"I'm authentically me now — take me or leave me. I can't put a price on that."

"I'm a therapist myself, so I came in with a reasonably clear-eyed view of what coaching can and can't do. I didn't know what to expect, and if I'm honest, I wasn't sure I'd get the outcome I was looking for. I got much more than I anticipated.

The first thing that landed was the character strengths work. Seeing my top strengths laid out clearly — and immediately recognising them, and having the people around me recognise them too — gave me something solid to hold onto at a point when I'd become genuinely uncertain about who I was. They became a kind of anchor. A reminder of what I actually stand for.

The saboteur work was a harder read, but it made sense of a lot of patterns I'd been living with without fully understanding. Once I could see them named and described, I could do something about them.

What made the coaching feel different — and I say this as someone who works in this space — was Jason's openness. He shared his own experiences, made himself genuinely relatable, and the relationship felt real rather than professional in the distancing sense. Eighty percent of what makes coaching work is the relationship. Mine was great.

Professionally, I'm clearer on what I want and what I don't. I work to my own agenda and timescales now. Less stress, more creativity, more enjoyment in the work.

Personally, I've arrived at something I didn't expect to find this quickly: self-acceptance. I self-advocate freely now, without masking or minimising. I'm not worried about where the journey goes from here — I'm looking forward to it.

To anyone considering this — do it. Take the risk. Invest in yourself. You won't regret it."

— Therapist & Business Owner