About Caroline
I have always been interested in how the mind and body work together and studying psychology at university was where this passion was ignited.
Soon after getting married, I had 3 children in the space of 20 months and I spent the next 18 years focusing my time and energy on the children and my husband. As the children became more independent I knew I wanted to find a way of helping people become better versions of themselves - both mentally and physically.
I completed a foundation counselling course and a bereavement counselling course, both of which have proved invaluable in my work today. I then found my true passion in health and wellness coaching. It encompasses everything I love - it looks at how the mind and body work together to create the whole person we are. I find it incredible how small changes, when practiced regularly and when sustained, can lead to such amazing transformation.
I spent many years suffering from an eating disorder and therefore abusing my body. It makes me so sad to look back at all those years I wasted being so obsessed with maintaining an unhealthy weight and being so focused on starving myself. Not only did I cause so much damage to my body, but I missed out on so much of life. The eating disorder was who I was. I was terrified of who I would be without it.
It may sound strange, but I’m actually thankful I went through that eating disorder as it’s made me who I am today. I know that the mind is extremely powerful and it can convince us to behave in ways that are detrimental to our wellbeing. I believe having suffered for such a long time has made me a better coach and it has helped me to be more understanding of people’s struggles and the battles they’re facing.
I had to do a lot of work on myself to get to the place I’m at today. I worked on making myself a priority - something I used to think was an optional extra, but I now know to be absolutely essential in order to look after those around us. I also worked on how I viewed my body, which after years of living with an eating disorder, was false and warped. My body image was at rock bottom as I gained weight, yet I have come to a place where I can celebrate what amazing things my body can do and I now live my life based on far more than a number on the scales (which incidentally I threw out many years ago). I have learned how to nourish my body and to treat it with the love and kindness it deserves after all those years of abuse.
‘Caroline has been nothing but a professional, kind and caring health coach - helping me to understand what I was going through and finding ways of dealing with it through a series of tools and tasks. Caroline strives to make you want to be better for yourself. If you are looking for someone to not only change the way you look at food, but also your outlook on life alongside food, then Caroline is the person you’re looking for.’
— Joel
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Qualifications:
BSC Social Psychology (London School of Economics)
Foundation counselling course
Cruise Bereavement Counsellor
Diploma in cookery from Tante Marie cookery school
Certified Health and Life Coach
Master Practitioner in Eating Disorders and Obesity (National Centre for Eating Disorders, British Psychological Society Accredited)
Certified Practitioner in Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP)
I am a member of the UK Health Coaches Association and I’m a fully qualified Health Coach, Life Coach and Transformational Coach, having completed a number of courses run by the Health Coach Institute, which is accredited by the International Coach Federation, the only globally recognised independent credentialed programme for coach practitioners.
“Caroline’s manner is never judgemental; always encouraging and this has spurred me on to make those positive changes which will ultimately have a knock-on effect on my whole family.”
— Katy