Speaker: Annie Webb
What made you choose this menopause coaching diploma instead of other options?
Annie Webb: So I chose Lauren's diploma because I was already certified as a menopause coach. I had previously completed some online training to become a menopause coach, and it wasn't adequate. I didn't feel that it prepares us a tool to get out and actually coach individuals. And so what I was. Looking for was a course that was combining the practical elements of coaching alongside the theoretical and Lauren's course does exactly that. And not only that, I was looking to set up a business at the end of it, and it also gives you business support and business training, so. All of that combined and combined with Lauren. I followed her for a few months first and I was really wowed by Lauren. She really knows her stuff and she's incredibly passionate about training people up in the menopause space and so I knew that the training was going to be absolutely brilliant and the speakers that she was bringing in. Well, absolutely superb. So all of that combined meant that it gave me the confidence to feel that I would actually be able to come out of the end of it and become a menopause coach, um, which I'm excited to say I'm almost there.
What specific challenge or uncertainty did you have before enrolling, and how has the training resolved that?
Annie Webb: I think my main um concern or my main uncertainty um before enrolling was that I was going to be paying for another course and that I would come out at the end of it, um, out of pocket and not have. A business and not have coaching clients, um, and I couldn't have been more wrong, um, halfway through the training, we are actually supported to start to build our business um and we're supported to go out and to actually start to bring in practise clients, which is the same as we would do we're bringing in paying clients. So we've um already um. Started to build our businesses, which is really, really helpful, and at the end of the diploma, we've also been given some absolutely superb business training and business coaching, um, and I now have the confidence that I can go out, um, I can coach and I will be bringing in some clients, which is absolutely superb.
How has this diploma changed your confidence, career, or business results so far?
Annie Webb: This diploma has changed my confidence incredibly. So I went through the menopause a couple of years ago and I can tell you my confidence went from up there to being right down at rock bottom. And um when I. I started this diploma, um, a couple of weeks in, I really wobbled and thought, I can't do this, and I was comparing myself to everybody else, and I thought, oh my goodness, I'm terrible, um, at this, and, um, Lauren very kindly reached out to me personally. And told me and reassured me that I was exactly where I needed to be at that point and not to worry about it all and that it would all come good as I went through the diploma and I can tell you that she was correct and just had even reaching out to me individually um gave me. Confidence in myself and my abilities and to understand that I was exactly where I needed to be, and she was quite right because as I have gone through this, and I have worked with, um, other students on the course supporting me, um, and vice versa, and also working with my practise clients, I, I suddenly feel that I can go out there and coach people and my confidence has just changed enormously. So thank you, Lauren.
What surprised you most about the experience?
Annie Webb: I think the thing that surprised me the most is how much Lauren herself puts into this. So yes, it is her training and her diploma and her name, but she genuinely passionately wants each one of us to get through and to complete the diploma and to certify, and we all are doing it for different reasons. So some people are doing it to set up a business. Some people are doing. To support their workplace, um, and other people are doing it um on a personal level because they're um going through a certain stage of their own menopause journey. So whatever the reason, Lauren is there behind every single one of us, and she is cheerleading us on, cheering us on, and making sure that we get there and that we get exactly, get out of it exactly what it is that we need to get out of it. And I think that genuinely has surprised me. She doesn't just turn up each week and deliver training. She is there behind the scenes helping each of us, and it has been absolutely fantastic. So that was a really lovely surprise.
Who would you recommend this diploma to, and why?
Annie Webb: Who would I recommend this to? I would recommend this diploma to anybody who's got an interest in menopause. So whether that's on a personal level or whether it's on a professional level, I think you would be hard pushed to find a better course on this, and I think that you would struggle to find a better trainer than Lauren.
