your life I your goals I your success
WHY BLUE WILLOW ASSOCIATES?
The colour blue symbolises trust, loyalty, confidence and intelligence. It is considered beneficial to the mind and has a calming effect.
Willow signifies strength, integrity, growth and harmony. The willow is renowned for its flexibility even under extreme pressure.
Your life...
"This is not a dress rehearsal..." Kyal Pavlenko
If only life could have been rehearsed. Unfortunately, it couldn't! So take charge, take the first step to regain control to live your life - don't get left behind.
Your goals...
Be the one who decided to go for it!
Its so easy to lose focus, direction, motivation...
A different perspective can bring clarity to your plans and aims, because every once in a while, we all can't see the wood.
Your success.
What is there to regret from not trying?
Imagine the feeling of success. What does it mean? That's a question and a half isn't it!
Meet Kathleen & Adam
Highly qualified and motivated professionals
KATHLEEN WICKENS I Director & Founder
I have always been interested in what makes people tick and why we do what we do; it is one of life’s biggest conundrums for me. For example, why would someone be a teacher, a police officer, a doctor, or nurse? What is their driver and what can suddenly make them want to change direction in a massive way.
When we arrive on the planet, we’re pretty perfect but can lose our confidence, self-esteem and general zest for life along our personal journey. As a coach and RTT Practitioner, my driver after many years of being in the wrong job because it paid the bills is to help and support people who want to make a change so that they feel fulfilled, proud of themselves and free from that nagging internal dialogue that continues to ask ‘what on earth are you doing - get out of the shadows’.
So, about 20 years ago I became very interested in coaching, I read everything I could lay my hands on and in 2000 after spending an inordinately stressful period of process mapping and risk engineering around Y2K (yes I am that old!) I faced up to the fact that the sheer tediousness of graphs, spreadsheets etc., was not my thing.
But here’s the rub. I also wanted to write fiction and so I did. I took another job but with a difference - it allowed me to coach in an organisational setting. I did lots of 1:1 and team coaching and something I like to call water cooler coaching where someone asks ‘have you got 5 minutes?’ and 90 minutes later you’ve set up a coaching programme or a self-work programme.
I am a powerful coach who has a PhD in empathy and compassion. I am insightful and willing to hold my client’s feet the flame because I see the greatness in them even if they can't and, I care. I also practice RTT which is Rapid Transformational Therapy (Marisa Peer) and love it. This is based around hypnosis and NLP so a lot of focus on the rules of the mind. RTT combined with coaching is an immensely powerful tool and I use it to help facilitate the relief of physical symptoms for example migraine which manifests itself as poor self-confidence (it allows me to get to the root of the issue) so that my clients can step into a life that they design for themselves.
ADAM WICKENS I Head of Training & Operations
I have worked in the rail industry in England and internationally for over 20 years. During this time I have designed and delivered a portfolio of learning and development experiences from boardroom and all levels of staff.
With a personal passion for public speaking and presentations I like to think I am well placed to support individuals who are struggling and worried about this aspect of their role. I am, extremely knowledgeable regarding safety critical work, personal safety and railway rules and so well geared up to coach and mentor in these areas.
I am fiercely passionate about mental wellbeing in the work place and the impact poor mental health can have on productivity, morale and employees feeling like they belong.
In my spare time I enjoy travelling even if its just a sneaky weekend to our European neighbours.
"The sorrow which has no vent in tears may make other organs weep."
Henry Maudsley (1835-1918)
pioneering English psychiatrist
