I can 100% vouch for this lady.
Before my time with Paula. I lived alone, I had been single 7 years, living a very poor lifestyle & had a unhealthy attachment to work, food & drink. I was over weight, reclusive & very unhappy.
Fast forward a few years. I am married to a extremely kind, patient, loving and gentle man (No more toxic men for me!!!) I have a healthy relationship with food, I lost weight. I am one year booze free. I found the courage to leave my job I was unhappy in to persue a career I once dreamed of. I have faced many difficulties since my time with Paula Thompson but I was well equipped by the tools I had learnt from my time with Paula that I made it through relatively unscathed. No anti-anxiety or anti-depressant for 2 years oh and I've never slept better in my life!!
Thank-You Paula helping me achieve pure happiness, confidence and love.🙏🙌
Rhea
Ireland
Paula has helped me on a number of occasions, with difficulties in both my professional and personal life. Since I started working with Paula, my understanding of my own stress management and mental health has completely changed, she has enabled me to proactively recognise when I may need help and I have a much healthier understanding and awareness of my own stress. Even when I don’t have regular sessions booked in, I know that I am able to contact Paula whenever I might need some urgent assistance, or just a sounding board to help me figure something out. It was only through the sessions I had with Paula that I was able to have the confidence to take the leap to start my own business and pursue a lifelong dream.
I am forever grateful for all the help Paula has given me and would highly recommend her to anyone seeking any form of coaching, counselling or stress management.
Ben
Business Owner/Director
Paula has acted as Stress Coach for myself and many of my colleagues over the years, helping us with managing our stressors regarding work as well as other areas of life.
She has always been compassionate and calming to talk with, non-judgmental and supportive of our struggles. Being able to discuss strategies with someone who is familiar with your employer and the culture in the workplace is refreshing and reassuring, meaning I have felt much less alone in difficult situations. I can honestly say, without Paula’s help, I would be in a much worse position now. I really cannot thank her enough.
Alex
Legal Professional
If I were to sum up my experience with Stress Right in one sentence, I would simply say: Paula changed my life. There is no judgment, only understanding. Paula knows when to offer practical advice and when to just be there. She has (very gently) pushed me out of my comfort zone but without ever forcing me to do anything I didn’t want to. She has an incredible knack for finding out very quickly what is bothering you and helping you figure out what to do next. With her help I have become a much more confident and resilient individual and have learned techniques to help me cope when things do get tough. I am a very different person to who I was when I started this.
It is such a huge comfort to know that I always have Paula to fall back on if things get too hard. I was hesitant to start counselling but I’m so glad I did. If you are ever struggling, I cannot recommend Paula enough. She is the best thing that has ever happened to me.
Olivia
Management Professional
A massive thank you.
As my new chapter begins, I can’t help but to look back to where I was 18 months ago, battered and bruised both emotionally and physically, full of fear and trepidation about seeking help. Now, I not only feel proud of myself for taking that first step, but eternally grateful to you for holding my hand for that step and every step that followed. I never realised that I was in a narcissistic relationship, I never realised that I didn’t deserve the bruises and verbal abuse, I never realised that I did have the strength to break free and that I had value. I believed I deserved the way I was being treated because why else would I be being treated this way. You gave me the why’s and wherefores along with the empathy and understanding that I needed. I can now see that my childhood had been the start of my traumatic 30+ years, being told you’re useless repeatedly builds a low expectation in yourself and strips away your confidence. Rushing into a relationship to get away from one tyrant believing it was the right thing for me, only to end up being treated even worse by another. Cut off from friends and family and even the outside world for long periods, I lost the ability to interact with others. When my doctor said that I needed help I was nearly sick at the thought, I knew I couldn’t make any appointments because he would intercept the post and destroy them like he had with other things. If it hadn’t been for my neighbour (another of your success stories) helping me to get the help I needed whilst keeping it secret, I really don’t think that I’d be here today let alone happily looking forward. We are both extremely grateful to you.
Lyn
Ps If you think this may help someone else, please feel free to use it, just not my full name though.
A good friend and colleague put me in touch with Paula. By the end of our 30 minutes I knew that Paula was going to help me and quite frankly I didn’t care how much it would cost (turns out to be extremely reasonable by the way.)
Going back to who I was a year ago, I was struggling to manage my anxiety and stress levels on a daily basis. My stress bucket was full to the brim, and anything extra tipped me over the edge, whether it was something significant or not at the time. I genuinely felt I could not cope with what was happening in my life - I felt tense all the time, yet lethargic. It was impacting my relationships at home. I was already on sertraline to manage my mood. I did exercise during the week, I have a supportive family, but despite those things in place, everything felt too much, all the time.
With Paula’s help we worked through a lot of things which had impacted my mental health and how I managed stress. I discovered so much about myself and I was able to connect a lot of dots. I could reflect on how I’d managed my stress in previous situations, understanding what I had actually dealt with at the time and what I’d avoided dealing with.
I spent a year working with Paula and I can hand on heart say she has transformed my life. There is no magic wand to remove stress from our lives, but what I do have now is a better understanding of who I am, and tools and techniques to help me manage stressful situations when they come up. I also know how to better protect myself from falling into stressful situations. I have been tested several times since my sessions with Paula came to their natural end and I’m proud of how I’ve handled things and have noticed a huge difference compared to what would have happened a year before.
I have also successfully come off my medication which was something I never contemplated before. I have always valued what they did and never been ashamed about needing medication. However when I realised that I was taking them for a condition I no longer struggled with (postnatal depression) it didn’t make sense to continue with them. I had tried in previous years to wean myself off, which went OK, but because I’d never learned how to manage my stress and anxiety, I’d always reverted to taking them again. I’m now 3 months without medication and like I say, have been tested, but I’m managing well enough on my own. This is all done to Paula’s support and practical advice.
I’ve recommended Paula to so many others, and I know my experience of working with Paula isn’t a one-off. They have all experienced a positive change with Paula and she is helping them as much as she helped me.
Gemma
Legal Professional
I feel that I have been on a transformational journey over the last year and with your help, I have learnt so much about myself and I cant thank you enough. I feel much more self aware and that I have more tools in my toolbox to be able to deal with things. Whereas before I just sank and felt lost in a big black hole, now I feel that when I see the hole opening up, I can save myself from falling by putting into practice the things that I have learnt during our sessions. Thank you Paula - although we see each other less now, it is good to know that you are there if I need you as no doubt I may. I would highly recommend you (and I do).
Marie
HR Professional
Hi Paula
My wife said that I should write you a testimonial for all you have done for me.(us) As you know talking about my feelings has never been easy for me and you did it's a bloke thing! Well here goes....
Testimonial for Paula
I really am grateful for all your help, guidance and endless listening. You helped me to save my relationship, my job and most importantly
myself. My attempts to end it all have left me with a medical condition that I'll have as a reminder for the rest of my life, a life I am now looking forward to. I have an amazing wife and three incredible kids, but what has surprised me more than anything is the support network that I can now
see that will be there for me should I need it. You opened my eyes and my mind to the value of life and not just what it is for me but how my life is valued by others.
Thank you and I'll be for ever grateful
Mark
I hope that makes sense Paula? obviously delete the top and bottom
bits, had to stop there as I was getting a bit emosh as always!
best regards
Mark x
Paula, somehow saying thank you and sending a bunch of flowers just isn't enough. I will always be eternally grateful for all you have done for me. You've taken me from a very broken lady who wouldn't leave the house and didn't want to survive another hour let alone a day. To a confident 40+ who is looking forward to life and having fun again. I've reconnected with the friends who tried to help me and yet I pushed away. I've come such a long way from that first phone call where I discovered someone who really did understand, your compassion and empathy was
overwhelming. From that moment I knew I would be ok, although the way back was quite challenging and upsetting at times with you there guiding me through I truly believed I would get there. I am now so much stronger and knowing that you are always there is such a comfort. I look forward to our catch-up before Christmas and promise to keep listening to your relaxing recordings.
You are a truly inspirational lady, thank you so much.
Kathy