I felt I gained a lot from working with Eileen. She helped me bring a paper idea from notion to proposal stage in a really constructive way and it gave me the confidence to pitch it.

She also helped me to figure out how to manage organising my PhD work and home life during the pandemic, which I found very difficult even with some help from my family with childcare. The biggest difference was I felt I had the space to figure out what was getting in my way and to focus on the steps that I wanted to achieve in my research.

I had two breaking points in my life when I have made huge changes, one of those two is thanks to Eileen. Her coaching was very empowering for me till I came up in 3 months to a presidential position in a political movement that has a huge impact on a large number of people.  I have gained more self-confidence and practical steps I could use to achieve it. Her way of coaching was what I needed, very empowering, understanding, fun, caring, and useful.  

Just after the first session, I was amazed at how much we have achieved, how everything seemed easier with the proper support I got from Eileen. I have learned many technics I could use every day and that will make my life much happier and fulfilled. The largest impact on me had the building confidence sessions which have exceeded all my expectations and helped me become a leader in a political movement and a community of 10.000 people in it.  

Milena Reljic, Project Assistant on Social & Economic Justice Program in the Open Society Foundation, Serbia.   

With all the challenges that come with transitioning from a becoming a parent for the first time back into the academic work environment, Eileen provided me with an amazing coaching experience, hallmarks of which are her optimistic vitality and her consistent support. What struck me most about working with Eileen was her ability to listen, empathise and accurately reflect back to me what was going on in my jumbled up mind at the time.

Her extensive and specialised knowledge of the inner workings of academia, together with her ability to form interpersonal connections with her clients, means she is in a unique position to facilitate someone who is seeking direction at critical times in his/her academic career. Working closely with Eileen has provided me with unique and rare opportunities for self-reflection, has increased my self-awareness, and has helped me to identify and formulate realistic and achievable goals, on how to situate myself in a career that is truly meaningful for me.

Working with Eileen was an amazing experience. After 5 years being stuck at my work, I had finally found and reinforced my own internal resources to move forward towards my dream job. I imagined myself in a dense fog with Eileen lighting up fires around me, prompting me to find a way out. Eileen is careful, supportive and it feels that she’s enjoying how she’s helping other people which makes it a remarkable experience for both. I highly recommend Eileen as a coach for people who need some guidance with their career or dreams.

I was appointed to a senior management role and had been on a steep learning curve over a six month period. While facing the ongoing challenges of the Covid19 pandemic, I heard about this coaching support, which I felt may be of benefit to me.

To be honest, I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect. I thought that it might help me to review what I had achieved and carve out my goals for the remainder of the year. I expected that it would be a chance to take some “time out” from the busy workload and to reflect on my skills and areas for development.

The experience completely exceeded my expectations and after the first session, I realised that this would be a journey of self-exploration. My coach, Eileen, was knowledgeable and skilled. She asked pertinent questions to guide me in reflecting on my practice and she showed me how to take a step back and look more critically at the bigger picture. She provided a variety of resources for me to consider after the sessions also. I would certainly relish an opportunity to engage in coaching again in the future as I can see how it would benefit my ongoing professional development.

I really enjoyed your workshop and it gave me some great tips and also thoughts that I should think of more. It made me think more about my future career because I realised that one the thing that I really feel excited about is when I have chance to present some stuff to other people for example my work during conferences or during my class at university. I realised that this is the part of my work that I like most which is interesting, but it also brought me some questions. Thank you very much. 

Thank you for this great workshop. I learnt about my strengths (which were surprising to me) and how to focus on nurturing these, instead of trying to change my weaknesses. This was a whole new experience for me and really changed my self-perception for the better.

I can highly recommend doing coaching with Eileen.  I was completely stuck, frozen and making no progress in my PhD.  Working with Eileen helped to figure out ways forward.  Really good practical solutions were developed together and this helped kick start the process and achieve my goals.

In a place where I was overwhelmed, defeated and pessimistic, Eileen created a person who is now calm, confident and optimistic. Eileen is a highly skilled life-coach who gave me insight and awareness into my perception of myself. Those insights can be challenging, however, Eileen provided the tools and support for me to overcome those challenges…which have  transformed my life. Eileen creates a warm atmosphere, it is a positive place with a few laughs along the way. It is without hesitation I recommend Eileen Savage as a life coach. 

I am a single mother of three beautiful children and a full time college student. As you can imagine, this is indeed a very challenging yet rewarding experience for me. Before I attended coaching, I had little confidence in myself and my capabilities. I also tend to adapt negative thinking to the point of feeling isolated and hopeless. After weeks of attending coaching, I came to a realization that we are unique individuals gifted with different talents and strengths. I am now proud to say that I am now no longer feeling lost and have learnt adaptive techniques to showcase my inner potential to become a better version of myself. Thanks to Eileen’s Life coaching program, I am now equipped with effective strategies to overcome the negative beliefs I always put on myself. I am now more than willing to embark on this journey in my life and have the courage to fight for my dreams and goals in life. As they always say, we only live once so let’s make the most of it and make every moment meaningful.  

I was feeling “stuck” in my career and availed of coaching. My coach Eileen provided me with a safe space to explore the obstacles and opportunities that I presented to her from a personal as well as a professional perspective. Almost immediately I felt a new freedom in the way I was thinking. My new lens was a positive and solution focused one. Eileen used questioning to allow me to work my way through the areas that I needed to address. Each session was focused on my needs and what I wished to accomplish. I looked forward to each of them and enjoyed working on my own self development in between. I cannot recommend Eileen highly enough. She injected humour, compassion, empathy combined with insight and professionalism into each session. This was a new and life changing journey for me.