Ready for the Life you were meant to have

"I was so grateful to work with Annette around some very challenging areas of my life and learned how

my thoughts and perceptions of myself were impacted because of my unknown belief system. Before

working with Annette, I struggled in my relationship with food. Often turning to food for comfort in

times of stress and anxiety, this in turn would then start a dialogue with myself that was critical and

demoralizing, needless to say these conversations and beliefs did not serve me well."

Because of her

support I could embrace the journey of change and care for myself in place of criticize. My work with

Annette has yielded lasting positive change and I will move forward in my journey of loving myself,

partnering with my body and a new relationship with food! Our time has provided me with skills,

techniques and a mindset to achieve success!

I have been fortunate to work with a lot of life and business coaches the past few years. It wasn’t until I

met with Annette that I experienced true compassion and empathy from a coach. During a particularly

difficult time in my life, Annette welcomed me into our sessions without judgement and allowed me to show up in whatever way I needed. As I talked through some of my life struggles, she was willing and able to get into that space with me, allowing me time to process thoughts and feeling before offering coaching and guidance. She brought some much-needed insight into areas of my life where I needed to

show compassion to myself, take better care of me first as well as set boundaries around family

relationships that were affecting many areas of my life.

Life before working on mindfulness with Annette was sort of disconnected. Mindfulness sessions with Annette were great reminders of the existing grace and beauty in my life. She has encouraged me to open my eyes to the present so that I may appreciate its value and potential. For one, after reflecting on one of our meditations, Annette helped me realize that life will be life, but there’s one thing that’s constant and that is our promising potential, our capacity to live a fulfilling life. She made sure to check in before each session before we dove deep into mindfulness practices. She covered the various aspects of wellness: physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual. It is encouraging to know that mindfulness is organic and not forced, by Annette’s example.

Annette provided a safe and brave space for me to express what was in my heart and mind, without reservation. Each mindfulness session felt like I was talking to a friend who genuinely cared.  I admire her passion and belief for the purpose of our nurse coaching journey. It is one thing to read about how incredible nurse coaching is; it is another to hear it from who’s living the experience with me! I would recommend Annette’s coaching to any of my loved ones, but especially my best friends who are nurses. 

I continue to just be amazed at how blessed I was to be paired up with Annette for mindfulness practice. We connected so well on our spiritual and religious experiences, and it was such an encouragement to have that mindful space to encourage each other and pray for each other. I was going through some big decisions in my career and personal life and Annette was there to encourage and pray for me through them. She has a gift of understanding and listening and that made such a positive impact in my life.

How was your experience of working with me? What did you like most about our coaching relationship? I loved the openness and grace that flows from Annette in the way that she encouraged and supported me. She holds a space for mindfulness and spirituality that is so supportive. Who would you recommend my coaching to? I would recommend Annette to so many people! She has such a variety of experience and talents and has a gift of being able to relate to so many different types of people and their needs.

I was really struggling with relationships and connecting with people. I was still holding all these negative expectations from my divorce. It kept me from perusing or being open to new experiences with people. It was really helpful to be able to talk about this with Annette. Particularly because she could relate and I think she was able to uniquely shine a light in the areas I was blind. That was really cool. In general, the impact has been that I have become more hopeful about people and the possibility of relationships. 

I appreciated the gentle pressure/challenging of releasing old-held ideas. I think she did that really well, naturally. I have yet to tell her this in person, but I actually have been asked out on a date by a friend that I have known since childhood. We are going to meet up for coffee and go for a walk. I am really excited and nervous. I am so grateful this happened now and not before the coaching experience because I am in such a better head space concerning relationships. I feel much more aware of my insecurities and am able to quell them when they arise. And again… I have hope. 

I struggle with positive communication with relationships in my life at times and this is what I wanted to focus on with Annette during our sessions. In our sessions together, I would bring up certain situations that I needed help in coming up with

positive ways of communicating what I wanted to say in a situation and Annette and I would work on them together to figure out the best communication strategy. Annette would have me write out the situation and what I wanted to communicate prior to our session and we would go over it at that time. Annette would help me come up with a more positive and effective way of communicating what I wanted to say to that person in that situation. Annette would help me find better words or help me come up with questions that I could ask a person to have more clarity with the situation and that would help me communicate more effectively. Annette was very professional, focused, respectful, and a good listener during our sessions together. I really liked getting more ideas about positive communication, that I am putting into practice in my everyday life with personal and professional situations that come up for me.