Thanks for stopping by. I am guessing that by being on this page you want to know a little bit more about who I am, so let me tell you about myself…
I know that everyone has it in them to achieve their goals and live the life they want. Sure, it takes work, but with the right mindset, support and tools, you can live the life you want. You are in control of your own life.
What is stopping you from reaching your potential?
I know you can transform yourself and your life – and that is where the power of coaching comes in. Coaching is the vehicle that will help you get from where you are now, to where you want to be. You can create your own future and write your own story.
This is why I became a coach. I am passionate about helping people transform their lives, make the most of their time, live confidently and reach their potential.
How can I be so sure that you can be that person you want to become, and live the life you want?
I’ve learnt (and I am still learning) how to overcome fear, anxiety, being dragged down by guilt, how to say “no”, to be brave and confident enough to live the life I want and am capable of, to improve in the areas I lack confidence in, to improve my mental and physical health… I know if I can do this then so can you too.
So, what makes me special you might be thinking?
Well, nothing really. I am not special, so that is how I know that if I can start living a life I love, you can too!
Despite people thinking I have a cockney accent, I grew up in your average working-class town in Kent. My mum is Japanese and moved from a tiny island called Okinawa. My dad is born and bred in the same Kentish town I was born and bred in (and in fact, so were his parents and their parents).
Whilst I had a happy upbringing, I knew that I wanted more from life, but in order to get more, I would have to become more - a better version of me.
Throughout my life, like everyone, I have had my share of hurdles and setbacks. But I have learnt that a good life doesn’t come from avoiding the bad times, but from learning to overcome them and become better from them.
When I was growing up, I had huge issues with my mum – not just the usual teenage tantrums - but because of the language and cultural barriers and my inability to identify myself as Japanese (which I am now proud to associate myself with). I was often labelled a trouble maker at school, getting expelled from lessons just a few weeks before my GSCEs and despite getting good GCSEs in the end, I spectacularly failed my AS levels. But I worked my butt off after to get in to a good university (a dream of mine to be the first in the family to go to university since I was 11) and it was actually in my final term of university that I learnt I was dyslexic rather than just a “trouble maker”!
To add to this, my teenage years and early adulthood were plagued with severe depression and battles with an eating disorder that consumed my life for over a decade.
Adult life has had it hurdles and learning curves too, such as being a military wife who would often not even get to speak to my partner on a four-month deployment, as well as getting made redundant on the same morning I got the offer accepted on our first house together (needless to say the mortgage company backed out), being evicted (and having to move in with my nan back in Kent) and various business challenges.
All this has taught me that you are not a product of your past or your situation, that you have the ability to create the life you want. You can change, you can be overcome your hurdles, you can learn to create the life you want.
If I can change and start to create the life I want, I know you can too, as I said, there is nothing special about me.
Let me help you change your mindset for success, support you to achieve the things you have your ambitions set on and give you the tools you need to reach your goals.
A few extra things you might not know about me.
Let me help you to become the person you want to be and live the life you want to have
“Alice’s coaching was not just a transient, means-to-an-end, it’s transformed the way I think and prioritise what I do. I was proud last year to invest time in me, in the way of going on holiday alone and having a communication “blackout”. I was able to do this alongside completing my PhD-handing this in was my clear goal. Alice helped me focus on this immediate goal without snowballing into the next thing and the next thing. In other words, she helped me to handle the unknown, both in my professional and private life. I can’t believe what we achieved in just three or four sessions. I wouldn’t hesitate to come back to Alice with any of my future goals!”
“Alice has an amazing style of coaching. The balance of encouraging and firm are incredibly impressive and enviable! I first started working with Alice because I wanted to make progress setting up my business. It turned out I had additional work to do on myself, before I could feel confident taking the next step with my business. Through Alice’s coaching I feel more confident, have had a shift in my perspective about myself and my abilities, and feel like I’m ready to take the next step to put my business and myself out there!”
“I had the pleasure of working with Alice in order to achieve my goal of writing and publishing my first children’s book. We clicked straight away, largely due to her natural bubbly and encouraging personality. I felt that her levels of enthusiasm regarding my goal were very close to my own and this helped me keep up the momentum I needed. Her questions about why I wanted to achieve my goal were a really effective motivator. I am pleased to say that after saying for the past 25 years that I want to be an author, I have just had my first manuscript accepted by publishers! I am very grateful to Alice for her supportive role in this brilliant outcome!”
“The coaching has helped me become more positive within myself and given me the strength and confidence to return to work after a long-term illness. It has made me realise the importance of setting goals and thriving to achieve them. I even created a “vision board” to remain focused. I now feel as if I have more direction and am clearer with my future objectives. Alice was absolutely great.”
