Sally Angus - Testimonials

Meeting and speaking with Sally Angus for life-coaching has proved to be a complete gift from a friend's referral.

Right from our initial meeting, to see if the personality fit was correct, to our short series of one on one sessions I have had a wonderful opportunity to address my life's issues through positive introspection and then self-help via action points focused on what can be changed and acceptance of what cannot.

Sally has an exceptional ability to listen to an individual and seek out aspects of what is being discussed to identify exactly what the real issues are! She helps pinpoint where energy is being wasted and empowers people to help themselves through positive approaches to life's roller coaster of emotions and situations.

I wholeheartedly recommend Sally to anyone who is looking to change their life for the better through professional life coaching to transition to a world where in-depth worries no longer exist.

Thank you Sally!

I contacted Sally in January 2005 at the biggest cross road of my life. Having just survived a major cancer battle I had resolved to seek help to consolidate my life vision and plans.

Through working with Sally I have already been able to meet and exceed all my expectations of what might be achieved. Together we planned my exit from the corporate environment and into formal training as a life coach. We established momentum on writing my first book, and " Life, happiness and a cancer diagnosis" will be released throughout New Zealand early in 2006. A second book project is now in the planning! I am living the dream I had imagined and I owe Sally a gratitude I will never be able to repay fully for this set of outcomes. Not only did she provide me with a friend, supporter, co-planner and adviser, she was also my logistics troubleshooter, connecting me with whomever I needed at various points to roll out my plan. These included training, branding, legal, accounting, website and computer support. She also taught me to do something I'd never been able to do - to just 'be' and to enjoy the journey!

computer, noticeboard and diary. This is a great reminder of the 'bigger picture' on days when the detail can become tedious. Thanks for your valuable input and I'm hoping to pick up on some more of your ideas as time goes on. Kind regards . . .

Maxine Ramsay, Library Adviser, Dunedin Centre, School Services National Library of New Zealand 23/03/2005

My objective was to record and commercially release an album of original compositions; a goal that I had managed to cleverly self-thwart for over twenty years. For me, Sally made molehills out of mountains. Under her guidance, everything that seemed insurmountable shrank until it became conquerable. Sally's unbridled celebration of every successful step gave me belief, courage and enthusiasm. The terribly serious business of achieving a lifetime goal became a metaphoric weight-loss programme: everything that was once heavy, became light. It was her ability to lighten the load, and to find the easy route - a less steep approach - that saw me conquer the first few peaks of the mountain range that I am traversing. And now I say, "Bring on the rest; I've developed a taste for this."

Thanks so much Sally. It's great to have goals to go on with and to take stock of progress already made. I do so appreciate all your help in giving me this wonderful gift of knowing how to succeed in, and enjoy my business.

Sally has been a mentor for me for the past 5 years. She has continually encouraged me to face new and difficult situations while achieving goals that I never thought possible. I have found Sally’s sound advice and approach invaluable. The techniques she uses to help me set and achieve work and personal goals is very rewarding. She has given me the balance in life I have really needed. Finally, Sally gave me the insight and courage to launch my own business.

Sally Angus was my mentor for a year. She worked with me on setting and achieving goals and she really made achieving those goals happen. Through her mentoring, obstacles dissolved and time expanded. What I learned from Sally I now use every day.

Ali Jameson, formerly Librarian at The Bill Robertson Library, Joint library of the Dunedin College of Education and Otago Polytechnic.

Sally has worked with several of our "key players" and provided them with a professional focus and a belief in themselves. Her targeted coaching has meant new energy, new skills and a new perspective on their roles. This has enhanced our team culture and results.

By utilising coaching techniques for group sessions Sally was able to deliver personalised customer service training that my staff felt acknowledged their individual situations and gave them practical, responsible strategies for improving their performance.

Until I worked with Sally I hadn't realised the value of a coach's skill to unleash my strengths and aspirations. Sally's special style - natural, patient, just-in-time principles for working through my problems or questions and most of all her total commitment to my needs - made me feel that my goals and aspirations were achievable.

The Be you Own Life Coach course helped me to explore my options and enabled me to make life changing decisions. It was great to share my thoughts within the coaching group......thank you Sally for a wonderful course.

I so look forward to doing some more work with you. You're so fantastic and honest that I love sending people your way – cos you are a mover and shaker, in a way that I feel helps people reach their integrity.

The lessons I discovered in Sally's class are life lessons that will be with me always. I would say it has been one of the most valuable courses in terms of personal growth and empowerment that I have ever done. You will learn so much about exactly who you are and why you are that way . Along the journey meet some amazing people and make some special friends that know you on a very different and more special level than most.

I've made some big changes and now have a different outlook to how I approach the world and this was due to the Life Coaching course and Sally's fantastic communication skills. She was so approachable that it felt like we'd known each other for years. Thanks Sally, you helped me cross the bridge.

The Be Your Own Life Coach course with Sally was a really positive experience ~ something I looked forward to. It was practical at both the personal and at the professional level...always energising, Sally is encouraging and positive, sincere and ethical ~ she respects ones personal comfort level.

I really enjoyed the course for the following reasons. You were a catalyst for me to think of my life from a different perspective, you were totally objective/neutral in your language, you prompted me in a skilled way to discover more of who I am, and what I need and want, you have helped me in my relationships. As well, I loved meeting in a "safe" group with something tangible to talk about and problem solve about, and I made new friends.

I thoroughly enjoyed meeting you and working in a group with people of like minds who are committed to creating choices in life and further defining the distinctions of being my own life coach. I picked up some valuable insights to pave the way towards being more aware of the words I say that influence the outcome.

Sally's course gave me useful tools for determining my priorities and achieving my goals. A great way to 'spring clean' your life!

Special thanks to Sally for enabling me to "pinpoint" aspects of my life that I was able to enhance and help find the "real me". Most empowering. I also enjoyed the cafe environment. Value for money ~ absolutely ~ an investment instantly paying dividends.

Kathryn Weldon, Wellington