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Severine - Engineering, France, 40s

Lucia, As you know, on 17th March 2020, the phone stopped ringing and my business died. It's half way through October and I thought you might like to know that I'm on track to DOUBLE LAST YEAR'S REVENUE!

Since working with you I feel a new confidence. Our work empowered me to redesign my business around my talents and to target new clients. I've gone from competing in a declining market with endless competition for ever-decreasing budgets...to standing out in a growing market! Thank you so much.

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Sev - Business Owner, France, 40s

Thanks Lucia for all of your time, passion and help. Even the first step in your process - uncovering my strengths - was a revelation to me. It made me realise that even if I wasn’t like everyone else, I had a place in the world, a special place. I've now stopped fighting against myself to become someone that I’ll never be. Instead, I’m thrilled to learn how special I am and what I can do well before even going on to figure out my Superpowers. Now that I understand my Superpowers, I'm really excited about putting them into action in my current work.

The reassuring thing about learning both my strengths and my Superpowers is that I KNOW I'm in the right business because I didn't think I had the energy or finances to make a big change. What I also know is that I can make changes to how I work to be able to use those strengths and Superpowers more often to allow me to feel better and to achieve greater success. 

Thank God for the lockdown, at least one thing hyper positive has come out of it. Finishing off my journey to my better self with you as my guide has just the best experience ever!

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Jane - MD IdeaCake, Surrey, 40s

If you don't want your life to change, in ways unimaginable and amazing, then don't speak to this lady!

I first spoke to Lucia when I was unsure where my career was going, she suggested that I looked at my Superpowers and found work that aligned with them. 'My what?' was my response. Thanks to Lucia I now know what I'm great at, which has boosted my confidence, and I'm using my Super Powers, which has boosted my fulfilment.

If you're thinking of working with Lucia, do it, and prepare for the good stuff to happen!

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Mike - Finance, Surrey, 40s

Initially I was hesitant to invest in Lucia's programmes as I was worried that I'd emerge knowing nothing new as I've already done a great deal of work on my personal development. But after working together for two months we have made some real progress - what were remote and shapeless ideas now have some shape, order and priority which makes them more tangible and easier to work with.


We worked through weekly "thinking assignments" as Lucia calls them, to piece together the many thoughts I'd had over the years on overhauling my career. While working together, I dismissed flights of fancy ideas and anything that required a leap of faith. We generated lots of ideas, then narrowed those to the Top 5 which play to my strengths and Superpowers and would therefore make my future work more satisfying and enjoyable. Then I narrowed those to two final ideas and selected the one which had the most realistic opportunity to succeed in the current environment.

I'm now on the brink of stepping into the water of a new career opportunity that fills me with excitement rather than my previous options: diving head first into the unknown or staying stuck in exactly the same place I've been for a while. I'm still a little nervous but I'm more excited.
Mike, Finance, Surrey, 40s.

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Brona - Engineer, Birmingham, 50s

Lucia helped me to see that the things that seem "so easy anybody can do them" are really Superpowers that I can choose to use in my life and work. I now have a list of five of my Superpowers that are giving me confidence and I can use them to assess the suitability of potential career ideas and options.

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Nicola - Business Owner, Hampshire, 40s.

When you think about investing in support like this you naturally worry whether you’ll get anything out of it, now good the coach will be, and will I get insight but not know how to apply it?

After speaking with Lucia on the free starter call, my worries disappeared. I’d definitely recommend starting with a chat, you literally have nothing to loose. On that call I aired my concern that I might learn things about myself but still be left thinking ‘so what?’ Lucia recommended I did the Superpowers & Reset programme which would leave me understanding what criteria my new career needs to meet, as well as develop career ideas that meet it. After just 2 months of working together I have just that. I feel energised and excited and confident my career idea will make me much happier in my work life.

Over the last 10 years I have come up with lots of new business ideas but didn’t really know how to assess whether the ideas were right for me, and so never fully embraced them. After working with Lucia on her Superpowers and Reset programmes, I now have a criteria to understand what the right decision is for me and a new business idea that builds on this brilliantly.

Understanding my Superpowers gives me a way to assess and evaluate whether a potential career move is the right one for me. This has meant that I can fully embrace my next move knowing that I will enjoy it and find it rewarding.


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Warren - CEO, London, 50s

“Thank you so much for your time over the past few months. You really helped me focus on my strengths which helped me clarify my thoughts.

I was initially worried that career coach wouldn’t provide value for money or return on investment – both thoughts were unfounded as far as your style of coaching is concerned.

I found that my plans were not as wide of the mark as I’d feared and that attributes that I always believed were strengths are, in fact, super strengths!  I particularly benefited from the face-to-face sessions that really got me to examine what I wanted to do and what I could do.

I found the whole experience confidence building - the creation of possibilities certainly lifts the spirit.

 Many people seek career coaching because of self-doubt. Your style of coaching helped to lift my fog of self-doubt leaving the way ahead much clearer.”

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Alex - Finance, Berkshire, 40s

The time I spent with Lucia was insightful, enlightening, motivating and fun.   She really helped me to understand what I really want rather than what I thought I wanted.  As a result of working with Lucia, I got great detailed insights into my own strengths, what specific type of career is most suited to me and how to go about achieving it.

I have been dealing with work stress which has been spilling into my weekends but since working with Lucia and doing some of her exercises, Sunday afternoons have been so much more relaxing.   I definitely have a higher degree of self-awareness and during our sessions I was able to think through lots of possible options and ideas that I may not have come up with myself.

 

 

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Neill - Finance, Surrey, 40s

Lucia has a very engaging, insightful and professional approach which put me at ease and ensured there was mutual trust from the outset.  She was pivotal in helping me to challenge many preconceptions about myself and to gain a greater appreciation of what really matters in life.

By helping me to identify my “Superpowers”, she unlocked some fundamental insights into my natural skillsets and the extent to which they were being utilised (or not) in my chosen career.  I am now far more aware of the importance of using those natural skills in order to deliver greater work and life happiness.  As a direct result of Lucia’s guidance and counsel, they are at the forefront of my plans as I move into the next stage of my work life.

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Liz - Business Owner, South Coast, 40s

I heard about Midlife Unstuck when I was in a fortunate position of having stepped away from my corporate career, taking some time out to decide on my next right move. The more I thought about what that move might look like and the more people I discussed it with however, the more blurred it became.

I wanted to become self-employed, but I had a number of potential directions I could go in. I struggled to decide how I could best delight my future customer. Importantly, I struggled to decide on the type of work I needed to do, to best delight the future me!

So when Lucia told me she would be able to find the answers, I was curious to know exactly how that would go! Lucia is warm, calm and empathetic, yet she will NOT let you off the hook. No matter how significant or insignificant a fact about your life or a comment you have made might appear, if she suspects there is a connection to the strengths you're looking to uncover which needs to be explored more fully, she will find all the right ways to question and probe around it until it becomes glaringly meaningful! Even before Lucia followed up with her spot-on assessment of my 6 clearly defined 'uber-strengths', I had already started to live them, simply as a result of the deep dive into my behaviours. What a transformation too! The whole coaching exercise gave me confidence like I'd not felt in years. It gave me structure to form a clear direction for my career from the options I had before me.

What's more, it excited me!

As a result, I have come away from this programme with 6 little statements about myself that have the power to transform my future. I may be at a midpoint in my career, but I've got everything to look forward to and I'm doing so with renewed energy and enthusiasm. And now I know exactly how to make that energy and enthusiasm sustainable.

Thank you Lucia!

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Chris - Technology Director, London, 40s

I’ve just this morning been offered a new role close to home within a smaller company who want me to bring my 20yrs of experience to help them and their clients grow. It’s shaping up to be a massive breath of fresh air: small; forward-looking; growing; devoid of bureaucracy; and enough money to live well enough on.   

In all sincerity I would not have found this role had I not a) consciously decided to escape [my former employer] before it spat me out even closer to 50 and b) gone in to meet them in a positive mindset, being clear on what I do well and what I wanted; I read your summary document before my meeting.

Both of these I have to give you full credit for, so sincere thanks go out to you for all your help.

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Chris - Change Management, Cheshire, 40s

The Discover Your Superpowers programme has provided some truly valuable insights that could not have been achieved without Lucia’s tailored framework and expert guidance.

The energising effect of more consciously applying a core set of abilities has been almost immediate, and is proving a significant help in formulating options and making better choices.

The process itself is also enjoyable and so the programme comes highly recommended, especially for those exploring alternative career options or simply looking to get more out of their existing careers.

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Helene - Not-for-Profit, Surrey, 40s

(This testimonial was offered to me recently, after I gave my lovely friend Helene a copy of my first ever book. She explains how we helped each other design our new careers over our weekly walks in the stunning Surrey Hills.)

3 years ago, I decided to change career, but was not exactly sure what to do next, how to start, where to start. Every one said it will come naturally to me…?? really ????

For a while, I went for a weekly walk with my friend Lucia. I loved these walks. I loved these talks. And we talked, we asked each other questions, wondered, imagined…

After many months, many walks and many miles, I realise how much these talks have helped me, supported me, and brightened my vision for my new career path….It did happen and it came to me.

She already knew she wanted to help others in their career change. She was ready to listen, asked the right questions and supported me. She did it for me. She was just not clear yet how. She was scared, worried, but so passionate and so good already!

Today, a few years’ later and after a long journey for both of us, I got her book. I’m so happy!

I don’t need to read it for my professional life, but I’m so eager to read it, to discover these stories, and the official way of ‘walking’ :-)

Thank you Lucia x

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Amanda - Sales, Berkshire, 40s

I honestly thought I wouldn’t be able to pinpoint my “superpowers” but Lucia proved me wrong. I really enjoyed the session we had. She was so skilled at making me see how I could use the things I do naturally to shape my work life and find some happiness every day.

Working with Lucia has helped me to think about my future and, whilst I am not looking for a radical change, I can really focus on asking the right questions to find an environment that will suit me.

 

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Selina - Strategy, London, 40s

Our conversation last year made a huge difference for me, giving me permission to think about my skills in a different way.

I have since trained as a Life Coach, and am in the process of completing Certification. I LOVE IT. Love it, love it, love it. If there were ever a job that I was put on this earth to do, this is it. The business is new, and it is big and scary and some days I wonder what on earth I am doing, but I love it.

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Josie - HR, London, 40s

Working with Lucia helped me process my thoughts, so that now, I can move forward without doubt.  

I’d been in my career for nearly 20 years and was considering my options.  Do I stay safe or do something different? I was finding it really difficult to create the head space to reflect properly so that I could make a decision.   

The biggest thing that came out of the process with Lucia was the realisation that I hadn’t been using some of my real strengths (or “Superpowers” as Lucia calls them) for so long that I thought they were my weaknesses. 

I enjoyed being more analytical about what I’ve done in the past and liked the combination of short visual tools and longer form profiling tools we used to help me figure out what I’m very good at. 

Of course, I know I’ll have tough days going forward but I feel that I have a much stronger foundation upon which to build that future.

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Danny - Finance, Surrey, 50s

I was going to wait until my 60s to do what I loved but after working with Lucia I decided to just crack on with it.

After my time with Lucia, I decided to stop doing what society had been telling me I should be doing and start doing what I really wanted to do.  Her “superpowers” session had a huge impact on me.  Somehow, she could not only accurately see my strengths but helped me value them from a completely different angle.

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Colette - Project Management, Glasgow, 30s

It was great to have someone as positive and enthusiastic cheering me on when I had kind of lost hope.

Working with Lucia was like a breath of fresh air because I'd been going round and round in circles, ruminating over the same ideas and the same stuck patterns of thought on what I might like to do.  The positivity, passion and clarity Lucia offers can really open the gates of possibility for you to change career.  She gave me the confidence to take some steps towards a career change that I hadn’t had the belief or confidence to take.

I liked the authentic interest Lucia showed throughout our coaching sessions.  Her genuine curiosity in helping me to understand myself better made me more curious about myself as a person and more committed to my pursuit of finding a satisfying career.  For example, Lucia tended to summarise what I had said or what we had covered during our calls – it was enlightening to hear someone else bring things together in a completely different way.

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Jason - Finance, Surrey, 40s

"I thought the workshop was very thought-provoking, and reassuring in many ways - that making what seems a large 'leap of faith' can be done in smaller steps over a period of time. 

Lucia is an engaging speaker and the amount of information provided was just right for the evening, to allow people to reflect, take some ideas away, explore a bit themselves and potentially come back for more guidance."

 

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