Joy has been inspirational to me over the past few months. I originally approached Joy to assist in my physical fitness, but her engagement style and proactive approach shifted me to view her now as my personal development coach. I was overweight, tired, grumpy and had failing confidence when I first met with Joy, I knew I needed to do something but it all seemed too much. Joy took me through an initial assessment, starting at first work, sleep, diet, exercise and then after building trust onto my emotional state. She was easy to talk to and listened to what I said, not what she heard! We talked about goals and aspirations for all these areas.

I met with Joy every week for 2 months, we reviewed progress against goals regularly, whether my diet or sleep diary or my own exercise plan and then she would put me through my paces in the gym. Between sessions Joy would call to see how I was doing and give great encouragement to achieve my goals. Joy was a tremendous support to me, researching nutrition options, providing help and advice on supplements and fun activities to keep my exercise varied. After 8 weeks, the results were amazing!! I had dropped from a body fat% of 24.5 to 18.3, my metabolic age had dropped from 36 (I’m 37) to an amazing 28 and I had lost 8lbs of fat all together!!

A.P. Commercial Innovation

I went to see Joy at a point when I was in a very difficult place. I had made some significant life changes, but it just felt as if how ever much I tried to move forward it always felt like I was ‘stuck.’ What immediately struck me about Joy was her enormous warmth and enthusiasm. By the end of our first session we had already identified the areas I needed to work on and four months later I feel like a different person. Without ever seeming bossy or pushy she really got me to focus on where I wanted to be and together we mapped out a really ambitious but achievable action plan. She even managed to get me over my reluctance to write things down and the process of writing actually made things seem more achievable. I am so much closer to my goals that I ever imagined I would be when I went to our first meeting. I couldn’t recommend Joy highly enough.  

                                             S.P. Management Consultant

When I first met Joy, my business was going through a sustained period of heavy workload, and I found myself regularly becoming stressed by the demands of the business. This was coupled with moving house, and led to some visible and problematic physical and mental health issues, which were affecting me personally and were having a detrimental effect on the success of the business.

Joy taught me how to deal with, and respond to these stresses in a controllable way. As a perfectionist and someone who takes things very personally, when these traits are challenged, I find small things can affect me, knock my confidence and get me down. Joy taught me how to manage this. She helped me look at these problems in the broader picture, challenge my thinking patterns, my perspectives and develop a new way of thinking and looking at things.

Once I was on the way to resolving these mental wellbeing problems, I also started working on the physical side of staying healthy and Joy helped me get back doing exercise I used to enjoy doing. She helped me to plan a personal exercise programme and showed me how to stay focused on achieving my goals. With my physical wellbeing supported and my improved mental mindset I have felt much happier, more in control and less stressed in my personal life. Furthermore I have seen a positive effect on the success of my business as a result of this programme.

M. Milnes, Designer, Portsmouth

I worked with Joy on two issues with which I was having difficulty, generalised anxiety and my perseveration with unhealthy behaviours, despite all the negative consequences. It was at a time when I was feeling very hopeless and believed things would never get better. Joy helped me to challenge my underlying beliefs and at every session with Joy I felt empowered afterwards and emerged with the confidence that I had the ability to change. I found Joy empathic and especially good at homing in on the specifics of my problem, the positive and negative outcomes of changing or not changing my behaviour and setting concrete but manageable goals. I am both less anxious on a daily basis and am making breakthroughs with my health habits. Putting what I learnt into practice has had a very beneficial impact on me and has significantly improved both my physical and mental well-being.

Clare D, Journalist, London.

I was recommended to Joy as I felt totally lost and was unable to see more than a week ahead. Joy helped me through a massive year of transition through an initial 10 sessions and I now feel I really am building the life I want. I went from feeling lost, fearful and not sleeping to enjoying most of my life. Life isn’t perfect of course, but I’m getting there, with Joy’s help I’m moving towards more of what I want. I look forward to achieving more and more with the balance of friends, family, creative challenges and most of all focusing on enjoying life healthily.

Louise G, PR Consultant, Guernsey

I came to Joy because I wanted to lose weight and get fitter. Despite going to the gym and trying to diet, I could never motivate myself for more than a few weeks at a time. In the end I’d almost lost hope, even when I lost a few pounds it always went back on again and more. The brilliant thing about seeing Joy is that she has changed my whole mindset and perspective about how I go about achieving my weight and fitness targets. The biggest factor is that I now find it easy to motivate myself with Joy’s help and tips. With Joy’s help I have lost 12 kg in 5 months, and achieved my target weight- for the first time in 20 years! I am fitter, and feel great, l am much more energetic and a lot happier with myself. I am confident I will continue with what I’ve learnt from Joy and finally feel in control. It’s been a pleasure seeing you Joy and I thank you very much for all your help.

John A, Group Finance Director, London

Meeting and receiving coaching from Joy has been an eye-opener. I could not understand the benefits of coaching until I did it. I have learnt a lot about myself with Joy’s coaching. Her approach has helped me to structure my focus and plan my methods that have led to successful achievement. Her manner during the coaching sessions was always calm, objective and focused on what I wanted. With her knowledge and professionalism in the health field, Joy helped me to achieve all of my goals.

Andrew P, Corporate Software Consultant, London

I was recommended to Joy by a friend of mine. When I first came to see Joy I was feeling tired a lot of time, and quite low in mood. The first thing Joy did was to help me with my nutrition, and designed an exercise programme for me. Although I knew about exercise and diet, I learnt loads from Joy. I now enjoy what I do, it feels quite effortless and I find I just do it! The next thing Joy did was to help me change my way of thinking which I now realise was causing my negative mood. Joy taught me some very simple tools to do which, having put them into practice has really helped. I feel more positive and genuinely happier. My exercise plan seems to be working well and I’m spending less time doing it with better results-perfect! My body percentage fat has gone down by 5% and I definitely look more toned. I feel better about myself than I have done for a very long time. I have the energy I want and am doing much more in my life as a result.

Elizabeth J, Teaching and Research Fellow, London

Working with Joy as my coach has played an instrumental part in my motivation, my progress and the success I have made in my health and fitness goals. With Joy’s patience understanding and encouragement, I have for the first time successfully been able to understand what I want to achieve and set me off in the direction to getting what I want in a manageable way. Joy’s style feels naturally empathic to my needs and has helped me unlock the many options I have available to me and given me the confidence to take the first steps forward.

Richard P, Financial Analyst, London