About me
Hi, I'm Maria, the smiley coach 😊.
I empower women to build more self- trust, and self-confidence to be unstoppable when working on their dreams. My aim is not to let you fall into stories that you may tell yourself such as 'I am not confident enough', because confidence is not a pre-requisite; it's the result of your actions and the courage to start.
🔆 What Sets Me Apart:
My mission is to enable you to be in the driver seat of your own life and liberate yourself from external expectations.
Through my coaching I want you to know yourself, to know what you want, and your strengths, values and talents. To focus on your unique energy, so you can really create positive change and make your life serve you rather than feeling like an impostor or that life is not fulfilling.
🔆 What I can help you with:
- Stop over thinking and sabotaging yourself. Feel the most confident: whether that is when meeting friends, within your own skin, public speaking, networking, starting something new, finding a partner, getting yourself out there, going back to work, finding yourself again...
- Forget about stress and having no time or energy. Transform your life by making changes so your life serves YOU: get to know who you are, what you want, what boundaries align with you (time, energy, habits...), creating a plan that works for you and achieving it, focusing on what’s going on for you and not what’s against.
- Procrastination (Higher achievers, I hear you). You are afraid of failing so you delay that task because if you don't do it, you can't fail? You have too much in your plate that you react by retrieving and doing some shopping or watching something on TV? Let's get to know what's stopping you and how you can turn those internal fights into internal encouragement so you finish what you started and more!
🔆 Values I Live By:
💪🏼 Empowerment: We are talking setting boundaries, celebrating your successes, growth, finding yourself, honouring who you truly are and using all of this to give you back the power to unlock what makes you happy.
🔥 Passion: Everything I do is guided by what makes my heart sing. Have you ever made a decision or a change based on something in your gut, call it instinct, but not knowing why?
If I don't believe in something or is not making me happy, I change. And I want you to do the same. I believe in helping you unlock what fires you and follow it.
🎯 Purpose: This is my why. I love knowing and learning everyday, all day. Knowing why I'm doing things propels me. Making the world more equal and empowering you to step into your greatness to achieve your vision is my purpose so I'm here to help you discover yours.
🕊️ Freedom and ❣️ Authenticity: I'm all for being able to choose and to create your own path by who you are. Adapting life to me, rather than conforming. Just being you authentically. Showing up as yourself brings so much peace of mind and liberation.
If you're on the lookout for a coach that champions you and believes in you all the way but will not believe the stories you tell yourself to make excuses for you, let's connect. We can start a journey of self-discovery, empowerment, and achievement. Looking forward to supporting you in reaching those inspiring goals!
Training, qualifications & experience
I have completed the Personal Performance diploma at The Coaching Academy.
Earners of Personal Performance Coaching Diploma have the fundamental skills and tools required to work with individuals or groups to deliver coaching on any topic. Supporting clients to goal set for success and challenging unhelpful thoughts/behaviour, empowering them to take responsibility and action to achieve what they want in any area of their lives. They have completed an ICF approved programme at ACSTH level awarding 54 coach specific training hours and is CPD Standards Office accredited.
Skills:
- Active Listening
- Asking Powerful Questions
- Coaching
- Confidentiality
- Empathy
- Establish And Maintain Professional Boundaries
- Ethics
- Goal Setting
- Raising Awareness
- Reflective Skills
I am a DISC accredited coach, which means that I offer my clients the DISC profiling test and I use it in my sessions to support them in understanding their own strengths and developmental areas in order to maximise performance. This is a CPD Standards Office Accredited training programme.
I have earned a Coaching specialism in Confidence so I am able to help clients with personal and professional confidence issues, in a private or corporate setting. I assist clients in discovering their inner resources, developing their confidence and stepping into their confident self with ease.
I have coached clients in a wide variety of topics: self-image and self-love, work life balance and stress, procrastination, impostor syndrome, public speaking, being stuck or lost in life without clarity, finding clarity in next steps, career transition...
If you would like to know more about what coaching is and could do for you or have any questions. Everything starts with a free discovery call which is an informal online call for us to discuss your vision and dreams, where you are at right now and where you want to go. Also, we'll make sure that we are a good fit for each other. I am looking forward to hearing from and see how we could work together! :)
Areas of coaching I deal with
Other areas of coaching I deal with
Confidence and Courage coaching
Fees
£70.00 - £128.00
Free initial online session
Additional information
I do offer single power hour sessions. The aim of these is to gain clarity, talk about a single obstacle, decision or create a goal plan. These sessions are also used as a top up after we have worked together for a while.
However, I believe that coaching is transformational and for that, there is a need for us to work for a few sessions and a longer time. This is why I offer different programs that we can discuss in the free initial discovery call.
Further information
🔆 What my clients say:
"I would like to express my deepest gratitude to Maria for the incredible and transformative experience throughout our coaching journey. The sessions have been a gift, providing invaluable insights. Maria's commitment to my success, coupled with her guidance on actionable plans, has been instrumental in my personal and professional growth. I appreciate the positive changes in my mindset, the clarity gained on my goals, and the newfound confidence I now carry. Maria's support has been more than I could have asked for, and I am genuinely grateful for her dedication to my journey. Thank you for the wonderful coaching experience, and I look forward to carrying these lessons forward in my life." Laura, K.
"My coaching sessions with Maria had a very positive impact on my self-confidence and this enabled me to face new challenges with courage and optimism. Maria provided a coaching environment that was supportive, encouraging and, ultimately for me, empowering. Hearing myself answer her insightful questions allowed me to recognise where my repeating thought patterns had been holding me back and to begin to see old issues from a new perspective. Thanks to our sessions, my insecurity around my appearance reduced enough to allow me to participate in zoom calls without feeling cripplingly self conscious. I was also able to create a study plan that truly suited me and that I’ve been successfully following." Kerry D.
"One of the biggest things I've taken away from my coaching sessions with María is a more positive mindset. María is such a positive person and throughout our sessions she has always highlighted my strengths and the positive things about me. Over our time together this has taken hold and even outside of coaching, I've started noticing some of the less kind thoughts I have about myself, and have started pausing these and recognising that I have a choice to look at myself in a more accepting way. " Sally C.
