Vicky Evans - Life Mastery Coach, Create a Life You'd Love

Friday fun: If you were in a relationship with your workplace, would you be:

1. Happy to be together
2. Together forever
3. In therapy
4. Ready to break up
5. Looking for your next connection

Workplace ‘therapy’ is something that is often required in my Leadership and life coaching conversations.

Top 3 areas of discontent this week:

1. Pay equity for people in the same role
2. Difficult team dynamics (being leant on too much by a colleague or boss, or micromanaged)
3. Staying in the same role too long and lead to intertia or boredom

Real life scenarios and problem solving for unique challenges are my speciality. I’ve been in business for myself for a decade. So I have the experience, strategies and level of care to help.

I’ve done the corprate life, led and been part of teams, managed coporate accounts, been made redundant (once on maternity leave), and recruited and had to manage people out.

If you’d love someone in your corner, to help you manage your working relationship with your team, your boss (or yourself), lets talk. A fresh persepctive, experience and genuine care can often help.

I’m curious, which number are you in my 1-5 above? I’m a straight up 2!

Post in the comments or message me privately.

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Wellington based, experienced double certified leadership and life coach. SLT offsite and workshop facilitator/trainer.

Talk to me about finding clarity, direction and confidence for you or your team. And a guaranteed action and accountability buddy who has your back.

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Turning around overwhelm and exhaustion doesn’t need to mean massive changes.

Start small. How tomorrow turns out, starts today.

Tiny tweaks to everyday routines can make big changes, when thoughtfully concieved and consistently applied.

Case study for a recent leadership and life coaching client who booked five sessions:

Challenge:
1. Being exhausted by the time her youngest (pre-school) was in bed.
2. No energy to connect with partner.
3. No time for herself. Always busy, never feeling satisfied. Not working. Wondering who am I now?

Solution:
Review the schedule from when child gets home from kindi through to being asleep.

Reimagine this sequence so that mum and child both feel like it’s working.

Be consistent and kind but firm about things happening at a certain time.

Make a plan and take consistent action to connect with people who may know of work in a relevant field.

Do interesting things during the day and share the chores more.

Celebrate couple time!

Outcome:

1. A child who has a routine that works for the family, not vice versa.

2. A mum who sees herself as a professional woman again, looking for work that aligns with her and plays to her strengths.

3. A husband and wife who got on board together and created a win-win for everyone.

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Big respect: mightily impressed by this clients ability to pick up new strategies and turn her life around, literally in five weeks!

Who do you know that has ongoing challenges that they find exhausting or overwhelming to change? Sometimes some objective support and a short stint of session can turn challenges around easily.

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Experienced, double certified leadership and life coach. Workshop and SLT facilitator. Solo parent and uk import.







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Sharing what Matariki is all about with my family this morning. As many families are, we are scattered. It was lovely to reflect and connect on what Matariki means. Connecting, reflecting and sharing.

My parents and middle sister live in my hometown of Newcastle (pictured). My brother lives in Italy, and my youngest sister in Brisbane.

My children’s dad, big sister, aunts and grandparents are here in New Zealand.

Wellington was the wettest city in New Zealand today but yet I saw the biggest rainbows this morning around 9.30am heading to town.

Wishing everyone a happy healthy, peaceful and prosperous Matariki (Māori new year) across the globe.

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Wellington based, experienced, double certified leadership and lifecoach. Workshop and SLT offsite facilitator.

The threads that connect us are so important - if you’re looking for more clarity, connection and confidence for you or your team let’s talk.

⁉️Network! Do you run or belong to a professional industry body?

⁉️Do your team or members require CPD points to maintain membership status?

There’s a historic focus on specific vertical skills aligned to your profession. For example legal skills for lawyers or legal execs. Frankly your members deserve more!

💡 There’s been an uplift in enquires from forward thinking organisations who want to help their membership base upweight their skills in other areas.

💡Skills that can and do help overall effectiveness, capability and confidence. And therefore build better output and outcomes for the bottom line.

💡Real life enhancing skills that apply across industry classifications, skills like:

✨ Having hard conversations

✨ How to say no and feel good about it

✨ Setting appropriate boundaries

✨ Delegating effectively

✨Managing self-doubt and procrastination

✨Growing your confidence and speaking up assertively

✨Teambuilding or managing or apprentices better

I’ve run sessions and workshops like these for industry bodies and organisations across New Zealand. At conferences, online and in person at workplaces.

I’d love to hear from you if you run a membership organisation or are a member and are looking to up weight any of the above skills - or suggest one I can add!!

Eternally grateful for the enlightened few who may share this with someone who may be interested 🙏🏽

Ngā mihi Nui,

Vicky

⏰Save time and feel better faster.

🐾Choose your pet - not your phone!

⏰This week I’ve been actively avoiding the time suck of scrolling on my phone - especially when I’m feeling in a funk.

😱Which is when it’s most appealing - and least useful!!

Adding mindful ‘cat’ breaks during my day (as I work from home) or in my evenings, has been an uplift in two ways:

1. Being present with myself. In this moment. With a pet or a friend or a partner has such a feel good factor! Try it let me know what you think!

2. It’s also a lovely rest for my eyes, away from screens (menopause dry eyes anyone?!!). Look up 20/20/20 as that’s good too!

🐈 The cat picture is Willow, she’s 7.5 and a rescue girl from SPCA.

Wishing everyone on both sides of the world a fabulous weekend ahead! ✨💕🎉

Why does SELF-PROMOTION feel so HARD? Even icky.

🫣Most folks who come work with me struggle with some degree of self-doubt.

😳This can magnify a lot when it comes to running our own businesses. Promoting ourselves confidently to potential investors, partners, even customers can feel daunting.

🥺And promoting our selves online can feel next level for some. How do you find it?

😱 LinkedIn is known as more of a business networking platform so self promotion here seems to generate more fear than regular promotions.

Why? We assume more folks that know us will see and potentially judge what they see.

😊The reality? Posting regularly can become a regular, repeated habit. Even easy!

😁Over the years I’ve found ways to overcome these challenges in my own business. I self promote now in a way that feels aligned. I post with ease and even enjoy it!!

✍🏼My personal strategy is to post twice a week. My content comes from something meaningful to me or a client conversation/workshop I’ve facilitated.

I don’t agonised over likes, I just keep showing up. That last part is critical. Consistency.

☺️ My clients love working with someone who helps them feel authentic and show up!

☀️Having an accountability buddy with a background as a leadership coach (and past life as a corporate marketeer and London agency professional) means we get the strategy right for you first. Then the implementation rhythm that suits your schedule, budget and preferences. So it doesn’t feel super hard.

🤙🏼If you’d love someone in your corner to help you keep showing up, (especially if you’d love more confidence) and your run your own business, let’s talk.

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Experienced, double certified leadership and life coach. Corporate and conference workshop facilitator and trainer.

Talk to me to find your clarity, direction and confidence and an action plan customised to suit you (or your team). Your goals, fitting into your life, at a rhythm that suits your energy and personal vibe.

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An UPLIFT for me tonight!

Sometimes a client gives you a one liner that’s better than any marketing consultant could.

It’s about the VALUE not the time. ☀️

This point only becomes real to someone when they experience the benefit of working with a professional coach.

Not only is your world my entire focus for your session, you’ll leave with a detailed action and accountability plan after every session.

I’ve been told my meeting notes are legendary - every client says the same the first time they receive them.

Notes aren’t just about ‘to do’s’ they can also be validating and reinforcing the wins we have has since the past session.

If you’d love someone in your corner to help you acknowledge and celebrate your wins… and work with you on anything you’d love an extra pair of eyes and ears across, let’s talk!

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Wellington based, experienced, double certified leadership coach. Corporate facilitator/trainer for bespoke workshops designed specifically to meet your operational or strategic needs.

Talk to me about finding clarity, direction and confidence for you or your team.

Networking. Public speaking. Does it strike fear into the heart of you??!!

Relatable! I’ve managed my own struggles with public speaking and every networking as a business owner over the years.

And I’ve crafted the art into practical steps that help people to show up with confidence.

Even if they have social anxiety.

This can help if:

You get your morning stand up or round the table/workflow meetings.

You have to present to customers and struggle to be yourself and feel like you did well.

Interviews are a real battle for you but you’d love a fresh start. And to be able to back yourself even when feeling challenged.

Talk to me about finding your confidence, being yourself in (previously) tough situations and shining like the true star you really are. Whoever’s watching!

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Experienced, double certified leadership and life coach. Corporate facilitator/trainer.

Work with me to gain clarity, direction and confidence, for you or your team. Plus a step by step action plan (and a ton of encouragement, support and relatable personal tips) from every meeting.

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☀️☀️☀️ Contrast, how do you deal with it? I love Wellington in the sun. I hate dark winter mornings!

The uplift? Wellington in dazzling sunshine for much of this week. And literally shifting with the seasons bringing sand back to Oriental parade mid winter.

I decided to try some new things. Life on repeat can be a bore! Especially if something needs a shift.

👏🏼We are wise enough, smart enough and can be deliberate enough to influence how we choose to feel.

👊🏽Here’s three personal uplift tips to feel better fast:

1. Move your body early in the day. Kickstart your metabolism and endorphins. I teach yoga and Pilates four times a week for fun! But doing this (especially when you don’t feel like it) early, before you leave the house, is a game changer.

2. Get outside as early as you can once it’s light. Helps balance your circadian rhythms. I’m a UK import, and love that it’s lighter in NZ. And not dark at 3.30pm even in deep winter!

3. Protein before caffeine for breakfast. As a 58yo post menopausal woman, I know 1000% how strong the pull of caffeine is in the morning. Resist!

Try this. I’ve been joining my teen and having overnight oats, with blueberries, protein plant based probiotic yoghurt (plus I add peanut butter and yes it’s yummy).

I’ve felt fuller for longer and a had more bal
anced energy. No 2pm slump.

Prioritising sunshine & changing my morning diet has uplifted my week - how about you?! How do you lift your day when feeling unmotivated or influenced by the seasons?

Looking after ourselves physically can really help. Any one of us can change a habit. Even a truly ingrained one.

Believing YOU CAN is half the battle. And CHOOSING to try something new can never be a bad investment of time. You can always revert.

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Wellington based, experienced certified leadership & life coach. Workshop facilitator.

Talk to me about refining your life, 10% at a time. Gain clarity, direction and confidence for you or your team.

With session specific goal oriented action plan, plus the support and encouragement you need to stay accountable, you can’t lose.

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Leadership coaching isn’t always smiley! There’s some serious depth to some of the challenges leaders are faced with daily.

⚠️Challenging personalities to manage.

⚠️Leading confidently when those around you may doubt your abilities.

⚠️Managing our own triggers alongside those of our team members or bosses.

⚠️Performance management isn’t always plain sailing. And hard to master without training and suppprt.

⚠️Then there’s those insidious grievances! No one wants to go there.

Presenting today at my BNI group sharing some of my personal insights from my recent leadership workshops.

If you’re a new leader looking for support for you or your team, let’s talk.

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Experienced, double certified leadership and life coach, and workshop trainer/facilitator based in Wellington. I operate in person across the wider Wellington region from the Hutt to Kapiti coast and in person or online across NZ. I also work internationally.

Talk to me about personalised sessions or training or facilitation for your next SLT planning meeting, offsite or team building workshop. Or custom build content to mitigate your challenges and serve your own and your strategic team goals.

Every session comes with an action plan, encouragement, support and an accountability buddy!

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