I bring out the best in people. ‘I walk my talk and know

 what I am talking about when it comes to giving you the confidence to present the best of you’.

I bring to this site 30 years of experience and lessons learned in the communication field in Confidence and as a catalyst for change.
I help you to have the confidence you need to move forward in your life.

I speak and coach from the heart and add my life experience supported by my professional training. All the scenarios on this site are some of the challenges I have met and overcome.

I have successfully helped many people just like you so that when I say ‘I deeply understand’, ‘I have been there’, ‘I know how it feels’ and ‘I know how scary it is to take the first step’, you know I mean it. 

My life’s experiences and challenges have ranged from the miniscule to the monumental... I learned it is not what happens to us but how we handle it! 
I realised that with my experience I could help others to achieve significant results in their lives. My reward is seeing your confidence increase as you move forward in your life and achieve your goals.  

My point of difference is the combination of my unique life’s experience and training.  I am open about myself, my successes and my challenges. I lead you to confidence from a happiness angle incorporating gratitude and forgiveness and remind you to incorporate love, light and laughter to support the formal strategies.

I combine my talents, energy and purpose to show you that your fears are as nothing compared to your skills, drive and talents and I watch in delight as your confidence, your sense of self and your own feeling of self-worth soars.

What it means is that YOU gain that great feeling of CONFIDENCE knowing that you can do it!

I take delight in personalising activities that challenge and lead you towards your goals; in finding that something that ‘flicks your switch’. Often it is just that one extra thing on top of what you have already done that is enough to completely and permanently tip the balance.  

Using curious questioning – which involves ‘talking to you’ – asking you what has not having confidence cost you financially, physically and emotionally.  Asking  you what value you place on increasing your confidence to achieve your goals . And the clincher – what are you getting out of staying unconfident?  My passion for helping others went to a whole new level following the death of my husband 8 years ago.  I have personally experienced the highs and lows of confidence. 

Writing and self-publishing my story ‘Beyond Abuse’ created a different slant and fuelled my passion for helping women who are starting over where it all seems so scary and impossibly hard to take that first step.

I love having interaction with you that I know will make a huge difference in your life.

When I can take something that seems impossible to resolve (your current issue) and bring it to order and under control with simple coaching techniques that encourage you to speak in your own voice and from your heart – I get a buzz. It is all about you! It is so easy to say to yourself ‘I am not confident’, ‘I can’t’ and then rattle off many reasons to support that! But what fun it is to turn that around! 

Then I get to see the results as you present yourself confidently - I think I get more excited than you do when I see you achieve your goal.

 A recent testimonial reads ‘On the day of my interview I was nervous of course but felt that with Di's help I had prepared as well as I could. Within a few minutes of the interview commencing I could feel my confidence kicking in. The “forty” minute interview was over in twenty five and I was recommended for the position’

. And he got the job too!

I am delighted I have the ability to help you make what you want to actually happen.

Toastmasters played a major role in developing my confidence and in my 33 year membership I have been honoured with many awards local, national and International including a Presidential Citation for outstanding services to communication and leadership.  I am also a member of National Speakers and the co-ordinator and MC for their Speaker’s Idol.

With a blend of practical strategies and a wealth of personal experience I engage with a no-nonsense approach about what works and what doesn’t. I make what can be hard and challenging much easier.

 Incorporating Life Coaching skills, NLP techniques, Time Line Therapy and EFT, I draw on my nursing background and Toastmasters leadership skills to enhance my qualifications as a coach, mentor, trainer and presenter. I have overcome significant personal challenges myself and I deliver a potentially sensitive subject with humour, diplomacy and compassion, providing pathways to improve communication, productivity, confidence and self-esteem. I speak widely to audiences on confidence-building and resilience in presenting the best of you and I specialise in one-on-one coaching.

 I am an author, I worked for 30 years as a health professional and I have had 30 years experience of Committee and Board service

 I live on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia and love life, travel, dining in and out, reading, craft and friendship. In line with my support for women I am involved in a trust bank for women in villages in Bali.

  

Contact Di on 0409 638 248
or email di@diriddell.com