Before meeting Paul I felt like I was stuck in a rut and could not see the light at the end of the tunnel. In fact the tunnel felt like it was getting longer and darker due to health concerns following a serious medical diagnosis, working in a challenging and unfulfilling work place and numerous unsuccessful job applications where I was constantly told I was very good, but not good enough. These issues reaffirmed my long term negative self-talk; about myself, other people and the future. I felt worthless and had no hope. I was in a bad place and was constantly thinking about how worthless I was and why I didn’t deserve to be happy or successful. I needed help and even after meeting Paul for an initial consultation I knew that things were going to change for the better. Paul immediately picked up on the negative self-talk and provided me with different tools which enabled me to distance myself from my thoughts and better manage my emotions which arose from them. This separation between thought and emotion reduced my anxiety and gave me clarity of thought, improving my overall mood, energy levels and confidence. After a few more sessions and committing to homework tasks set by Paul, my outlook on life changed and more and more positive events started to arise. I called these moments Jedi moments, because not only did they feel supernatural but also like I was back on the right path, and in way it felt they were “meant to happen”. I started trusting my intuition, it became my guide and even if I suffered a set-back, it did not dampen my spirit. Several weeks later, I was offered my dream job working in fisheries and environmental management and due to my new found confidence and self-belief I secured my first ever public DJ sets. Before I met Paul I truly believed I was not deserving of such great things but I am now confident I can achieve anything I put my mind too and I am forever thankful for the direction and support Paul has provided me.

I almost don’t think anyone believes me when I say Paul helped me save my life. When I went to Paul in July 2020, I was stuck on what had happened to me in my life. I had had counselling since I was 4 years old, (I am now 25) and not one counsellor had ever made a positive impact other than letting me talk at them for an hour then kindly seeing me out the door for a month with no check-ups in-between. I was demonstrating multiple self-harming behaviours and allowing people to treat me in extremely poor ways. 2 years on, Paul has been there when I really needed someone to help me see the positives in my life, he even fit me in at 10pm on a Christmas Eve one year, when I really needed some help. I have now made fantastic new friends; I have a partner in my life I deserve, and I have not self-harmed in well over 18 months. I will continue to see Paul for ‘check ins’ to make sure I continue going in this new direction. I truly cannot recommend him enough, thank you.

Having not competed for a couple of years I felt low on confidence after I did finally enter back into competition. Leading up to my event my head was creating all sorts of disastrous outcomes, which shattered what was left of my normally steely self-belief. I have experienced a lot of success in past competition, including winning multiple national championships and I couldn’t understand why I was in in such a negative head space?
Having worked with Paul before I felt positive about remedying the negative thinking I was doing. As Paul always does, he went for the root of the issue, always connecting the dots to the point that I really understood just how I’d created the issue.
After that we did some NLP techniques and all the negativity went, leaving a clear sense of my goal and my confidence restored! ….I won every round in my contest and walked away with the victory.
Cheers Paul