Listener, motivator, and supporter
“Life Coach – Claire Burns – listener, motivator, and supporter who targets and develops individual strengths.
She provides insights into one’s abilities and creates opportunities to refocus through specific questioning and thoughtful appraisals. She provides encouragement to take risks and develop areas that are under utilised.
Through Claire’s positive approach to life and willingness to meet all challenges I have felt empowered to take on new challenges and revisit areas that I have previously avoided.”
Helen Allen
A focus on personal goals
“I have had the pleasure of being a professional colleague of Claire’s for the past four years. Recently I had the opportunity to experience Claire’s caring and professional life coaching abilities in assisting me to focus in on my personal goals. It is a pleasure to have Claire as my life coach. In the 10 weeks that we have been working together I am learning from and benefiting through her professional guidance.
Claire’s friendship and life coaching skills have supported me in focusing on my personal life goals. Claire’s insight and wisdom are contributing greatly to self-motivate me to a healthier life-style and take on more focused goals in my life-work balance.
Claire has a very special way of challenging me to see my plan clearly and to follow it successfully. I believe the coaching work I am doing with Claire is helping me be clearer about what I need and also about processes to get there. Personal life coaching with Claire is helping me develop a framework for my life goals. Her simple yet practical range of questioning techniques and ability to listen and interpret my needs motivates me daily and keeps me on track.Her intelligent, insightful manner combined with her patient care and guidance is changing my life for the better. Claire really does support my vision and goals. She provided a very clear structure for me to follow. She invites me to look at things from different perspectives and helps me keep in touch with my personal health goals.
It’s been extremely beneficial for me to have an active listener and caring supporter like Claire as my life coach.”
Cathy Dickinson
Encouragement and guidance
“I found Claire an absolute pleasure to work with. It was fabulous to work with someone who I felt has known me for years. Her honest, caring & genuine nature is something that I found nurturing as well as forceful enough to encourage & guide me to where I now know I have the courage to go.”
Connie
Self worth & clarity
“Claire is an inspirational and motivational coach who has challenged me to realise that I have so much potential and yet I have been wasting my time and efforts. Before I worked with Claire I didn’t know what self worth was or that I could achieve my dreams. With Claire’s help everything became clearer in my life. I feel fantastic about myself. I have developed fthe strength t o overcome obstacles in my life and accept that I am 100% responsible for my actions and outcomes. Now I am able to bounce out of bed with joy and I get to work early and get heaps done. Everyone is amazed at my turn around. Thank you so much Claire. I’m up for more!”
Natalie.
Reading Recovery
“Claire Burns was my Reading Recovery Tutor when I trained under her last year. She was truly inspirational as she shared her extensive knowledge and motivated me through her careful questioning techniques and constructive, positive lesson critiques. As the year progressed I was confronted by a personal crisis (my husband’s cancer diagnosis) and a professional crisis (the closure of the school at which I was working).
Claire helped me through both of these crises by listening, showing empathy and by being supportive and encouraging. Because of Claire’s positive approach and her ability to address challenges she was able to “read” situations and assist me with strategies and possible solutions. I am truly grateful to her for helping me to see the light at the end of the tunnel.”
Corinne Baillie
Moving through change
“I was fortunate enough to have received confidential coaching from Claire Burns at what I consider was a critical period of change within my life.
Initially, I did not realise the full benefits of coaching or the positive energy that it could offer me personally.
The structure of Claire’s sessions and her approach was extremely professional, passionate and compassionate. I felt a sense of trust and support through our coaching relationship.
Claire helped me to discover myself, my personal values, how these have shaped the person that I am and why I think and behave the way that I do.
In each session, Claire motivated, encouraged, supported and inspired me to commit to and work towards reaching my personal goals. After just a few sessions of coaching I was able to gain clarity and move towards achieving these goals.
I would personally like to acknowledge Claire for her wonderful coaching ability, genuine and personal approach and for the support she provided in such a critical period of my life. I now know who I am and I believe have realised my full potential! Claire, thank you so much.”
Rebecca Dickinson
An inspiration
“What can I say? Thank you for your encouragement, support, help, positive energy, guidance, wisdom and advice.
Thank you for being so available for me. I really appreciate that as I know you have many other commitments (with your family being one of them).
I have learnt so much along the way and look forward to this year and beyond in my new role. Thank you for being an inspiration to me.”
Donna
Wisdom & integrity
“Claire, it has been lovely to get to know you. I have really admired your wisdom and integrity.”
Marg B