DIANE WAGG
Professional Coach
for the Arts & Creative World

 

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“ Life coaching is the newest, fastest and most effective way to reassess and rework any area of your life. What a personal trainer does for your body a life coach does for the rest of your life.”

     
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CASE STUDIES & TESTIMONIALS

Coaching is confidential and therefore my clients’ identities are protected but here are a few examples of issues which have been resolved through coaching.  These are followed by a selection of Testimonials from clients who wanted to tell their own stories.

- Successful professionals who find themselves in danger of “burn out”…

Achieved success after paying your dues but terrified it will go away unless you…
Accept every offer and work 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
Say Yes to every punishing schedule placed before you
Never prioritise and let go of less important demands
Keep everyone around you happy
Keep on being perfect

- Experiencing “creative blocks”…

Your inspiration and motivation left the building when you looked the other way
Running out of ideas for creative projects
Stuck for new ideas to develop and move your company forward
Other people’s expectations burdening you as well as your high expectations for yourself

- Those finding it difficult to focus and identify the direction they really want to take and the goals they really want to achieve.

So many opportunities – don’t know what to choose
Jack of all trades, Master of none
A lifetime of unfinished projects
Life is fine – but there’s something missing – not a clue what to do
High achiever – low boredom threshold – need challenge and adventure

- Relationships which are under pressure because of work and lifestyle (with partner, children or work colleagues).

Children recognise you as you rushed past at breakfast this morning?
Remember how you felt when you first fell in love with your partner?
Relationship ended and a new lifestyle beckoning
How to deal with the situation at work today
Six months on the tour bus without going insane

- People lacking confidence and self esteem.

Held back by negative beliefs
Allowing someone to bully you?
Had a set back and finding it difficult to move forward
Thrilled to stand in the wings but terrified to walk onto the stage

- Lifestyles which have become chaotic and out of control.   

The hamster in the wheel – running faster and faster but going nowhere
Chose the rollercoaster ride and adrenaline rush but forgotten where the brakes are
At the crossroads but can’t find the map
Living the life you want – or dancing to someone else’s tune?
Hid the bills and the tax/VAT return – dread the sound of the mail arriving each morning

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"Diane’s sensitive and intuitive approach has helped me view life completely differently than ever before.  Diane has shown me how to flip the negative to positive and really believe that I can (and will) get what I want.  Diane has already helped me get a new business off the ground – an inconceivable thought only a year ago.  I would highly recommend that anyone who wants to get the most out of life makes sure they’ve got Diane to back them all the way!”
Sally Burrell

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"Having left my permanent job 3 months ago, the future looked daunting. I had vague dreams and ideas of where I wanted to go but there was nothing definite on the horizon. I felt very nervous about my decision to go freelance.  However, after 3 sessions with Diane, I now feel extremely positive and confident about my future; the best thing being that she has made me feel so self-assured in pursuing the dreams I've had since I was a child.  After each session I've felt that she has instilled a sense of enormously unshakable self-belief and that dreams are to be lived. I am now confident about my ability to work as a freelance consultant and generally to pursue other creative activities which previously seemed like outrageous fantasies.  I went for my first consultancy this month with a genuine feeling that I'm completely worth what I'm asking for!  I'm also keen to ask for other people's advice and help now whereas before it was something I'd definitely have shied away from.  Diane has an amazing rapport and every single statement she makes encourages me to feel completely at ease with her and with myself, whether talking on the phone or face to face.  I always feel as if I'm talking to a very dear, supportive, encouraging and wise friend. There is also the sense that everything I want to achieve is worth achieving and is possible.  In the short space of four weeks she has helped me to change into a generally more self-assured, calm and courageous individual. Diane is an amazing person and a wonderful Life Coach." 
AN 

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Diane is a gifted, intuitive and wonderfully supportive coach. She is imaginative and innovative, using a range of exercises and 'homework' to enable me to get fast results. She manages to create an environment which is safe, in which I can explore the things that matter to me - but also lots of fun. She skillfully helps me challenge my own thinking and encourages me to stretch myself in order to achieve my goals - I would not achieve the same results by myself.
S Burgin 

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“A very dear friend asked me to read a poem in church at her wedding; not having read in public for over thirty years, and having an inherent fear of public speaking, I began to quietly panic; the mere thought of it churned my stomach and made me go red with embarrassment.  I didn’t want to let my friend down, especially as it was such an honour to be asked, and became determined to fight this fear once and for all.   Diane, after an initial intake session and through one very powerful coaching session, where I found her to be motivating, insightful and sensitive, showed me a way to feel self-assured and to overcome my irrational fear.  On the day of the wedding, I stepped up to the lectern and stepped into my ‘circle of confidence’ and read the poem perfectly – I didn’t even blush and, unbelievably, I actually enjoyed it!   Without Diane’s coaching I would have been all over the place – in fact I probably wouldn’t even have made it to the church, let alone the lectern.  I was amazed at the result of Diane’s coaching and wouldn’t hesitate to recommend her to anybody who wants to confront and overcome their fears or change their life.”
Valerie Smith

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 If ever you want to really change something in your life
Ever really want to be listened to.
To be helped, encouraged, challenged and enabled to reach your goals; Diane Wagg is the coach for you. I cannot recommend her too highly.
Lizzie Smosarski.
Psychotherapist and Supervisor.
 

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Diane was there when I needed her - she helped me find inner strength, confidence and calm when I decided to break off my relationship with my partner.  With renewed enthusiasm, I’m looking forward to putting into practice plans to enhance my family, social and working life.
 Sarah Richard 

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 I would whole-heartedly recommend Diane to anyone who wants to develop and get the best out of certain areas of their lives or who feel stuck with certain issues.  She is very sensitive and caring and a great listener.  Her approach is very practical, and she skilfully uses a variety of techniques to help people to optimise their own skills and knowledge.  It's a very empowering experience. 
D. Potterton
 

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"Everything in my life is fab. I love my life! You helped me tremendously with the life coaching. I am so much more confident and happier with myself.  Again, thank you so much for all you've done."
MW

 

Diane Wagg
Telephone: +44 (0) 7771 861054
Email:
diane@dianewagg.com
London, UK

 

"Without continuous personal development you are now all that you will ever become, and hell starts when the person you are meets the person you could have been."

Eli Cohen