Memberships
Professionalism & Experience
Professionalism and Experience
As a professionally trained and experienced life coach, I have the tools and understanding to help you to create the life you imagine and gain a renewed sense of self.
I am a Primary School teacher with 18 years of experience.
I currently work as an Early Years Educator in a Preschool part time and coach private clients.
I have a Masters in Applied Positive Psychology and Coaching Psychology (Distinction) from the University of East London.
I have 200 + hours of 1:1 and group coaching experience.
I have a current DBS and have undergo Safeguarding Training on a regular basis.
As a member of the European Mentoring & Coaching Council I work to a strict code of ethics and to their Inclusion and Diversity Policy.
I am fully accredited as a Senior Practitioner by the European Mentoring & Coaching Council.
Making Life Better
My commitment is to provide you with accountability, understanding and support.
POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY
I became very interested in positive psychology after I became ill suffering from stress, anxiety and depression. This shocked me as I always considered myself to be a positive person and so did those around me. I had to go through some bereavement counselling and cognitive behaviour therapy to understand what had happened to me and how to get better. I realised I hadn’t been listening to my body and I had given too much of my energy to others leaving nothing for myself. This is the reason I started my journey towards a coaching career as I am passionate about learning, growing, making changes and moving forward. For anyone to be a coach you have to first coach yourself and I spent three years doing just that. I have walked the walk!
The field of Positive Psychology is only 20 years old but its main focus is aiding ways to enhance well being and make life better. Psychology in the past has focussed largely on making people who are ill better. Positive Psychology works on making people who are well flourish.
My Interests
Family
Travel
Socialising
Outdoors
Keeping Physically and Mentally Fit
About Me
Your coach
Hi I am Stella Chan. I am 48, a wife, a mother and part of a very large and extended family. I have a good sense of humour. I have travelled a lot and lived in the USA, Japan and Australia. I have worked in a variety of roles from Primary School Teacher to Personal Assistant, Cleaner to Receptionist, Nanny to Hospitality. I have a wide variety of life experiences.
I changed my career path six years ago when I took a side-step from teaching and became a part time teaching assistant. This gave me time to reflect on what I truly wanted to do in life. I studied several topics including, Mindfulness, Inner Child Healing, Hand Reflexology, Reiki, Managing Anger, Self-Kindness and Children’s Mental Health.
It was then I decided to use my skills and strengths to become a coach.
Being a coach is the most powerful way to help others effectively.
The coaching industry isn't regulated so make sure you hire a coach who is accredited with a professional body.
Here's the link to my Accreditation Status with the European Mentoring & Coaching Council below.
DBS Enhanced Certification
Working with honesty and integrity
I have a current DBS and I am on the update service for employers who wish to check my status here is my Certificate Number 001751640868