For the last 15 years Lara has dedicated her career to working with young people. She has worked with teenagers in schools and youth centres, and with those who are unemployed, helping them to identify their goals and aspirations, and take the steps towards achieving their potential.
Lara is passionate about supporting young people to believe in themselves and live happy and fulfilling lives. She works with young people on a one to one basis as well as in small groups. Her sessions are unique and interactive and are designed to change negative thinking patterns.
Lara’s work helps young people to understand how their thoughts create their feelings and their feelings influence their behaviour.
When thoughts are positive, feelings and behaviour are too, leading to happy and fulfilled young people who stand the best chance of achieving their potential.
Lara believes that young people today are under more pressure than ever, pressure to achieve perfection in their education and appearance. In 2010 she created the SHIFT personal development programme, to help young people shift their thinking, take personal responsibility and overcome the pressure they experience in modern society.
Lara lives in Dorset with her partner, two children and two dogs. She shuns television for books, and admits to an obsession with natural skincare products! Lara is a qualified personal performance coach and careers adviser, and has studied NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming). Lara is passionate about her work, and strives to maintain and enhance her own personal development through extensive reading and regular attendance at conferences and seminars.
