“Winning all the top 2007 PRISM Awards for PR Excellence was the final exclamation point and validation of the coaching work that Neil had done with me some months earlier. But, more than just what multiple gold category wins say about strategic and service excellence, my company enjoyed it’s best year ever in revenue terms. Coaching with Neil unpacked abundance in both quality and quantity and gave me the necessary framework to turn my focus into reality. I believed we were the #1 full-service PR and publicity agency in South Africa and we have manifested that achievement on every measure possible.” – Marcus Brewster, CEO Marcus Brewster Publicity
“In the three months that Neil has been consulting to me I have noticed a marked improvement in the overall quality of my life, and the three reasons for which I engaged with him have been fully justified. I have absolutely no reservation in recommending Neil as a coach, knowing also that his insight and perceptiveness, combined with his knowledge of the human mind has seen my life from the outside and given a safe but disciplined place to work from.” – James Martin, Director Vantage Holdings
“Anti-depressants and other such drugs can only accomplish so much. Depression has a chemical aspect, but usually the process has taken some time to develop and there are numerous aspects to it. To lift depression, people have to develop true self-esteem, which cannot be instilled by anyone except themselves, and to “come back” to themselves and what they feel comfortable with as their true purpose. Together with medication, it is crucial to create and sustain your own energy and inspiration, and be aware of and be able to control deeply-entrenched negative thought processes and learned responses. It is in this way that coaching is relevant to depression, and has proved amazingly effective for me, to the extent that I am gradually, and with medical advice, tapering off my medication – for a year I was “stuck”, and now it feels as if a cloud has lifted and I can see the world in colour.” – Mandy Kuhne
