What Our Clients Say

Amanda, Assistant Manager, Public Service

“Coaching with Karina has transformed my whole outlook on my career. I can now see opportunities and have the confidence to pursue them.”

I’ve always avoided setting goals for myself, partly because I didn’t exactly know where I wanted to go, and partly to avoid disappointment if I didn’t achieve them. I reached a point where I realised that the path I was on was not heading in the direction I wanted. I knew that if I didn’t get some clarity around my goals and take action, I simply would not make a change.

Coaching with Karina has transformed my whole outlook on my career. I can now see opportunities and have the confidence to pursue them. Karina has an exceptional ability to distill my thoughts into actionable items that make me feel that my goals are realistic and achievable. I now have a clear idea of what I want professionally and what I have to offer. I am taking positive steps to make the career change that I should have done years ago. I would not have made this much progress in such a short amount of time without her valuable insight and support.

KATE, DIRECTOR, PUBLIC SERVICE

“Karina is so calm, warm, accepting and positive that I felt safe to share my feelings.”

Coaching with Karina has literally changed my life, and the changes that Karina inspired me to implement have led to much success. I originally approached Karina feeling unconvinced that anything could influence my situation in a productive way. I approached Karina to work on issues surrounding my confidence, both professionally and personally. This issue seemed so huge and I didn’t know where to start. I felt like a failure that I could not manage my situation on my own, and was overwhelmed with the complexity of why things were not working. I was embarrassed and felt lost.

Despite my confusion, Karina was immediately accepting, warm and totally unfazed. She was able to help me navigate through the problem and was quick to understand my concerns. Karina is so calm, warm, accepting and positive that I felt safe to share my feelings. She was non-judgmental and flexible around my needs. As we worked through the issues, Karina helped me to gain perspective. I was able to decide on goals that I felt comfortable with, and brainstorm strategies that I could easily implement.

I felt empowered to change my situation, and over time, I could see the impacts of the changes that I had implemented. I am so grateful to Karina and I am so proud of myself!

SUE, FORMER PUBLIC SERVANT

“Thanks to Karina I am now doing totally different work and am MUCH happier and this has flowed to my family life being more balanced!”

After returning to work with my third child I was at a crossroads with my career and work/life balance. I decided to take the step of career coaching - and that’s when I was lucky enough to find Karina to work with me. Karina was immensely helpful in asking probing questions and giving me the opportunity to focus on where I was heading career-wise and also in the quest for a better balance of work and a busy family life.

Karina made me accountable for my actions, and at the end of each session I had goals to work towards which motivated me to take the steps needed to make a big change in my life. Thanks to Karina I am now doing totally different work and am MUCH happier and this has flowed to my family life being more balanced! I would highly recommend Karina as a compassionate and understanding career coach, who can really help you to make positive changes in your own life.

Workshop Feedback

“I had an ‘aha’ moment when Karina explained the different ways to improve self-confidence. They were practical and relevant ways to manage ‘traps’ I fall into in everyday life.”

“Karina’s workshop was effective and inspiring. The variety of activities was interesting and Karina encouraged the right level of sharing that was challenging without being confronting. I’m inspired to maintain momentum through daily actions, and to ensure that those actions really count.”

“The workshop was extremely useful, and I’m inspired now to focus on taking action. Karina was knowledgeable, friendly, professional and organised.”

“This course has provided me with some key strategies to change pace, change direction and start to refocus on what I want.”

“Karina’s presentation style was fantastic, she was warm, open and very informative. I felt that she engaged really well with us and was able to be flexible around questions and discussion.”

“I was inspired when Karina talked about changing your relationship with fear and making friends with failure. It was obvious to me that these are still the reasons I’m holding back.”