About us!
Meet the team behind the Coaching Calendar series. Gerry Keating and Ann Brosnan are both qualified life coaches specialising in different coaching approaches that work towards the same goals. The great news about this is that the calendars appeal to a wider audience. Gerry works using cognitive behavioural practices whereby you are challenged to question your thought processes and how these influence your behaviour and vice versa. Events such as a relationship breakdown or losing your job can affect you badly leaving you vulnerable to low self-confidence, self-worth and even depression. This is worse if you find yourself repeating the same mistakes and ending up with the same outcomes. The use of cognitive behavioural techniques to break long standing habits of approaching problem issues as you have always done, affords the opportunity to think and behave differently. Ways of dealing with challenges which may have worked for you as a child probably do not anymore, just as an article of clothing that suited you 20 years ago probably doesn't do much for you now either!
Ann is a qualified master practitioner in Neuro-linguistic programming (NLP). This multidisciplinary approach to enhancing your life works on different levels and was developed with the aim of helping people achieve to the very best of their abilities. One example of NLP is that you are challenged to be curious as to your preference for taking in information. If I asked you to imagine yourself receiving a prize, would you 'hear the clapping of your audience', the 'sounds of their congratulations', or 'see your friends and family with you, the laughing expression on your face' or would you 'feel the warmth of your reception and the touch of people shaking your hand?' Your preference for communicating is key to engaging and understanding others better. Are you a visual, auditory or kinaesthetic person? Which form of communicating suits you best?
In all the Coaching Calendars you will find the two symbiotic coaching methods used together to bring you the very best in coaching outcomes.
Gerry Keating
I have a background in psychology and counselling and bring a strong empathic element to my coaching. I believe that the fostering of empowering relationships, especially with oneself is vital to a happy, successful and enriched life. When you have a great sense of self-worth and self-esteem with which to go and achieve your goals then the world is yours for the taking. There's no better way to spend your time than making sure your self-confidence is top priority. Parents, teachers, employers, colleagues and even friends can, - unwittingly or not - challenge your sense of who you are and what you are capable of. If you do not believe that you are a worthy, wonderful and self-reliant person then it's unlikely you are going to be able to set your goals and achieve your hearts desire. This is where I come in, as your partner so that together we can work on the goals that are going to make the biggest difference to your life.
Ann Brosnan
I have a background in marketing and customer service in the financial and telecoms sectors. I am particularly interested in how our limiting beliefs hold people back and prevent them moving forward because they are convinced that a particular belief was true in the past so can never change (do you still believe in Father Christmas?). I work with people to see what beliefs and behaviours are holding them back and how they can change those things to create a better life with both themselves and those around them. I will challenge you to be the best person you can be and work with you to create a set of goals and actions which will enable you to lead a happier and more fulfilled life, no matter who you are or what you do.
