Meet Dawn...

 

New to dawnbarclay.com?

 

Thank you for wanting to know more about me, I’m very pleased to meet you!

 

Here goes (clearing of throat)

 

Blank!

 

Considering that I actually work with people day in and day out, helping them create and carve for themselves an authentic, confident and powerful life, I find these ‘about me/us’ pages a little ‘ahhhh, what will I write!’ Daunting!

 

I swithered about making it 'corporate' speak - but we're discussing personal development. So, if it's okay with you I've made it personal.

 

I think it’s best I just go for it, lay it all out, be me: tell you what I do, the results I help you get, the way I work and what qualifies me to be the person to help you.

 

I’m a developer of potential; assisting individuals, groups and small business owners to be everything they can be. Sounds good what does it mean? I unstick people! Usually it's fear, a mindset shift to be made, it's hardly ever the problem they thought it was!

 

I'm a qualified Trainer (Learning and Development), NLP Master Practitioner, Life and Business Coach, and Certified Fire Walking Instructor.  

 

I'm a change agent (a client used that once and I really liked it, like estate agent, but instead of houses I work with minds and lives), a facilitator, speaker, a no BS-er when it comes to assisting people to GET to where they want to go. I've been in the 'helping' industry since 1993, delivering Personal Development Training since 1996.

 

I'm committed to life long learning, brain friendly and accelerated learning techniques. What are these? In short: methods used to ensure that all my work is rich, meaningful, fun, high challenge and low threat.

 

I operate from my heart and above all else – I’m passionate about helping people become the people they know is within them. And I’ll do whatever it takes to help them get there (within legal limits, of course!) 

 

Right, Here's What I Really Want to Say

 

Life can be really hard and challenging, for some of it can really ugly. People can get so caught up in crappy beliefs, choices from the past and live with fear that prevents them from achieving.

 

There's so much noise around 'be successful', 'follow your bliss', 'do what you love'...and the majority of people I work with have no idea how to start or they've started, tried a few things, flopped and are back at square one!

 

 

The Personal Part

 

In 1989, I became hooked on ‘self help’ books. And, em, I applied none of what I read! Seriously, I thought ‘oh what a great idea’ then continued on my own way! Shocking, I know, shh don’t tell anyone!

 

Since then, I have tried out a few things with my own life which has included: reiki practioner, reflexologist, gardening (huge flop!), life coach, support worker, youth worker, actress, community artist, driving instructor…seriously this list could go on forever.

 

You think I had issues with finding my life purpose? Yep! 

 

And yet, (I didn’t know this at the time) all of the above was leading me here to where I am today. 

 

What has never left me (or where I have always returned to) is my passion for working for, on behalf and with people – who are ready for it to be their ‘turn’, people with big ideas who are ready to set them free on the world, with confidence.

 

The Real Life Part

 

I live in Scotland, just outside Edinburgh and share my home with two dogs (but I debate if one is a dog, she's full of nonsense) and three zen masters (cats), plus a loving partner. Family is extremely important to me, yes we don’t see eye to eye on everything (who’s family does!) but I love them dearly, and it’s nice being a favourite ‘Auntie’. 

 

Final Word (Nearly)

 

If you are looking for bums on seat learning and classroom personal development and ‘high powered corporat-y’ - that’s not me.  At one time I thought that’s what ‘business’ had to be, but not my business, personal development (I feel) has to be personal.

 

But if you want someone to take your hand and show proven techniques and tools that work, so you can live your life with passion and purpose, happier and confidently – we could be a match! (Gosh, I sound like a dating site!)

 

To your happiness, with lots of love and best wishes 

 

Dawn Barclay

 

Oh, if you want to know how I work, please click here