“There is no way to Happiness, Happiness is the way”
Thich Nhat Hanh
Jill Griffin
Qualified Life Coach
Mindfulness Practitioner & Coach
Certificate of Advanced Strategic NLP
Associate Member of ANZCAL
Coaching in English, French, Italian, German and Swiss-German
Would you like to:
- discover and resolve subconscious conflicts or limiting beliefs that are holding you back?
- infuse your life with happiness?
- gain self-confidence and increase your self-belief?
- identify, plan and achieve your goals?
- discover mindfulness, breathing and stress-relief techniques?.
- create meaningful connections with family members and co-workers?
- create a future that is aligned with your values?
- improve your public-speaking and positive communication skills?
- learn new parenting strategies?
Then BOOK YOUR FREE CONNECTION CALL NOW!
Are you ready to infuse more happiness, genuine connection, balance and success into your life?
KIA ORA, welcome fellow traveller on this fabulous journey called life.
If you are reading this, you are ready to change something in your life, even if you can’t quite pinpoint what exactly it is, yet.
Maybe it’s more balance you seek, maybe you have forgotten how it feels to be truly happy, maybe it’s a new challenge you’re after, maybe you could do with some clarity, maybe it’s to help reduce your stress or anger, or maybe it’s simply for some self-love and healing.
No matter your reason, I can’t wait to hear about your journey and, in particular, where you’d like to head from here.
We all have the power to achieve our goals. Sometimes all we need is someone to believe in us, someone to help us overcome the fears and old beliefs that have held us back, and guide us to find our unique path.
The busyness of everyday life can keep us so distracted, that we can suddenly wake up one day and wonder: “ how the hell did I get here?!” and , most importantly, “how on earth do I get to who and where I want to be?”
As your coach, I will help you untangle those questions, break through old beliefs, and assist you in creating a tangible pathway forward, to an exciting new reality.
The beauty of treating yourself to a life coach, is that creating change will be much easier, as it will be a direct result of your new mindset, rather than forced willpower. I will guide you through a step-by-step approach, as well as hold you accountable to the action steps you have set yourself. This means that change will be deep, meaningful and long-lasting.
I can’t wait to be at your side and witness you achieving your goals, finding deep happiness, and re-discovering your true purpose.
“Life doesn’t get better by chance, it gets better by change”
Jim Rohn
WORKSHOPS FOR BUSINESSES
TOOLS FOR TEENS in high schools
“Jill gave a wide ranging talk about wellbeing, mindset and happiness to a group of year 11 to 13 Geraldine High School students in the run up to their School and NCEA Exams. She was extremely well prepared and spoke with passion and expertise about these wide ranging topics. She blended neuroscience with modern wellbeing thinking in a way that kept the students attention throughout her talk. The use of practical mindfulness tips, not only maintained the students interest, but also gave them something tangible to walk away from the session. She followed up the talk with great resources for students to refer back to as they reflected on the talk. In the future we would have Jill back to talk to our students for longer sessions on any of these topics as part of our Personal and Social Education Programme.”
Mr Richard Harvey
Assistant Principal, Geraldine High School
"I personally found the tool for teens workshop very helpful. I liked how it was a very interactive workshop instead of just being talked at. It allowed us to learn about our wellbeing in a safe environment and we also learnt about ways we could manage and process our emotions in a healthy way.
It was very eye-opening and made us think about our future and how we can shape our future by setting goals for ourselves, identifying our strengths, using those strengths to create pathways, and finding happiness within ourselves.
I believe that this workshop is useful and would benefit lots of teens in New Zealand. It was a fun and interesting experience, that I would definitely recommend for other schools to organise for their students to partake in."
Annie Kelly, Year 13
student, Whangarei Girls High School
“I found the session extremely interesting, the variety of fields brought in ensured everyone could find something to relate to. The parts about how success is different to everyone and how success alone doesn't equal happiness were especially helpful and thought-provoking for me. I will definitely be thinking about that when I head into a career. It was easy to follow and I also enjoyed the mindfulness exercise; having it in the morning set the tone for what kind of day I was going to have and made my mood better throughout the day”
Lydia Burnett, GHS Student Leader
"(...) Jill's confidence in speaking, the way she engaged with individuals as well as the whole group, showed a compassion and understanding of not only her subject, but her audience alike. (...)Her family-centric values were very apparent and her understanding and connection with teens a very powerful and admirable quality. (...) As a speaker Jill is inspirational, and brings fun, integrity and intuitiveness."
Gerry Shackleton, Business owner and mother of teens.
ONE TO ONE:
Ready for change? Click here“Jill can help you in all facets of life, is a fantastic listener and has the ability to adapt to any style required to help you get what you want to achieve, in any aspects of life. I highly recommend Jill to help you move your life forwards, in a balanced, honest, and safe way”
Mark Johnston, Business Manager
“Jill is a wonderfully empathetic coach, who quickly helped me understand some of where my barriers to progress sit. She asks great questions and really made me feel at ease”
Jane Cook
“ (…)As a mentor or coach she is empathetic, kind, considerate, but also a strong and confident guide for personal growth and family development. I personally am looking forward to spending more time with Jill.”
Gerry Shackleton, Business Owner
Personal one-to-one Life Coaching
Investing in yourself isn't a luxury. It is growth.
- YES, YOU CAN achieve a positive mindset applicable to every area of your life
- YES, YOU CAN gain self-confidence and increase your self-belief
- YES, YOU CAN infuse happiness into all areas of your life
- YES, YOU CAN create a future that is aligned with your values
- YES, YOU CAN CHOOSE to prioritize your inner WELLBEING.
Thanks to discoveries in neuroscience and the realm of applied psychology, we now have more insight into how our brains work, and as individuals we have more tools to live a happy and fulfilled life, than ever before.
It’s amazing what you can achieve, and how much more energy, focus and joy you can bring into our day-to-day reality, by simply shifting your mindset.
“It’s better to light a candle, rather than complain about the darkness“
This saying, said to have been uttered by Confucius around 2500 years ago, has been a constant inspiration in my life. A reminder that we have the power to affect our surroundings, our reality. And sometimes I feel like adding to the saying: “…and it helps if someone hands you the matches” .
So gift yourself the gift of a lifetime. In just a few sessions you will sense a profound shift to a life with more happiness, peace of mind and true purpose
Free 30 minute consultation to see if I’m the coach for you! .
Why work with me?
About MeAboutMe
Kia Ora, hello, hallo, ciao, salut,
Ever since experiencing a life coaching weekend in my early twenties, and especially while working as an actress and as a drama and language teacher, my main interest always lay in understanding how we, humans beings, really work: how we learn, how we communicate, how our emotions, thoughts and actions interact, and how we can inspire each other to be our best selves.
Most importantly, I have always been passionate about understanding how we can influence how we feel, and therefore create a better reality for ourselves; one that is filled with joy and deep satisfaction.
As well as being a qualified Life Coach and Mindfulness Practitioner & Coach, I am a proud mum of two very happy young adults, with whom I have an excellent relationship.
I have travelled to over 30 countries which has expanded my horizons and understanding of other cultures and ways of life. Prior to training as a Life Coach, my professional background was in the performing arts, teaching drama and languages, and in events management. I have over twenty years experience teaching and coaching people of all ages and abilities (aged 4 to age 80+), with a focus for many years on teens. The red thread that connects all the work I have done, is guiding people to understand themselves better by exploring something new. Personal challenges, like a challenging marriage and break-up, raising my two children as a single mum on the opposite side of the world from all of my family, while reinventing myself professionally, further shaped my understanding of, and respect for, other people’s journeys, and the incredible pressures that are put upon families and individuals in today’s society.
These experiences have given me insight into how to turn challenges into opportunities, how to find happiness regardless of financial or other external circumstances, and they have deepened my interest in, and understanding of, parenting, education, psychology, community and personal development.
Originally from Switzerland, I trained and worked as an actor in London, and have now been living in the beautiful South Island of New Zealand for the past 19 years.
In Switzerland, I worked as Service Manager and Translator at the World Trade Centre Lugano, and later helped establish Teatripossibili, a drama school for teenagers and adults.
Here in New Zealand I co-founded the Geraldine Academy of Performance & Arts, where I taught drama and languages and also co-ran a beautiful theatre program for teens and adults with special needs. I had the opportunity to create multi-day festivals (Winterlights Festivals, Earth Hour Magical Lantern Walks, Future Living Festivals) with great community support; I acted at the Court Theatre in Christchurch, and taught languages and coached drama at the Geraldine High School, Waihi Boys School, Alliance Française Timaru, the Geraldine Academy, at the Geraldine Kindergarten and via private courses. I also enjoyed working as diversional therapist for the elderly.
Teaching and education in general, are big passions of mine, and I am so grateful to have been able to teach people of every age on a weekly basis. However, I always felt that I wanted to help people on a deeper level than what I was doing via teaching or via the events.
So in 2020, I finally found what I'd been looking for, and trained and qualified as a Life Coach and Mindfulness Coach. I started my coaching business in Feb 2021, and completed the NLP Practitioner training in 2022.
While my work has given me huge satisfactions, until recently, parenting was always my main focus. I loved every minute of every phase, and I did all I could to give my children a simple but magical childhood and a broad education, in spite of financial restraints, with the aim of raising confident, independent, kind, happy, resilient free-thinking young people to send off into the world.
Currently, as well as coaching, I sing at events, hike regularly, love deep conversations with close friends around an outdoor fire, I travel a lot, and I relish any time I get to spend with my newly-adult kids.
Life coaching is the most effective means of drawing on all of my skills and experience, to create more good in the world.
I look forward to hearing about how I can help you on your journey.
Nga mihi nui,
Jill
