Testimonials - nWow! Counselling & Coaching

Jan helped me completely turn my life around and to feel happy and positive about life again.

My 15 year old daughter was really struggling, we had shifted to Chch at the beginning of her year 10 and she just didn’t fit into her new school.  A friend recommended we try NLP and after a bit of searching we found Maree. Right from the first session my daughter felt very comfortable with Maree and within a few short weeks she become a different girl.

I do not have adequate words to describe how grateful I am for the transformation Maree has brought about it. Maree is incredibly caring and very professional, as a mother I felt completely comfortable leaving my daughter in her care.

The first time I met Maree, I knew she was genuine about helping me.  When I got out of her office I felt so calm and relaxed. She is awesome and I would highly recommend her to anyone who needs help.

OMG !!! OMG !!! OMG !!! I just HAD to tell you how amazingly the exercises you did with me worked! I had a riding lesson the Friday after I saw you and when the trainer told me to get on my horse, I was nervous and at first felt really uncomfortable and scared because I could see he was really uptight & nervy himself. Then I remembered what to do, and how powerful the energy thing is. So I said to her that I just needed to do my own thing to calm him down, and I really focused on lowering my energy & feeling calm & in control. I totally felt the change in my body and my seat, and I could tell my horse picked it up instantly. Well, within 2 mins I had him walking around the paddock slowly with his head lowered, really nice & quiet. Yay !! So that was a really good experience and lesson for me in just how powerful my energy is when I’m on a horse.

That weekend I went out for a ride with a couple of friends to the beach and rode one of their horses. I wasn’t at all nervous – did exactly the same thing leading him to the track. He was great but once at the beach he go pretty pumped up – they just love it at the beach – and he just wanted to go go go. I was a little nervous then, but used the skills I’ve learned to keep myself calm, and then we were off – trotting along the beach and I just loved it Maree – I was absolutely beaming !! I even ended up having a canter after a lot of hesitation, but we did it!!! And I was loving it!!!

Then the horse saw a track that goes off the beach back onto the walking track (where his owner takes him off the beach to head back home) and he decided time for home and just planted all four feet at a dead stop mid canter. I completely lost my balance, lost my stirrup, was all over the place lol … then he turned & trotted into the water. I was sure I was going to come off, was thrown forward over his shoulder, so just grabbed his mane & held on for dear life – the water looked too damn cold – and somehow managed to stay on & stop him. I was laughing my head off, but my heart was literally pounding!

So we came home, poured a wine & celebrated – my first canter along the beach – which has been my dream!! And now that I’ve done it once, the next time will be easier, and will just continue to get easier I know, so I’m really looking forward to just getting out there & doing it. Thank you SOOOOOOO much Maree – sorry for the epic story, but I really wanted to let you know how fantastic it went, and what a HUGE difference in me since we did that work.

Our interactions are already more effortless, loving, and enjoyable without that weight of expectation (particularly from habit, but even skewed perception). It’s amazing!