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“I was very impressed with PDDevelopment. Phoebe’s approach is professional and
confident. We all enjoyed working with her very much. Her training with my staff
has created significant and lasting change, which has helped my business, made life
easier for my team and furthered the success of The Walnut Club – thank you Phoebe!”
Richard Mills. Managing Director, The Walnut Club.
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"Not having been used to making any presentations or speeches before I joined BNI,
I have struggled with my confidence when having to do so.
I had some confidence coaching previous to meeting Phoebe, but Phoebe made it much
easier for me to express myself and come across as more confident. Since working
with Phoebe I know that I come across in my presentations a lot clearer and present
them with a lot more confidence, and from my point of view that is somewhat of a
personal achievement. Not only did I get positive feedback when doing my recent
10 minute BNI presentation, I
also got a lot of follow up from Phoebe going through
the positive and negative aspects of how I felt when carrying out my recent 10 minutes.
I can wholeheartedly recommend PD Development to anybody struggling outside of their
comfort zone when it comes to public speaking ………
Thank You Phoebe !!"
Nigel Cann. Interior and Exterior Painter And Decorator |
“This was my first experience of coaching or hypnosis and beforehand I felt apprehensive.
Phoebe soon made me feel very relaxed. She was very professional. I was amazed how
I was transformed into a relaxed state of mind in such a short space of time. The
reason for this is that I have great difficulty in relaxing, in fact I’m never still!
I would recommend Phoebe to anybody.”
Andrew Hodkin, Independent Financial Advisor/Director |
“Some say that the fear of public speaking is the most common phobia in the western
world. Whether this is true or not, it is certainly the fear that I suffered from.
I am a Director in a very successful local business who found the prospect of public
speaking absolutely daunting and would take any steps to avoid such situations.
This has affected how I interact with clients and no doubt has caused some loss
of business in the past. Unfortunately, you cannot escape the inevitable forever
and I was asked recently at a family event to make a speech – Needless to say I
dried up and felt very anxious throughout the whole event. This was ridiculous,
feeling anxious in front of friends and loved ones ! This prompted me to do something
positive to manage my phobia.
Unfortunately it is “the fear of the fear” that causes us unwittingly to create
the problem – someone must be able to help me. I knew Phoebe of PDDevelopment through
a local business network and was intrigued about her business and whether she could
help me overcome the issue. After an initial fact finding session Phoebe suggested
some ways in which we could manage my phobia and enable me to not only be confident
to speak in public, but also enjoy the experience. Phoebe was very patient, exploring
different approaches to tackling the issue to identify the root cause and to overcome
the problem.
After less than half a dozen sessions I felt more able to speak in public, and even
agreed to undertake a 10 minute presentation to 30 business professionals. I was
actually looking forward to it and did enjoy the experience. Feedback was very positive
from the meeting attendees, with no sign of nerves or drying up from me ! I was
so impressed with Phoebe at PDDevelopment that
I have retained her services as a lifestyle coach to assist with managing other
areas of my life such as relaxation techniques and stress management. I would recommend
PDDevelopment to anyone who has similar issues with public speaking. Remember, almost
everyone has the same fear as you and I – not everyone gets to opportunity to deal
with it !”
Mr H, Chesterfield |
"I enjoyed the sessions, they helped me think about my future in depth. Very professional"
Celestine Keen, Writer - New Zealand |
"The course materials were clear and well designed, but it was Phoebe Dickens' great
sensitivity and insightfulness that made the experience inspirational...I was enabled
to focus on my situation in a new and coherant way."
Hanneke Jones, HE Teacher and trainer - Newcastle University |
"First of all, a big thank you for yesterday's meeting. The whole event was great and I loved your talk with the visualization! I will keep on practicing it."
Diane Piette, Kinesiologist, Touch for Health Instructor |
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