If you’d like to be happier, more self-confident, have higher levels of self-esteem, have higher levels of energy and vitality, experience less stress, be more resilient, achieve your goals, perform better at work, be more engaged at work and be more effective at developing yourself and growing as an individual then my strengths coaching is for you.

Research shows that people who use their strengths and take a positive, appreciative approach to their life benefit from all the above.

• I help men and women increase their self-esteem so the image on the outside beautifully reflects who they are on the inside.

• With my confidence coaching you will sparkle from the inside out, be more attractive and magnetic to others, gain more respect and have more success in both the workplace and at home.

• Through my strengths-based coaching you will gain great self-awareness and magnificent self-worth.

• I am unique as a coach in that I really understand the two-way dynamic between your behaviour and appearance and have all the strengths and skills to assist you with both.

• My experience in fashion, psychology, technology, management and coaching allow me to seamless fuse cognitive behavioural coaching, positive psychology, web tools, and image and fashion styling to enable you to achieve both inward and outward self-advancement and enhancement.

• I understand you must start with the relationship you have with yourself in order to have positive relations with those around you. I will assist you to achieve positive work relationships, happy family ties and a lasting, loving, romantic partnership.

I increase your self-awareness of your thinking, moods and emotions. I address your barriers to self-confidence. I support you to manage your thoughts, so you learn to think differently. Through self-talk you can change your thoughts, which in turn facilitates solid self-belief.

I help you rediscover your strengths/talents, what you are brilliant at and what energises you, so you increase your self-worth. I focus on what\'s right about you, tapping into your positive core. On this secure foundation of self-belief we will put a plan in place to build your lifestyle around those very strengths.

I work on the two-way dynamic between your behaviour and appearance. It is as important to feel confident and attractive on the outside, as it is feel glow of contentment and comfort on the inside. I will help you achieve a positive self-image that enables you to show off your physical charms as well as your charisma.

My way of working is warm, honest and intuitive, yet scientific and evidence based. I ooze optimism. I will be a positive force in your life, giving you the motivating push you need to gain self-generated, glowing confidence in all areas of your life. My coaching creates positive vitality.

My coaching is informed by evidence-based research from the science of psychology, influenced by the work of Martin Seligman, Marcus Buckingham, Donald Clifton, Alex Linley, Stephen Palmer, Christine Wilding, Michael Neenan, Christopher Peterson, Barbara Frederickson, Robert Biswas-Diener, Sonia Lyubomirsky, Todd Kashdan, Jonathan Passmore, Christopher Peterson, Barbara Frederickson, David Cooperrider and Suresh Srivastva.

I previously used my creative talents to style celebrities- a plethora of male and female celebrities from music, film, fashion, TV and entertainment from the UK, Europe and USA. I also designed menswear and am an expert in colour, fit and style.

These days I run my own coaching practice, delivering confidence coaching one-on-one, for groups, for training and I also career coach for Workoco. At times it\'s a balancing act; luckily I have key strengths in time optimization and reconfiguration. I also have an abundance of energy and optimism which is handy when the double espresso fails!

Ever since my first role as a web content manager I’ve had a love affair with technology. Web browsing is heaven for a curious connector like me and with the Irish \'gift of the gab\' I was born to blog. I delight in using social media to stretch my inter-personal and communication skills and believe that technology is improving the quality of our lives everyday. That said I am a firm believer in the more high technology around us, the more the need for human touch. I\'m with Katherine Tulpa (CEO of Assoc of Coaching) when she said, \"we need to find greater ways to connect.. so we become more high touch in a high tech world.\"

I care deeply about future generations and strive to have a positive impact on others in whatever I do. I endeavour to make a daily positive contribution to the world. I walk my talk. How I spend my time and the decisions I make all are aligned to my overriding sense of mission to be a positive force for personal change and progress in the world.

\"Despite being highly motivated and ambitious, I found that there were certain things in my life unfinished. These were not insignificant tasks as they related to my career development and romantic relationships. With coaching from Mary-Ellen I was able to succeed in these two very important areas of my life. I was able to break the cycle of unfinished work and make huge personal progress within a month. I have realised that a higher salary, a loving relationship and a more focused, positive outlook on life are all possible and I now have the tools to achieve them. Mary-Ellen is a fantastic coach and is highly recommended.\" L.P. Nutritionist, February 2011