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John is warm, kind and thorough and I highly recommend him as a true professional who is passionate about what he does-assisting others'to find their true value through life and business coaching. He is excellent at his craft. I felt incredibly positive, focused and light after our session and after months of feeling stagnant, it was such a relief to voice my feelings and come to terms with them. I feel blessed to have been coached by John at this point in my business career and look forward to a lasting friendship with a gifted and unique person. You are a success John, thank you for reminding me of your uniqueness too.

John has done so much for me during the coaching sessions. He is flexible because he does sessions either over the phone, via Skype as well as on a one to one basis. I am extremely grateful to John as he has contributed greatly in improving my relationships with others. He helped me see what was behind other people's behaviour and why they act as they do. He helped me to understand the motivation of my own responses towards others and gave me new perspectives so that now I have alternative ways to look at a situation. Now I treat people with more compassion and goodwill. Besides this, we spoke together about lots of practical issues, things I need to do but never seem to have time nor inclination to tackle. With John's guidance, my study goals are met, my home is decluttered and so is my life. Thank you very much John.

John, your kind patient approach to my situation has really paid dividends. You guided me to understand why I act as I do and how this impacts on others. The relationship I have with my children is now so much better. We are at a point I never thought I would reach. Thank you

I approached John Lingley in September 2006 for support in a weight loss programme. I was 140Kg with a huge BMI and in very poor shape. During our sessions John investigated my previous weight loss programmes and came up with a set of objectives, diet advice and a training regime. It is now April 2007 and my weight is 103Kg, a 37Kg reduction on my starting position. My blood pressure is back to normal and I have so much more energy, feel so much fitter and stronger. Life changing stuff! John has a very caring, compassionate approach to his profession.

When my dance partner and I set ourselves the ambitious goal to become British Modern Ballroom Champions exactly 18 months after partnering up and only 12 months after I had given birth to my son, John was key to our plan.

Dancing at this level not only requires moving elegantly in tune with the music. An exceptional level of stamina is required to first survive all rounds up to the final and then still use every muscle with the right technique and have the flexibility to create big shapes whilst moving far and often fast. Each dance has a different character with different demands on the body. John was keen to fully understand the different requirements even watching competition DVDs so that he could create specific exercises to help me develop in all these areas. Working with somebody to achieve your goals who takes a personal and specific interest in what it takes to get there makes it very enjoyable. We were not the favourites to win but John’s combination of coaching techniques to focus and build self belief together with the amount of thought he put into the design of the fitness training significantly contributed to us winning the final. Our next goal was to qualify for the World Championships in 2009 and …hooray…we qualified as the No 1 ranked couple and are off to Canada to represent England. Thanks John for all your support and input.

Janine-Nicole Desai - British Modern Ballroom Champion 2008 (over 35s)

I would like to take this opportunity to thank John Lingley for the well being day that he provided for us here at S three.

It consisted of him providing 1:1 coaching sessions in the areas of fitness training, nutrition, weight management, goal setting and stress management.

The sessions were very well received by our staff and surveys carried out on the effectiveness of the sessions resulted in most of the participants feeling motivated to make changes to their lifestyle.

John also provided an interactive workshop for 12 members of staff on stress management which included coping strategies, self responsibility, flexible thinking, self acceptance and visualisation techniques.

The workshop was also well received and handouts were given with coping strategies for the staff to use if feeling stressed. Also John explained to us how to change our thinking so as to be more effective at how we react to stressful situations when they present themselves.

I would recommend John’s well being workshop day’s to other companies and individuals as I feel that the service provided is of a high professional standard and is very beneficial for the health and well being of employees.

Alex Smith, Finance director, S Three.

I am writing this testimonial on behalf of John Lingley of Aspirations Coaching. I am Director of a small business which has increased its turnover by 100% during its last financial year. John has been helping me with personal coaching covering: time management, team leadership skills, and stress management. He devised a programme to improve these skills and this programme was implemented over the course of 15 weeks, each session lasting approx 1-1.5 hours.

John has always adopted a flexible and understanding approach to fitting the sessions around my busy work schedule. He has a calm and reassuring manner to his coaching. He listens well and talks through personal and business issues. He has an understanding of what areas need addressing nad methodically works through these. There are clear guidelines given for concentrating and working on core issues and these are reassessed at the next session to ensure I am applying strategies to help improve and understand.

John has taught me how to adapt a clear vision in tense and stressful situations and how to feel confident in applying these skills and also how to move forwards. This has improved my relationships in dealing with people and difficult situations.

His help, advice and support has been of invaluable service to me and I have no hesitation in recommending him to others for personal coaching.

L.Edwards, Bucks