I call myself a Confidante because it best describes the nature of what I do. A professional Confidante is someone you can confide in, have confidence in, and who will regard what you have to say in absolute confidentiality.

My role as a Confidante is to be someone who you can talk to about your issues, struggles and concerns, including those things you feel you can't talk to anyone else about. I provide an environment where you can freely share yourself in an entirely non-judgmental space. My role is also to be a sounding board and, when appropriate, to act as an advisor. 

Regardless of how successful we are, all of us have concerns that, to some degree, we struggle with. These concerns show up in the relationships that are most important to us – with our partners, our children, our colleagues, etc. Unfortunately, it's just as common for people to be 'stuck' in their ability to resolve their concerns, and they are often left feeling that there is neither the room, nor the freedom, nor even the clarity to discuss their concerns with their partner, or child, or colleagues. 

In my experience, people often gain more from being asked the right questions, in the right way, and at the right time  - thoughtful, well-timed inquiry rather than advice or direction. I have found that this provides the clarity to be able to connect with their own answers that they know to be true for themselves.  

In my work with people I've found that even those who appear personally and professionally successful are commonly (and often secretly) engaged in behaviors that they feel ashamed of. Even with their best level of insight and communication, they still wrestle with how to resolve, or reconcile, or free themselves of the shame, or guilt, or upset they feel. When these experiences remain unspoken, they frequently generate inner tension that quietly disrupts everyday life. 

Having a professional Confidante to talk with is incredibly important. Not only does it allow you to speak freely but, more importantly, discover how to bring clarity and resolution to whatever issues in your life that you are currently struggling with.

Who am I as a Confidante?

Being a successful Confidante requires subtle and complex cognitive and non-cognitive skills that are developed and honed over a great deal of time. Even so, there is no specific, formal training or qualification involved in becoming a Confidante. It truly comes down to who the person is - their education and training, their life-skills and professional experience, their demeanor and personality and, most importantly, whether you connect with them. 

I bring a unique combination of experience, insights, wisdom, modalities, skill-sets and worldliness to my role as a Confidante. I have the wisdom and life experience of a 67-year old woman. I've been surrounded by entrepreneurs and successful professionals since my early 20s. I've been self-employed since I was 23. I have the relationship wisdom and experience of having sustained a 44+ year highly-successful marriage, and I'm the mother of three wonderful, adult children and a grandmother to two beautiful boys. 

Regarding my formal education, I have both a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Melbourne, and a Post Graduate Diploma in Education from Mercy College. I am a Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist. I've also trained, and Certified, in many other modalities and methods that enhance and contribute enormously to my success as a professional Confidante.

And with regard to what I value and who I am as a person, I love people and I'm passionate about my work. I love direct, open, honest communication. I'm welcoming and warm. I bring my relentless enthusiasm for life into creating relationships. People consistently say that they find my energy to be completely genuine and contagious. I'm blessed with the gift of making deep and immediate connections. I have the ability to listen to the complexity of what people say, and reflect it back to them more simply and with far more clarity. One of my strengths is helping people feel at ease enough to share what they’ve been carrying privately. 

My capability as a Confidante has come about directly as a result of my education and training, my life-skills and professional experience, my demeanor and personality and, most importantly, my ability to connect with children, teens, adults and elders. Regardless of age or gender, I'm very clear about the fact that you are perfectly capable. What matters most of all to me is that everyone who I work with discovers that they are able and willing to take responsibility for themselves, and make changes in how they react and respond to the situations and the people in their life.

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