What is Coaching?

"Feeling understood and valued is fundamental

to how we function as people."

TESS COLMAN

Founder

How To Do Life Book

What is Coaching?

Imagine if life came with a handbook. How useful would that be?

Imagine if – for example – being a kid, having kids, achieving the perfect career, dealing with trauma, or generally picking yourself up, dusting yourself down and get on with ‘it’ came with their own unique sets of personalised instructions.

How useful would that be?

Coaching is the next best thing.

Coaching is not counselling, therapy or advice. It’s an opportunity to challenge yourself, guided by your coach to become the version of yourself you want to be. Using a combination of therapeutic techniques and all the tools of the trade of a career in teaching, my job is to help you get to know yourself better so that you can choose your direction and take the steps you want on your new journey.

My own journey here began when I started to feel restless in my career. Working ludicrous hours lead me to lose sight of the supposed work-life balance we’re all told to have. I became stressed and anxious, yet felt powerless to change anything. I was trapped by the security of the job, even as it was taking its toll on my relationships with family and friends, and my health.

I felt strongly that I had so much more to offer. I knew that what I was doing just wasn’t working. And as we all know…if you always do what you’ve always done, then you’ll always get what you’ve always got.

I believe that the happiness, success, confidence and inner peace we crave as human beings are right there at your fingertips, and sometimes you just need a little help to take hold. I did – and

eventually I took the plunge. I looked for ways to bring about the change I was so eager to make. Now, as a fully qualified Practitioner specialising in Coaching, Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) and Hypnotherapy, and also a certified Children’s NLP Coach, it’s my turn to help you take those steps on your own journey.

I work with respect, honesty, integrity and imagination to help you, your child or your organisation achieve the mind-set and the ethos you want.

Your potential is entirely available to you and I look forward to helping you fulfil it.

Kind Words from clients

I got into contact with Tess at Connect 3 Coaching as I was struggling with anxiety and finding life hard. Tess is amazing I felt so comfortable around her. She really helped me to control my feelings. We talked about how I felt and she helped me break down my thoughts and feelings and directed me to see things in a different way. Tess gave me a lot of feedback and emailed after each session, I found this very helpful. I really don't know where I would be now if I hadn't found Tess. I would highly recommend Connect 3 Coaching. Thank you, Tess.
JoannePenrith
We can't thank Tess enough for her compassionate professionalism and her support of our family. She relates so well to children and instinctively understands what each person needs to help them reach their goals, which is a testament to the depth of knowledge and wealth of ideas she has. She kept us up to date after each session with my child and was always happy to follow up after sessions. I would have no hesitation in recommending her to others. Thank you Tess!
SamCumbria
Tess has been a brilliant help with our eldest child who has been having sessions with Tess for six months. Tess has helped our son deal with his emotions and the stresses of school. From our first conversation with Tess she has been helpful and understanding. She emails us after every session to explain how it went and recommends strategies we can use as a family. The change in our child has been really noticeable. He is calmer, more positive about himself, happier and we are now seeing a return of the cheerful boy he used to be. He knows that having a down-day is okay and how to pull himself back around. We can’t recommend Tess highly enough.
SarahCarlisle
I cannot speak highly enough about the input you have provided to our son and I can see he is trying to use the techniques discussed and think about his choices, reactions. I feel your approach is engaging and empathetic and therefore you have been able to gain his trust easily and this has allowed him to reflect and learn. You have also been a reminder to me of how to calm situations and look at why he was displaying behaviours and how he looks at situations differently. Thank you for letting me offload and for your encouragement during difficult times. Without your input we could have been dealing with a much more difficult situation and seen an escalation of negative behaviours. Your input has assisted us as a family to be able to pull everyone back on the right path.
DonnaCarlisle
These sessions have been amazing for our son, he has taken all this lockdown much better than I expected, and I believe it was due to your sessions. He is such an emotional and anxious child I don't think I would have been able to help him without your session feedback. We as a family massively appreciate everything you have done for our boy.
EmmaCumbria
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