Moving Overseas
TV Broadcaster
June 2006:

I had six life coaching sessions with Melissa begining in November 2004. On average we met about every two weeks. The theme for our sessions was exploring the possibilities to work abroad in the USA, Asia or South Africa. I was initially quite cynical about the life coaching process because I am already a relatively positive and driven person, but I have now changed my view because the life coaching sessions did benefit me. The process made me think a lot more laterally about the options available to me regarding what to do and where to go. The whole process also provided me with a structure for my thoughts and a helping hand towards achieving my goal and working abroad. The sessions were both professional and relaxed, which I though was important and they were kept quite structured when it might have been easy for them to degenerate into chat. Melissa provided a summary of actions for me to pursue after each session, which was good. It was a way of providing a gentle weekly reminder of what I had agreed to do. Melissa listed my actions in the form of a task list, which was easy for me to work through.
When we began our sessions in November 2004, my goal was to be living and working abroad by November 2005. In fact, I achieved my goal well within that timeframe and was living and working in the Middle East within nine months. Although I am confident I would ultimately have achieved this goal without life coaching sessions, I know that I achieved it much more quickly as a result of my structured sessions with Melissa