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Professional Coaching or a unique combination of yoga and coaching
Become the person you want to be

 

What can Blue Pebble do for you during these difficult times?

Solutions focussed coaching online at a time to suit you - Zoom, Skype, FaceTime

Coaching can help with

  • adapting to a changing and pressurised role

  • managing competing priorities

  • developing leadership skills

  • coping under extreme pressure

  • building confidence

  • improving presentation skillsworking for a new boss

  • making decisions and prioritising

  • getting back to work after a break

When and Where do I go for coaching? 

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Your local coffee shop or cafe

Skype, FaceTime and over the phone

At the Woodbridge Complementary Health Centre and Ned Wombwell Osteopathy

Daytime and evenings available

In Suffolk, the UK and beyond

How can you help my business?

We can talk at your Professional Development day about managing stress and we are available to speak at conferences and events about the power of coaching .  We also offer workshops, which will help you to embed coaching in your organisation and individual coaching programmes to help turn your personal goals into achievements.

As your business grows, your people need to grow their skills too and they sometimes need some help.  Coaching enables you to develop your key people so that they add value to your business by improving their management and leadership skills.  We offer one to one coaching for people at all levels in your business, team coaching and on-site workshops to help you understand why coaching is good for your business and how to go about it. 

How do I get started?

email izzy@bluepebblecoaching.co.uk or call 01473 625115 (+044 1473 625115 from outside the UK) and let's talk about your challenges, goals and see how I can help.  Your first session is free of charge and I look forward to hearing from you!

About Blue Pebble

Izzy Ixer, Director and Principal Consultant and the expert behind Blue Pebble coaching.

Izzy Ixer, Director and Principal Consultant and the expert behind Blue Pebble coaching.

Izzy Ixer has over 30 years' experience in helping individuals and teams who are going through change. Blue Pebble Coaching is based near Woodbridge in Suffolk in the UK.

Qualified with the CMI Diploma in Coaching and Mentoring,  Izzy is also a an experienced British Wheel of Yoga teacher.  And she can share some simple Yoga relaxation and breathing techniques to help manage stress and anxiety.

As a Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) Ambassador, Izzy also works with Suffolk schools as a role model for women in IT and mentoring young people preparing for their first job.. 

"Working in the IT industry I saw that the changes which work best are when people are engaged in the process and feel they have a role in it.  And in today's changing world we need to be adaptable and resilient so that we can continue to learn and develop.  Coaching plays a key part in helping people to recognise their skills and strengths and also to observe where they may need to develop themselves too."  Izzy Ixer

Izzy believes in continuing to learn and develop:  “It was great working with Izzy at the Ladies in Property Suffolk (LIPS) event in Ipswich.  You need to be brave to work with me and she embraced the opportunity to learn more about her personal impact through the exercise I led”.  Heather White, Networking Expert & CEO of Smarter Networking.

 
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Why not combine yoga and coaching?

Izzy is a British Wheel of Yoga qualified teacher with over 30 years’ experience. She offers a unique combination of simple yoga postures, breathing techniques and relaxation combined with coaching to help you identify your goals keep you on track to achieve them

  • Help regain your health and energy after Covid or Long Covid

  • Manage postural problems like back pain and shoulder tension

  • Prepare yourself physically and mentally by learning simple yoga techniques

  • Develop your self-awareness and improve your relationships at home and at work

  • Learn techniques to manage stress and anxiety

  • Become calm, confident and assertive

More information about Izzy and yoga is at www.izzyyoga.co.uk

Yoga and Coaching combination available online

Also at the following venues subject to Covid safety restrictions and guidelines

Woodbridge Complementary Health Centre, Sandy Lane, Martlesham, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP12 4SD 01394 388234

Natural Health Centre, The Thoroughfare, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP12 1AQ 01394 380580

Ned Wombwell Osteopathy, Albany Villa, Melton Road, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP12 1PD 01394 382866

Contact Izzy to book your free, 15 minute consultation and discover how the Yoga and Coaching combination can work for you.

Also available at your workplace or at a venue of your choice - please contact Blue Pebble Coaching for details.

How can a coach help me?

If you are facing a challenge,  it's sometimes difficult to see how to tackle it.  Maybe you have looked for help and advice or read some useful articles.  Surprisingly the skills you need may be ones you already have.  Skills which can be used in a new setting.  A good coach helps you to see things differently and at Blue Pebble Coaching, Izzy shares some of the lessons she learned and the survival techniques she used during her 30 year IT career to help you!

Coaching works by providing support as you work out your next steps and form your own goals.  And through a process of questioning, reflection and challenge, the coaching approach enables you to recognise your own strengths and identify areas which need developing so you can resolve issues for yourself.

At Blue Pebble Coaching we work with:

  • Individuals needing support in a new role

  • Organisations experiencing growth whose leaders need learning and development

  • Teams which need to learn to work better together

We believe that there is lasting value in supporting personal development and enabling everyone to become skilled in meeting new challenges.

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Testimonials

Back on track after a turbulent year!

Izzy gave me the confidence to face my problems head on instead of sweeping them under the carpet, therefore I applied for a new position and was successful.

I met up with Izzy after being in my new job for a month and she noticed a change in me even before I had spoken to her, I am and always will be eternally grateful to Izzy and Blue Pebble Coaching for getting me back on track after a very turbulent year.
— Nikki

Wonderful guidance and support

Izzy has provided me with the most wonderful guidance, support and confidence to adopt and develop my Yoga and relaxation practices through my individual sessions with her. She has given me so many tools to continue to take these skills forward to assist with my health and well-being. Thank you Izzy, for helping me to become such an enthusiastic Yogi!

— Karen Hall

I have re-connected with my values and skills and feel empowered

Izzy has helped me move from a mindset of simply enduring my job and looking for ways of coping with it, to re-connecting with my values and skills, and feeling empowered. I now feel proud of my skills again and am making positive choices daily that reflect the value I can bring and give me a sense of fulfillment.

I can wholeheartedly recommend Izzy as a coach whose personal and engaging approach really helps you reflect, find opportunities and make positive choices.
— Senior Manager, Suffolk County Council

Taking on a senior management role.

I began my career with a large local authority after a period of time working in the retail sector. Izzy appointed me to a support role in her team because she recognised that the organisaiton needed the skills and experience I had gained. As my manager Izzy was also my coach and mentor. She supported my development and encouraged me to develop my skills. When the organisation outsourced its services, I was ready to meet challenges this brought and I achieved several promotions. I am now a senior manager responsible for operations and strategy.
— Simon Read, Senior IT Operations Manager

I gained knowledge, understanding and learning.

Izzy is a highly professional and focussed person. She guided me through our sessions and I felt well supported at all times. She is so easy to talk to; I felt very at ease with her and happy to speak with an open mind without fear of being judged. Izzy has a calm, positive natured attitude and this helped me to relax during our sessions. She is well qualified and I felt throughout the process I gained so much knowledge, understanding and learning. I would recommend her to anyone.
— Kirstie Damant, Local Government Manager

A huge help in getting my business unstuck

Izzy’s fresh approach to coaching is client led. The coachee determines the direction of the sessions and Izzy pinpoints solutions to often complex business issues and blockages by way of targeted, insightful questioning. Izzy is great at getting you to determine what’s holding you back in business and what you need to do to move forward. She has been a huge help in getting my business unstuck.
— Deloris Clarke of Sorted4You

A vibrant speaker at our Ladies in Property Suffolk event

Izzy joined us for a Ladies In Property Suffolk (LIPS) event and gave us an insight into her journey to becoming a coach. She is an engaging and vibrant speaker and showed our members how to identify and be proud of their strengths and achievements.
— Nadine Coleman, Chair of Ladies in Property Suffolk (LIPS)

I’ve found the job that suits me.

After working for several years in a service area that I loved, I found myself caught up in a large-scale service transformation. I secured a management role in the new structure and from the outset the emphasis was on high performance and strong management in a more commercial setting. Izzy was my manager and acted as my coach and mentor as we adapted to the new culture. I learned a lot about myself during the process. I made tough decisions, implemented new processes and encouraged my team to adopt more structured ways of working. I achieved quite a lot, grew as a person and surprised myself. The self-awareness and learning from this experience gave me the confidence to go out and find a role which is ideally suited to me and which I love.
— Tony Morley, Learning and Development Lead Consultant, Norfolk County Council

Help with harmonising the new team.

Following a significant change in the structure of the organisation, one of my key teams was in need of strategic direction. They had been brought together from two separate organisations and were trying to form their new identify at a time of huge pressure to facilitate change in the organisation. Izzy developed a short programme and used a coaching style to help the team and senior leaders develop common goals and priorities for the future of the service. Through this process, the team members were able to share their goals and prioritise them. As a result, the leadership team was able to create a clear process for embedding the changes the organisation needed to make and gained the support of the newly formed team.
— Rachael Mann, Head of Resources and Performance, West Suffolk Council

I rediscovered myself through coaching.

I approached Blue Pebble Coaching about building my self-confidence after starting a new job within the NHS. I found Izzy to be approachable and very helpful. During our sessions Izzy helped me to discover new skills and, possibly more importantly, rediscover old interests and skills that had become dormant for a period of time. I have no hesitation in recommending Blue Pebble Coaching to anyone in need of either professional or life coaching.
— Kate Bayntun, Norfolk and Suffolk Health Service

We have a better understanding of the role of coaching and how it can help businesses

Izzy of Blue Pebble Coaching Ltd very kindly delivered a presentation on coaching to the New Anglia Growth Hub team to support their professional development.

This was excellent in terms of understanding the role of coaching and the impact this can have on the role of the adviser .”
— Robert Turnbull, New Anglia Growth Hub

Taking back control

it has been a pleasure meeting up with you and our conversations have enabled me to gain a much clearer perspective on how to start being more in control of what I want for my future!
— Senior Manager moving into a new role

Contact Blue Pebble Coaching

If you'd like to hear from Izzy and see how she can help you, fill in the form. 

or call +044 (0)1473 625115