Fiona MacCrimmon

“Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive, and go and do that, because what the world needs is people who have become alive”
(Howard Thurman)

Post-matric I moved to Pietermaritzburg to study nursing (General, Community, Psychology and Midwifery) at Greys hospital. I then travelled for a couple of years before returning to ICU nursing for 4 years. Some more travel and I then spent 6 years with an NGO assisting out of school youth with Life Skills, Careers and Business Development. The next step in the pursuit of my passion was to become a life coach, so I studied through New Insights Africa before setting up my own practice mid 2010.

I enjoy spending time outdoors and travelling. Canoeing and mountain biking provide immense satisfaction but even more, have taught me so much about overcoming all of those internal opponents like fear and discomfort. I have been to the summit of Kilimanjaro and trekked up to Everest Base Camp, completed a number of ultra canoe marathons and other extreme events. All of these have taught me invaluable life lessons.

My passion has always been that each person is unique and if only we had the courage to live that uniqueness this world would be a better place.

Process

I coach using a structured programme but I sensitive to the clients needs. I also make use of tools such as the Enneagram and Learning style profiling when helpful. A session usually lasts 90 minutes and I meet my clients on a fortnightly basis, generally in my office but I do also meet clients in their own home or office. During the session we cover the theory of a specific coaching tool, we then apply it to the clients’ goals before setting action steps for the next two weeks. At the beginning of the following session my role is to check in on those action steps as an accountability measure. Any less than 5 sessions is not really effective in a sustainable change because coaching is not about behaviour modification, it is about a shift in belief systems and examination of the motivations behind unhelpful behaviour.

I will assist you to:

Set and achieve goals in all areas of your life
See new opportunities
Enhance your confidence and self esteem
Understand yourself better

I like to work with people who are life- long learners, who desire more for their life; people who are willing and wanting to change. I prefer to work with people who have experienced life and realised that we can all learn something new. I have had great satisfaction in coaching people who are at retirement age as well as people who are in mid life and making career or other life change.