ABOUT

Hi, I'm DebRa


Aunty Debs... That’s what I’ve been called throughout my life. I’ve always been the person people come to for advice. I would listen without judgment, and instead of instructions, I’d give some food for thought to mull over, even when I was in school as a teenager!


Though ‘agony aunt’ seemed a natural role, I also wanted to be a dancer. Only, I wasn’t very tall or very skinny, and back in the 80s, someone of my size and stature in the dance world was unheard of.

So, I decided I'd teach dance instead. Luckily for me, dance had just become part of the PE National Curriculum, and as I loved a variety of sporting activities, I qualified as a PE Teacher.


While at uni, during two of the long summer holidays, I decided to work as a counsellor at Camp Walden, Michigan. This experience nurtured a love of encouraging people, championing them to do well and celebrating achievements. This shaped me massively as a human and a teacher.

You see, my main purpose in life is to help and inspire others.


In the early days, I really enjoyed teaching, making the lessons fun and engaging, and really connecting with the kids in ways they could understand. I was particularly good with the quirky kids, the neurospicy ones who simply learned in different ways. But, after a few years, I became disillusioned with the profession.  

So, I decided to go travelling to 'find myself!' I sold my house, quit my job, said goodbye to my husband and bought an around-the-world ticket!

You would have thought that everything would be great, right? 

 Nope!  When I came back, I was the person I was when I left. 

I soon found myself in an abusive relationship, which had a major negative impact on my self-worth. I was rubbish at gaining perspective for myself and would often get stuck in a loop of negativity.  

I would hit a brick wall of a lack of self-worth, panic attacks and eventually depression, despite reading countless self-help books and taking various personal development courses.I just couldn’t seem to change things.

I’d like to say I got out of it myself. But I didn’t. 

When eventually they left me, I had a nervous breakdown. 

 

All of this made me take stock of my life and I realised this could not continue the way it was. I read a book by Louise Hay, called You Can Heal Your Life and followed it to the letter, determined to change things for the better, and over time, I did start to heal, but best of all … I started to love myself.

Imagine my surprise when the first person I really helped was me!


So, I signed up to learn NLP, Coaching, Hypnosis and Time Line Therapy (TM). 

I used the new techniques I was learning on myself and… wow!

The results were phenomenal, I wasn’t just healed, I was really starting to LOVE living life again.  I had more control over how I would react in scenarios that previously made me stick my head in the sand and dive under the duvet cover for a couple of days.

 I loved the power of NLP so much that I wanted to combine it with my love of teaching and help others master this incredible skill so they get a personal transformation AND get to help their clients too! 

Last year I researched and developed Quantum Timelines which is an advanced version of Timeline Therapy and has now been implemented into my Fabulously Different NLP+ Practitioner and Fabulously Different NLP+ Master Practitioner.

These powerful programs help you create transformation for yourself and others. They incorporate Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP, accredited by the ABNLP), Coaching and Quantum Timelines (QT) you’ll be and Certified in Coaching and QT.

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