šHow To Choose The Right Coach for You, with Desiree Silverstone of Head Honchos
š§ Live show with top coach Disree Silverstone
Meet our Guest
Sian and Adelle welcome Desiree Silverstone into the studio. Desiree is a Psychotherapist turned Executive Coach and is the Founder of Head Honchos.
Our take on this is that Desiree is tremendous fun, knows what she wants and is out to get it.
Desireeās mission with Head Honchos is to empower people to live abundant lives by empowering them with the tools necessary to live a life of well-being, and to become transformational leaders with integrity and compassion by providing them with the tools for success.
Desireeās bio is her story and a real insight into her business - here in her own words...
āFrom Psychotherapist to Executive Coach
There are storytellers and then thereās me, a story listener.
Since I was a child, Iāve been the kind of person people just feel comfortable talking to and have an innate understanding of people that helps me easily connect with them.
Having worked as a psychotherapist for many years, I gained a great deal of insight underlying human conditions that are prevalent in every work environment. This work showed me that many people have an invisible divide between the āwork selfā and the āhome self.ā I couldnāt help noticing that people hide certain sides of themselves particularly at work.
Itās ironic because as a leader, itās important to be open and transparent, and to be who you are, quirks and all. People can see right through a lie and to be quite honest, they donāt like it. It makes them untrusting, disrespectful and uninterested, which in turns effects the bottom line.
This brings me to my bottom line: to help leaders feel comfortable with who they are. Itās what made me fall in love with being an executive coach.
Finally, to get results from our work together, we need to have trust and connection. And seeing as youāll be sharing things about yourself with me, here are a few things about me to break the ice:
Maths? Forget it. Singing? Not even in a sound-proof shower! The periodic chart makes me sleepy. Animals, vegan food, chocolate and insight? Iām all over it.
An eternal student, I have a passion for learning about myself, those around me and all the things that tickle my fancy, (Iām almost always enrolled in some kind of course). As a result, my brain is as busy and vibrant as the curls in my hair.
Fairness is a value I hold dear as a champion of the underdog (and just dogs in general). Sometimes this means I lose out, but Iām more concerned that justice is served, and Iāll go to court or chain myself to a tree to get it.
Iām a big fan of amateur dramatics and the freedom it gives me to be someone completely different ā someone who screams and shouts and kicks up a fuss. I also paint and thanks to a Groupon voucher, sculpt! You can often find me pottering around and covered in clay.ā
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Top Tips and Quotes from the Show
"It's okay to stop and step back.
If you feel you're doing something and it doesn't feel right, stop. And I mean, stop for one day or two days, and just sit back and come and contemplate."
-Adelle Martin
"Sleep, becauseĀ when you sleep, it's your brain that produces chemicals that help your neurons actually multiply & develop. It's one of the things in addition to aerobic exercise."
-Desiree Silverstone
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