Life coach offers support to pupils in Mansfield during virus lockdown

A Newstead life coach has been lending her skills to students from West Nottinghamshire College to help with emotional wellbeing during these uncertain times.
Life coach Sarah McNicol has been offering advice to students in Mansfield.Life coach Sarah McNicol has been offering advice to students in Mansfield.
Life coach Sarah McNicol has been offering advice to students in Mansfield.

Transformation coach Sarah McNicol has almost 30 years of experience in coaching and mentoring.

Since coronavirus emerged she’s focused on providing coaching support on a weekly basis to support people working at home who would normally be working in the office, to help them feel less isolated and cope with the challenging circumstances.

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Over the last few weeks, several groups of students at West Nottinghamshire College, who are now having their lessons delivered online by tutors, have met with Sarah online for her REALISE coaching programme, as part of their regular tutorial sessions.

Sarah said: “The programme will help students to be more confident, get an idea of what they want to do in the future and know how to take steps towards that. I help them to see what they want and how to create it, how to feel more confident and how to deal with life’s ups and downs.

“The aim is for them to feel more confident in themselves, have a sense of direction and know how to take steps towards what they want. To understand that they are in the driving seat of their life and by their own choices and actions they can achieve their ambitions.”

Each week has focused on a different topic to help students to discover what is important to them, their likes and dislikes and their values.

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Jo Hayes, a 17-year-old student in performing arts, has recently taken part in the REALISE sessions online at home.

She said: “It’s taught me new coping strategies that I now use regularly. If these current hard times were to come before this programme I don't think I would have coped half as well as I am doing now. It has really helped me in the last few weeks, not only with college work, but basic day-to-day life.

“The biggest thing the sessions have shown me is to have self-belief and to know what I want and when I would like to achieve things.

“This has helped me massively going into the second year of my course as I know what I'm working towards and I have goals. It’s also given me confidence within myself.”

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