Life coaching in sports
Dr Liza Thomas-Emrus GP and Intermediate Care Doctor Clinical Lead Wellness Improvement Service, NHS
Dr Liza Thomas-Emrus GP and Intermediate Care Doctor Clinical Lead Wellness Improvement Service, NHS
Dr Liza Thomas-Emrus GP and Intermediate Care Doctor Clinical Lead Wellness Improvement Service, NHS
"At the start of my coaching journey with Neeraj, I felt overwhelmed at the thought of all the things on my plate. I was stretched and didn't feel productive or that my priorities were aligned with my values. My work schedule was so busy, I felt it was impacting my health, well-being and family life. My initial wheel of life reflected thi
"At the start of my coaching journey with Neeraj, I felt overwhelmed at the thought of all the things on my plate. I was stretched and didn't feel productive or that my priorities were aligned with my values. My work schedule was so busy, I felt it was impacting my health, well-being and family life. My initial wheel of life reflected this. I committed to putting into action the steps revealed to me in my coaching session. As a result, my wheel of life is much more balanced. Several areas went from a 2/10 to 9 and 10/10! I have gained clarity and alignment with my values and aspirations. Importantly for me, I have been able to have more time for fun as well as final crossing things off my to-do list that were on there for months! This process has been very impactful for my home life and work-life. I would recommend Neeraj as a coach for anyone wanting to reach their full potential."
Dr Pam Brown, GP and Sport and Exercise Medicine Doctor
Dr Liza Thomas-Emrus GP and Intermediate Care Doctor Clinical Lead Wellness Improvement Service, NHS
Dr Liza Thomas-Emrus GP and Intermediate Care Doctor Clinical Lead Wellness Improvement Service, NHS
Excellent — incredibly useful. Dr Sharma has assisted me to make time to take a step back and re-evaluate my roles and responsibilities, my goals and how I spend my time as I near retirement. Also to review my time-management, use of IT and organisational skills in coping better with the current demands.
I had undertaken extended coaching
Excellent — incredibly useful. Dr Sharma has assisted me to make time to take a step back and re-evaluate my roles and responsibilities, my goals and how I spend my time as I near retirement. Also to review my time-management, use of IT and organisational skills in coping better with the current demands.
I had undertaken extended coaching more than 15 years ago and found it very useful. Dr Sharma encouraged me to use the Wheel of Life and then to set the agenda for my coaching sessions so that we explored areas of my life which were causing anguish and uncertainty. During the coaching process I was able to gain considerable clairty on the way forward in both these and, suprisingly, using the same techniques, other areas of my life.
Dr Sharma's calm and contemplative approach to his coaching practice encouraged me to share, to reflect and to make decisions, drawing out my own resources, without in any way offering advice or guidance. All the solutions came from myself, and were reinforced by encouragement to write them down, and read them out loud, leaving me with a different type of self talk when faced with similar situations since.
Paul Carter, Equipment Manager, Aston Villa FC
Dr Liza Thomas-Emrus GP and Intermediate Care Doctor Clinical Lead Wellness Improvement Service, NHS
Peter Wilson, Team Manager for Wales U16s girls team
Neeraj was great help for me to start looking into myself, we had 3 sessions and I was able to take away a lot of goals and some real detail in self reflection. Neeraj had a great way of allowing me to be free and open and really dig deep into my thoughts. Although the session was known as coaching Neeraj just allowed me to talk and
Neeraj was great help for me to start looking into myself, we had 3 sessions and I was able to take away a lot of goals and some real detail in self reflection. Neeraj had a great way of allowing me to be free and open and really dig deep into my thoughts. Although the session was known as coaching Neeraj just allowed me to talk and come to my own ideas and conclusions.
I was able to look into more depth about my work life balance, family and friends, health amongst other aspects.
I would really reccoemend Neeraj and would liked to to have done more sessions with him, should time of allowed.
Peter Wilson, Team Manager for Wales U16s girls team
Dr Liza Thomas-Emrus GP and Intermediate Care Doctor Clinical Lead Wellness Improvement Service, NHS
Peter Wilson, Team Manager for Wales U16s girls team
“Going into the sessions I didn’t know what to expect, but from the first minute, Neeraj made me comfortable and relaxed during each session. My wheel gave me a base of where to start but once the sessions became clear there were other areas that I wanted to explore and delve into, Neeraj was supportive throughout this and went with what
“Going into the sessions I didn’t know what to expect, but from the first minute, Neeraj made me comfortable and relaxed during each session. My wheel gave me a base of where to start but once the sessions became clear there were other areas that I wanted to explore and delve into, Neeraj was supportive throughout this and went with what I wanted, coaching me in any given area that I wanted. From the initial wheel, it was clear that my perception of myself is a lot different when explored, allowing me to learn aspects of myself that I have never thought of or seen before, a revelation for myself. In all sessions, Neeraj guided me but never gave me any answers and the feeling I came away with after sessions was that of empowerment and fulfilment, in that I came up with my own answers and conclusions. The journey I went on has given me the tools to think deeper about what I do and the things that really matter to me. It has also given me ways of dealing with issues that might occur and the ability to solve these problems that once I was not able to. We also used a session to revisit and build on a previous session, this was a lightbulb moment where I could evaluate our previous session but also gave me more clarity on where I could develop the given area further than what I was able to in my first session. A real recommendation for anyone to try. Overall I would highly recommend coaching sessions with Neeraj, they made me see deeper into myself and allowed me to unlock areas that I didn’t know I had or was able to do, which has been a real benefit to myself from both a personal and professional point of view.
Catherine Cromey, Consultant Anaesthetist
Lucy Noonan-Croft, GP and Lifestyle Medicine Doctor
Lucy Noonan-Croft, GP and Lifestyle Medicine Doctor
Very useful considering my current position (I found the process of completing the wheel of
life very insightful) and to make short term achievable plans in order to achieve the goals identified.
Neeraj was very supportive and allowed me the time and space to explore my situation in order to
generate goals that were SMART. He then encourage
Very useful considering my current position (I found the process of completing the wheel of
life very insightful) and to make short term achievable plans in order to achieve the goals identified.
Neeraj was very supportive and allowed me the time and space to explore my situation in order to
generate goals that were SMART. He then encouraged me to consider multiple different avenues in
order to achieve these goals.
I hope to revisit the coaching model in the future for career challenges as they present.
Many thanks Neeraj!
Lucy Noonan-Croft, GP and Lifestyle Medicine Doctor
Lucy Noonan-Croft, GP and Lifestyle Medicine Doctor
Lucy Noonan-Croft, GP and Lifestyle Medicine Doctor
Coaching made me dig deep to identify my own goals and find solutions to develop and achieve them. It made
me realise anything is possible if you commit to change, and that change is often difficult but
worthwhile. As a result of the session, I am on the brink of establishing a private menopause clinic, and have a better understanding of how to make changes to work towards my other goals.