you realize your true potential.
Client Success Stories
Here are just a few examples of how coaching has empowered my clients to reach new heights:
· Career Development: Achieving promotions and increasing earning potential.
· Leadership & Resilience: Building emotional resilience, improving management and leadership skills, and becoming more effective both at work and at home.
· Self-Esteem: Boosting confidence after facing challenges like redundancy, relationship issues, or workplace bullying.
· Life Transformation: Making bold life decisions, such as starting a business, changing career paths, retirement plans, or making significant relationship choices.
Let’s Work Together
If you're ready to take the next step towards a more confident and successful you, I'd love to help. I offer a free 30-minute discovery session, where we can explore your goals and see if coaching is the right fit for your journey. This no-obligation consultation is an opportunity to discuss your needs and get a feel for how we can work together.
Contact me today to schedule your session and start your journey toward personal and professional success.
Gaynor
Training, qualifications & experience
My professional qualifications include:
BSc (Hons) Social Work
Level 5 Diploma in Performance Coaching with NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming)
Certificate in Counselling
Balanceology Burnout Coaching Fundamentals
Diploma in EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique)
Master Practitioner Emotional Intelligence (ILM approved)
Emotional Intelligence (IQ) Practitioner
1-2-1 Mentoring
Workshops and Group work
Trainer
Enhanced DBS as I often work with vulnerable children as well as Adults.
Working with people has been my life, I love it and enjoying helping people move forward in their lives; I get great satisfaction in seeing happy people ! With over 30 years of experience working with children, young people, and adults, I have a proven track record of helping individuals create positive change in both their personal and professional lives. My background spans social work (child protection, fostering, CAFCASS), mentoring, youth work, and mental health support; and over the past 4 years a Life Coach.
Helping people thrive has been the heart of my career, and I find immense joy in supporting individuals to move forward in life. There’s nothing more rewarding than seeing the positive impact on the people I work with, knowing they are happier and more fulfilled.
Member organisations
National Council of Integrative Psychotherapists
Areas of coaching I deal with
Other areas of coaching I deal with
- Divorce / Separation Coaching
- Emotional Intelligence
- Resilience Building
- Bullying
Photos & videos
Fees
Free initial telephone session
Additional information
I offer session packages and I am happy to discuss your requirements with you.
When I work
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Monday to Friday - happy to arrange suitable times with you between 10am to 7pm. I like to keep a healthy work/life balance!
Further information
Testimonials:
"I would like to thank you most sincerely for all your help. When I thought I couldn't reach my goals, you showed me patience, understanding and gave me time, and it helped me to reach my potential. I am still using all the tools that you showed me, not only with the issue that I came to you with, but also in other aspects of my life that I wanted to improve. And the saying “The difference between who you are and who you want to be it what you do" is very true! I have never felt so comfortable and at ease with someone as I have with you. Once again, Thank you for helping me to bring out the best in me. You have influenced my life for the better. I will certainly recommend you and should I ever need any further coaching I will be back! " Jane RB
"Since working with Gaynor, I have noticed a marked improvement in my self-esteem and confidence. I have always found it difficult to self-reflect and verbalise my strengths. Though a series of exercises and conversations during our coaching sessions, Gaynor has helped me to tackle this issue. It is an ongoing process for me, but one which I now find considerably less daunting. Gaynor is a natural facilitator, and she has helped me to overcome personal and professional barriers to self-improvement. There is still plenty of work for me to do to reach my ultimate goals, but with Gaynor's help and support, I know I can achieve my goals". Stephen T.
"A big thank you Gaynor for all your help and support. You have taught me new ways of coping with the stresses of life, and its made a big difference to how I handle situations". CW.
"I commenced life coaching sessions with Gaynor in December 2019. I needed someone to bounce my thoughts off. I had reached a crossroads in my career and needed a catalyst to help my thought process. We had a good rapport, and our sessions were held in a non-judgemental atmosphere, and I felt I could be open with her. There was no sense that the sessions were anything other than being about me. Gaynor is very professional and helped me to clarify my thoughts and I decided to invest a period of time in a different type of role which then opened up a entirely different career path for myself. I would highly recommend Gaynor Wood as a Performance Coach and have no hesitation in recommending her to friends and colleagues". John W.
"Hi Gaynor,Just a note to say thank you so much for coaching me over the past few months. You have helped me analyse a few home truths, and it has greatly helped me to take a few small steps of action that I do not think I would have made without undertaking our sessions. Your calm yet friendly and very non-judgemental approach allowed me to open up, reflect and contemplate and understand what is important to me. I would always be happy to recommend you to anyone who wanted or needed some life coaching, as it has helped me gain much needed direction in a difficult time. Many thanks". Louise S
"Gaynor provided me with life coaching sessions when I needed it the most in my life. It helped me make important decisions at a time I felt like everything was falling apart around me. Gaynor is brilliant at her job and I would highly recommend her, she has a way of making me smile and laugh again and I am very grateful for all the support she provided me". Patricia A.
"Thank you Gaynor for helping me to gain the confidence I was lacking. I now have a different positive attitude at work which has been noticed. So hopefully I will get that promotion I want". MH.
