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Susan Leigh Counsellor and Hypnotherapist www.lifestyletherapy.net
If your business was a coffee, what type of coffee would it be and why? My coffee would be a cappuccino, comfortable, reassuring and friendly, with a dash of chocolate
automatically making or being given many cups of coffee
on the top to make you feel at home. It's a popular choice and
throughout the day whilst at work. Then at weekends they
fits most people's needs and tastes.
hardly drink any coffee at all. Their bodies detox at weekends, causing headaches and associated problems. Far better to
What was your inspiration for starting your business?
enjoy one or two quality cups of lovely coffee as a treat to be
My husband started the business many years ago, when
savoured during a break and drink water the rest of the time.
hypnotherapy was seen as something rather strange and unusual. I certainly back then never envisaged doing what I do
Like cake makes the perfect extra to coffee, what extras
as a profession, but I trusted his wisdom and have grown the
does your business offer that sets you apart from your
practice in many ways since those early years. As well as seeing
competitors? I give a lot of time to my clients and work
clients for stress, relationship counselling and many other
holistically so that each session can cover a lot of ground, often
problems and issues I also have published two books (Dealing
providing fast and effective results in many unexpected ways,
with Death, Coping with the Pain and Dealing with Stress,
like sleeping better, feeling calmer, more in control. Every
Managing its Impact), write regularly for many local, national
session is tailored to suit each client's needs and can last as
and international publications and am a regular contributor for
long as ninety minutes to a couple of hours.
BBC radio. So he was my inspiration but I've certainly taken that original seed and run with it.
In addition, I provide extra support through articles, videos and hints and tips freely accessible via my website, twitter and
How many cups of coffee do you think we drink in the UK collectively per day? Too many. I've seen clients who have the most horrendous headaches at weekends and worry there's
facebook pages. As such I find that many of my clients are recommended to me and several often travel from London, Wales the Midlands and Preston to see me.
something really wrong with them. It's turned out that they're
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