Coaching & Mentoring

I love what I do and take your investment in yourself and your trust in me as a privilege. As an ex-admitted-barrister-and-solicitor I ensure that my services and approaches are ethical, have precedent/are evidence-based and adhere to professional standards. I offer clients a safe place to be honest with themselves. I take an empathetic, one step at a time and one-size-fits-one approach. Clients often give feedback of how much they enjoy the sessions for how much they enjoy the exploratory growth process.

A senior leader described my coaching style as warm, gentle but firm - he said I make it easy to open up, be honest, see what's there and take action. (Thanks client!)

Some of the common themes, topics and challenges/opportunities include:

• strategies for managing stress, uncertainty & periods of transition

• making decisions, figuring out different options for ‘next steps’ and creating a plan of time and energetically sustainable actions

• understanding and working with negative self talk, inner critic, imposter syndrome and improving inner confidence

• improving boundaries between work and life

• preventing burnout

• finding the courage to take action, bring a dream into reality and/or uncover what’s stopping this

• understanding generational differences, different personalities and navigating challenging work dynamics

• improving self leadership: understanding unhelpful/self-sabotaging patterns and getting oneself to take action

My first coach training was a year long Brain Based Coaching Certificate in 2016 through the NeuroLeadership Institute (involving learning key neuroscience and best practice coaching methodologies).

Since 2016 I’ve invested significant time and resources into further training including:

• Meditation, Stress Management & Conflict Resolution: 42 days online + 5 day in-person intensive course with Peace Revolution and Thai Buddhist Monks (2016)

• Mental Health First Aid certificate: Coliberate (2017) and Mental Health First Aid Response Certificate (2021)

• Accredited Ovio Mindfulness One Facilitator (2017) & Mindful Kids Coach (2019)

• Certificate in Adult & Tertiary Teaching (Intro): Open Polytechnic (2019)

• Certified NeuroLinguistic Programming practitioner and certified Life Coach: WILD Success (2019)

• 30 hour Somatic Stress Release: Foundations course (2020)

• Coach Mentoring programme with Turner International (2021 - as part of being certified and accredited as a Professional Certified Coach with the International Coaching Federation in 2022-2023)

• Certified Belief Change Practitioner (July 2021)

• Dare to Lead trained (August 2021)

• In progress: The Coaching Fellowship: Coaching Fellow (2022)

• In progress: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy training + Trauma Informed training (2022)

I adhere to the International Coaching Federation’s (ICF’s) Code of Ethics and since 2021 I have been working towards attaining their highest level accreditation: Professionally Certified Coach.

Above all else, I genuinely care about my clients and I’m relatable to people from all walks of life. I’ve worked in public sector and corporate environments, made career changes, built my own business, moved communities, navigated high functioning anxiety and depression and faced many challenges personally and professionally.

It’s my resilience and experience in business and life that brings the human focus to my coaching. During our sessions, I provide a safe, confidential space for you to speak with me.

Minimum of 3 months. Most clients typically work with me fortnightly for 3 months and then we assess what support may best suit them afterwards. Appropriate resources, “fun work” and recommendations are provided for in-between sessions. My support is also available in-between sessions (you just email or message me when you need to download or discuss something). Contrary to what some people may promise, there’s no quick fix (if there was, you’d have figured it out by now).

Meaningful and sustainable change happens one step at a time. Ask yourself - how important is this to you and your future?

Coaching is a partnership. My clients understand that this is a relationship and it's a journey. I take on only a limited load of 1:1 private clients at any one time.

For clients investing in themselves: I offer clients an “investment continuum” for our 1:1 coaching programmes where they choose a monthly amount that best suits their situation of between $390 NZD - $550 (prices excluding GST)

For workplaces: Coaching packages start at $550 NZD plus GST per month.

Yes, I offer one-off sessions, usually a mentoring session or in the career development or transition space. For this arrangement there is no follow-up support between sessions and no assessments. Details: online, 60 minute coaching sessions. Investment: NZ$250 per 60 min session, plus GST (if in New Zealand).

Several of my clients have approached their organisation to pay for coaching. They’ve also asked for the time to go to sessions. Not everyone is able to secure this support, nor may it be appropriate, but what’s the worst that can happen? That they say no? That they know you want some professional or personal development? Is that so bad?

If you do decide to do so, explain why you want the support – what’s the rationale and business case? For example:

• Personal and professional growth: develop your ability to deal with complex, ambiguous and fast changing situations (this is also known as vertical development - increasing your capacity for complexity)

• Leadership development. Even if you're not directly responsible for staff, it's about personal leadership development and much of our work is directly focused on this - e.g. building self-awareness, emotional regulation and intelligence, resilience, improving ability to understand and communicate with others

• Restructuring/redundancy support - many organisations pay for employees to receive career and coaching support through transitions

• External and objective support in dealing with a stressful situation, workplace issues

• To seek clarity about career/life goals

• To learn new tools for projects, team, responsibilities

• To learn more about self, in terms of strengths and areas for development.

People who work with me appreciate that growth means being willing to reflect and do stuff that may feel uncomfortable. Small steps. They understand there's only so much you can achieve within the framework of your own thoughts and they want gentle yet challenging coaching support to help create the clarity and momentum they so seek.

Critical questions that may help you understand if coaching is right for you:

• Is something in your career or life creating uncertainty and stress for you? (challenges and/or opportunities)

• Have your thoughts been going in circles trying to figure it out yourself and not making progress? (Humans aren't neurobiologically wired to sort this out on our own...our brains - and we - need to externalise, verbalise, be seen.)

• Do you want/need to understand more, or make some change in your life or work, or in yourself?

• How important is this to you in terms of the difference it will make for you? (Very?)

• Are you willing to reflect on yourself, your habits and road-blocks - and step out of your comfort zone, little by little (and with my support of course)?

• Are you willing to put in the time and effort? Do you understand that this is a process? The journey takes time - to gain self-knowledge, career and life design, personal growth, and new habit formation.

So - are you ready to start?

Reach out to one of our helpful team at hello@intentionalgenerations.com or, if it feels right to you, feel free to book in a free 30minute no-obligation call with Jen below :)

For rescheduling or cancelling of individual sessions: We request a minimum of 24 hours notice for any rescheduling or cancelling of sessions - this can be done via the link sent in your confirmation email. If you wish to postpone or cancel a session on the day of your session we can provide a 50% refund.

For withdrawing from a coaching programme: We want to ensure that you are getting great value for your time and money investment. If you would like to withdraw from a coaching programme, no problem - we just require 1 month’s notice via email. If we feel that coaching is not right for you or that the coaching has naturally come to a close - we will suggest this and finish the coaching engagement in a way that works for you. Your time, energy and money are precious - we don’t take this lightly and view you trusting us with your time as a privilege.