Phil’s coaching has been truly transformative, filling a void in my life with paternal
guidance and support I never had growing up. In his safe space, I found freedom to
express myself without judgment. Initially sceptical, I was referred to Phil by a friend
during a challenging period. My doubts were quickly dispelled as Phil’s guidance
became invaluable, instilling trust and enabling me to reach new levels of self-
awareness and acceptance. Through his coaching, I’ve learned to see the world in a
new light, embracing self-acceptance, building confidence, and deepening my
understanding and love for myself.

Chris

When I first started working with Phil, due to various reasons (personal and work
related), I was lacking in confidence, emotionally drained and had a lack lustre for life and my career.

Phil helped me see my true potential again by helping me dig deep to understand my personal beliefs and qualities. By understanding these and celebrating successes where these shone through, I started to gain my confidence again and become much more motivated and happy with my life and work.

In turn, this enabled me to present on a very important presentation at work with belief in myself and I delivered!

Throughout, Phil has always been on hand to listen and provide advice and guidance whenever I’ve needed these because he goes above and beyond. Phil is very knowledgeable, kind, always happy, energetic, and motivating (it’s infectious)!

Phil has been a pleasure to get to know and has helped me leaps and bounds and continues to do so.

I highly recommend Phil to anyone that needs some help or guidance to get to that next level in life or their career.

HR Manager (Corporate)

When I first approached Phil for some help, I had just been diagnosed with type two diabetes and clinical depression within a month of each other.

After our first meeting, I felt an instant relief just from talking to someone who was non-judgmental and appeared to understand exactly how I felt.

As the weeks and months passed, my self-belief and confidence were improving, and the dark mood was lifting. Phil was also helping with my type 2 diabetes with extensive research, his coaching methods, and using his contacts to help me.

One year on, I had literally reversed type 2 diabetes and had beaten the clinical depression. Yes, I had reversed that too. The doctor was amazed and called it a miracle.

18 months on I’m off all medication I was on at the time, which was a huge burden for me and enjoying life to the full. The techniques and tools I learned from Phil’s coaching has set me up for an exciting life, I have an amazing gratitude for everything and the self-belief and attitude to tackle anything life throws at me.

Phil’s coaching has given me a secret key to unlocking a new world.

Phi’s book is fantastic and will benefit anyone no matter what they are looking to achieve.

Thank you Phil!

AR

The sessions with you, your book, and your authentic style and approach to leadership and development coaching have served me greatly in the first months of my first-ever directorship and gave me great tools to continue the journey at all levels. I would recommend the experience to anyone in a similar situation, but also in general. Moreover, I felt connected and present in all the sessions, which, given that most of them happened remotely and the fact that I’m not a native English speaker, I think we made it work pretty well. As a result, I reflected a lot between sessions and tried to map my learning to daily work. Your analogies, primarily through karate, but also in general, your references and sharing of experiences underpinned with Neuroscience shaped a message that worked just great and was very inspiring. Also, your book is incredible; I think I told you that reading it felt like being in front of you.

Thank you again.

CA, Director of Engineering – Technology

I have known Phil for many years having worked on several projects together, the most exciting of which has to be his incredible “You Can Live a Black Belt Life” book, which is literally – as it says on the cover, ‘the gift of life development.’ Therefore, when my teenage daughter needed some support and coaching to help her over a hurdle in her life, I turned to Phil. Phil spent time with my daughter, showing great understanding and empathy, and helped her understand the neuroscience behind some of her feelings and reactions to situations. He discussed coping mechanisms and gave her tools to help control her feelings that I’m sure she’ll continue to use throughout her life. The outcome after her time with Phil was astonishing. My highly anxious, easily rocked daughter showed more confidence, resilience and calm than I have ever seen before. Her new approach to things is “what’s the worst that can happen”, which has already enabled her to experience things she would have previously avoided due to the stress and worry of the unknown. She is now approaching the next phase of her life in complete control. I cannot thank Phil enough for his words of wisdom. If you’re looking to work with a transformational life coach – Phil is the coach for you.

Happy mum

When I first met with Phil, I was repeatedly frustrated with issues and blockers I was experiencing with my work. I have always been told at annual reviews that my resulting approach is holding me back and was at the time was also going through a grievance which had left me very emotionally affected. I didn’t know at the time that coaching would benefit me but one of the leaders at my company put us in touch, and from that first meeting the impact he has had on my life has been almost immediate.

I will admit that when it was initially suggested I had been on the fence about the potential benefits. But Phil’s warmth, enthusiasm and openness are immediately evident and from the first meeting I could tell that he was genuine. The trust and openness that we have built through our sessions is very strong and I have ended every session with a strong enthusiasm for progress and to practice my learnings. He works hard to develop a tailored approach, and all of his guidance is backed up by his broad experience and a wealth of knowledge.

Because of this, any reticence I had felt was very quickly lost and I was fully engaged in all of our sessions – which passed so quickly. I can feel that the transformation within myself has been large for such a relatively short time working with him. Every meeting gave me new understanding of myself as well as the professional and human environments in which I work. I have new tools to cope with the challenges I face, and I feel the benefits not just in a professional environment but also with my personal relationships and in wider social settings.

Since meeting Phil, I’ve had people I’ve known for years comment to me that my approach seems different and that I’m dealing with challenges much better. Despite my progress, I know that this is only the first step in my journey but it’s one I’m much more positive about than I was at the start. Thank you so much Phil for setting me down this path, and for all of your encouragement and help!

Looking forward to our next session.

Dan Sowden