SALLY BLADES & ASSOCIATES
Making a difference in times of change
Coaching for leaders and change makers
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Coaching
… a conversation that has the potential to transform your experience of yourself and your life.
When we connect deeply with our true selves, insight, clarity and natural wisdom arise.
It our purpose to support you to deepen self-understanding, connect and stay connected to your true nature.
Supervision & Mentoring
Coaches, trainers and facilitators are increasingly recognising, not only the benefits, but also their responsibility as professionals to be in a self-reflective process.
Somewhere you can examine your work, address challenges, receive high-quality feedback, maintain well-being and identify learning needs.
Testimonials
Coaching
“Kind, thoughtful and a highly perceptive listener.
I never felt judged or criticized and always supported.
I found the whole process from beginning to end thoroughly empowering.
I would highly recommend Sally as a Professional Coach.”
Sarah Greaves Embercombe Journeyer
“Sally has been an inspirational life coach to me.
I learnt to have real and honest conversations with myself. The more I know I myself, the more confidence I have in leading a fulfilling life.”
HW
“Sally met me and my needs calmly, warmly and wisely, providing a space for me to open up and connect to myself, whatever I was experiencing.
Exactly what I needed at that moment.”
Helen Mulligan Teacher
“Sally helps me to take stock of who I am, where I am, where I want to go and how to get there.
I find the sessions tremendously uplifting and I come away feeling renewed.”
Anne-Marie
“I am now more confident in my role and will continue to use the strategies in my tool kit to help me move forward. Thank you, I am glad I had the opportunity to work with you and would recommend you to others.”
Anne Griffin Virtual School Education Co-ordinator – Babcock International Group
Group Supervision
“Sally’s style is inclusive and encouraging and she brings with her a wealth of wisdom, skill and knowledge that has enriched my continuing professional journey.
I love being part of a supervision group and can’t recommend this style of support enough.”
Liz Scott Coach & Trainer
“Sally creates a deeply listening and trusting space within a simple and effective structure.
She has a wonderful capacity for validating my experience, whilst also asking insightful and sometimes challenging questions so that I can see my situation more clearly.”
Michael Brown Devon Life Coaching
“As my own coaching business has developed, so have the complexities that arise. Sally uses a coaching style to draw solutions from me.
She is able to offer her wisdom at times to point to things I might not have seen.
Thanks to Sally’s ability to hold the space, each supervision session seems to go deeper and uncover insights never imagined.”
Stuart Newberry Transformational coach, trainer, facilitator
“Without exception, I leave the sessions feeling peaceful and deeply connected to myself and the others in the group, even if I’ve had a ‘difficult’ session.
It looks effortless on her part, but I know that comes from a quality of attention and care in her which has a way of invariably revealing the wisdom in all of us.
And we have a jolly good laugh too!”
Michael Brown Devon Life Coaching
“Sally gently and intuitively holds a space where some sort of magic happens and I find myself relaxing into a deeper understanding of the issues that are concerning me and finding my own answers.”
Erica Lewis Coach & Facilitator
One-to-one Supervision
“I’ve been a coach for many years and had a variety of Supervisors, but Sally has been the most influential in my development as a coach.
Sally offered a more holistic view of coaching to the one that I had been used to.
I have learned to be more adaptable and adept in my coaching and to be ‘quieter’ in my mind and interventions.”
Carolyn Moore Professional and life coach, hypnotherapist
“Sally’s calm voice and patience to listen encouraged me to be open and honest. This allowed me to explore my inner self, identify what was causing me to be anxious and to be able to separate “facts – reality” from “fiction – my thoughts”.”
Anne Griffin Virtual School Education Co-ordinator – Babcock International Group
“Sally is truly authentic in her coaching supervision; she has a quietness and non-judgemental approach that enables me to explore my own coaching practice in a safe and comfortable way. She is professional, positive, gentle and insightful, and at the same time challenges me in a way that enables me to positively reflect on my own practice.
I would highly recommend Sally as a Supervisor.”
Carolyn Moore Professional and life coach, hypnotherapist
“Sally has a curious, warm and empathic way of being and manages to gently challenge my habitual patterns, which I find really helpful.
I come away from my supervision sessions with Sally feeling connected, nourished and more spacious.”
Katharine Yates Creative Facilitator with a background in physical theatre
“Sally listens to me and enables me to understand myself better. She asks me challenging questions and keeps me company while I try to figure out the answers.
It is a safe space for me in which to reflect, process emotion and find solutions, for my work and for my life.”
T. Hubbard Co-Director of Myanmar Art Social projeCt (MASC)