Nicola Somerville Coaching
Welcome to Nicola Somerville Coaching. Whether you're looking for a coach or exploring whether coaching is right for you I hope the information here is useful. If you have any questions or would like to arrange coaching with me, please get in touch - I look forward to hearing from you.
How could coaching benefit me?
Coaching focuses on moving you forwards. It requires an acceptance towards identifying and committing to make changes where this will benefit you.
Sometimes you might need to understand exactly where you are before you can move forwards, and I can help with that too.
In a coaching session with me:
- I will guide you to find your own answers
- I will prompt you to think deeply and challenge your thoughts
- I will provide a safe listening environment for you to speak freely and gain clarity
- I will encourage you to bring the whole 'you' to each session
- I will help you to align your goals to your values, and hold yourself accountable
- I will help you to identify barriers and explore how to move past them
About me
I have worked in HR for 13 years and I am a Chartered member of the CIPD. I qualified in Professional Coaching in May 2024 having gained over 70 hours of coaching experience since June 2023.
This is just the beginning for me - having qualified I am continuing to provide coaching via Nicola Somerville Coaching as I am truly passionate about how coaching can help empower others. Please scroll down to see testimonials from two of my wonderful coachees whose words are much better than mine in explaining what it's like to have me as your coach.
Outside of work and coaching, I am happiest when found somewhere outdoors (as long as there's coffee available nearby) with my husband and two daughters.
What kind of things might we work on in our sessions?
- Career next steps
- Confidence
- Decision making
- Time management
- Setting manageable goals
- Navigating change
- Management skills
- Family life
- Work / life balance
- Challenges and concerns
- Planning for the future
- Mental outlooks
- Building positive habits
- Prioritising your wellbeing
Pricing
My sessions are primarily held online in the evenings - each session is one hour and is charged at £35 per session. We'll start with an introduction session (charged at £25) where we can discuss how we might work together and how many sessions you'd like.
Testimonials
Senior Business Executive
I have found the process of coaching very useful. I have come to realise that it offers a valuable space for exploration and goal setting. Nicola's ability to ask thought-provoking questions has been particularly impactful for me; it allows me to reflect deeply, and search for the answers to help me make decisions and gain clarity. This has been very helpful for me to establish plans and goals to take forward between sessions. The sessions with Nicola have helped me stay accountable in driving forward the goals I am aiming to achieve.
Nicola has a great ability to pinpoint areas that require further contemplation, and then supports me to shape an action plan around something which initially feels opaque. Nicola is a fantastic listener, really kind and non-judgmental, and has created a safe space where I feel very comfortable carrying out self-reflection and planning for the future with her support.
Marketing Professional
I have suffered from imposter syndrome, but after coaching, I feel much more confident in my skills and experience. Nicola helped me to realise that I tend to overthink things and work up unrealistic scenarios in my own head, which only furthers my own stress and ultimately helps with nothing!
The main thing I’ve learned that I’ll carry forwards in life, is to give myself time to reflect and assess. In work I have often found myself ploughing ahead without thinking properly, in an effort to meet deadlines etc., but in actuality it’s important to take time to plan. Nicola was very good at leading me towards answering my own questions or issues in our coaching sessions, and it made me realise that often I have the answer to most of my problems if I just take the time to think about it.
Having discussed loads of great tips, workflow practises and mental outlooks with Nicola, I now want to put all of these into practice and build up positive habits over time. I also now have a much clearer path of progression to work towards also.
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