Art of Life Coaching, Yasmine Diba

Education: BA (Hons.), Oxford University; MA pg Cert, University of Chester. Accreditation: MNCP. Expertise: Art of Life (Coaching) focuses on you as an individual • to build confidence • strengthen your motivation • rediscover your talents • deal with fears • address stress-triggered, body-focused compulsive behaviours, such as nail-biting or hair-pulling • improve relationships • harmonise family-and parenting dynamics • support you during career changes • help you identify and address any changing needs during midlife or menopause • help you cope better with divorce or grief; • strengthen your outlook and maximise your overall day-to-day performance. Having run award-winning art-lessons for over twenty-five years to resounding success, by teaching art to students of all abilities and ages (between the ages of four and eighty-four), I also apply my teaching-and communication-skills as a life coach. Clients are gently nudged to think 'outside the box', as they create a future vision for themselves and explore their best and most realistic options going forward. Clients are provided with a variety of techniques to access their unique inner wisdom and abilities. My coaching style is based on Positive Psychology. It does not dwell on past mistakes, regrets or self-sabotaging behaviours. Instead, we aim to identify your natural strengths, in order to inspire you to start feeling more confident again. You will be encouraged to ask yourself what is happening in your life at this point. During our sessions, we will create a client-led, tailor-made outline, with which you can address your specific requirements and explore ways to take charge of your situation, in order for you to start moving towards achieving what you want. The overall objective is to support you in finding a stronger sense of balance, ease and joy. "It's not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the ones most responsive to change." (Charles Darwin)