Testimonials

Tiffany W.

My name is Tiffany and I participated in Pennys Resilience Career Coaching. I have to say that even though I may not have an actual diagnosis of C-PTSD that this program helped me immensely. Penny is incredibly thoughtful and intuitive. She helped me realize that my life does not have to revolve around everyone else that makes me uncomfortable and unhappy all the time. That I can take steps to make myself happier. To set boundaries even with the people I love to make sure I am being true to myself. This program has made huge impacts on my life and my happiness. When I started I was calling out of work at least once or twice a week due to anxiety and not feeling comfortable in my job to then cross training to be a supervisor. I am now so much more confident and comfortable in my job so I have the ability to move forward and hopefully move up so that I can be a good contributor to my house hold and family. She has helped me feel like I am a better mom by being who I am. She helped me build up the courage to reach out to someone that I never thought I would see again and it turned out to be a wonderful experience. I would highly recommend going through this coaching to help you get to where you need to be. If you are struggling to find your way in work or even in your personal life it’s ok to struggle and this coaching program can help you build up who you are as an employee/parent/person. So I would just like to say a big Thank You to Penny for having me be apart of her journey to become what she loves being.

Gabrielle G.

Working with Penny as a C-PTSD career resilience coach for ten weeks using her eight-dimensions of wellness program, rooted in the principles of ikigai, has helped me have a holistic and focused approach to my career and personal life. The first few words that come to mind when thinking about Penny are warm, enthusiastic, energetic, organized, knowledgeable, current, adaptable, focused, eloquent, and passionate. The 8-dimensions of wellness program that Penny has created is a resource and framework of thinking that is invaluable for anyone with complex trauma. 

I started working with Penny at one of the lowest points of my life...

Allie K.

Penny and I connected on linkedin as part of her work at The Barrett Group. She was looking for people to participate in her inaugural run of her new C-PTSD Career Transformation course - having had PTSD due to cancer for several years, and wanting to enhance my career confidence I had dented during my journey, I was happy to try this out. 

The overall outcome was hugely positive for me. Penny created a customised way to address the areas of the course, never rushing me when I needed to explore areas in more depth. The individual sessions gave structure to what is otherwise quite an overwhelming topic and more importantly, it was highly practical - with exercises to help crystalise thoughts and turn them into applicable actions both in the workplace and beyond. It also taught me better ways to communicate about my trauma with colleagues when I needed to, which has, in turn, I feel, made me more effective at work and a more compassionate and present manager.

I cannot recommend Penny and her work highly enough. Both the Barrett Group and Resilience Career Coaching have helped me to build the career, and mental health capacity, that I have today! Plus, she is supremely lovely to work with! I enjoyed all our time together - even the more emotionally challenging sessions!