All About Ian Barrett
Moving you forward to more positive horizons
My name is Ian Barrett and I am a New Insights Certified Life Coach, an accredited Interactive Coach, and a member of the Association for Coaching.
I am passionate about helping people experiencing difficulties or challenges in any area of their lives.
Being a Life Coach is my third career. When I left school, I worked for the Shell International Petroleum Company for nine years. Towards the end of that time, I became unhappy and felt I wanted to do something that was more rewarding and that would make more of a difference.
So I very bravely gave up my well-paid job and went to university to train to become a primary school teacher. After four years, I gained my Bachelor of Education with First Class Honours degree, and embarked on a very challenging career as a teacher.
I worked in primary schools for nearly fifteen years, first as a classroom teacher, and more recently as a deputy headteacher. During my time in the latter role, I found that what I was best at was mentoring and training people, especially on a one-to-one basis. I got a huge buzz out of helping both qualified and student teachers to develop and get the best out of themselves. Like children, adults too need to be nurtured, encouraged, guided and supported in a reassuring way.
Like everyone on our planet, I have had my fair share of ups and downs in life. However, I have never been afraid to face the difficulties and look for solutions to overcome them. You name it, I have tried it: counselling, psychotherapy, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Chinese alternative medicines and therapies, and lots of self-help books.
All of these led me finally to being coached by my own Life Coach. It made me realise that I had the necessary skills and the right type of nature to also be a Life Coach. I can be totally honest and say that coaching has helped me more with my personal development than anything else.
To me, there is nothing more satisfying and rewarding than helping someone find a way to achieve something. I know that life coaching works. So whether it is your vocation, relationship, family, finances, health or personal development you need help with – I can assist you with the way forward to more Positive Horizons.