about me

Welcome to Inspired by Coaching.

I’m Rachel Martin.  I live in York and I'm married with two young girls.  Amongst my hobbies I particularly enjoy spending time with family and friends, learning and running.  As your coach, I want to share with you more about my knowledge, skills and expertise.

Why choose me as your coach? 

Coaching Knowledge and Expertise:

• Having establised ‘Inspired By Coaching’, it allows me the opportunity to coach others which is particularly rewarding.  I also work with organisations to enhance individual and team performance.
• I enjoy teaching others about coaching, as part of a Foundation Degree at the University of Hull. 

• I am a highly qualified coach and have an MSc Personal and Corporate Coaching (with Distinction) from the University of Hull.
• I enjoy mentoring and have recently been a voluntary mentor for the Accord Mentoring Scheme, North Yorkshire.  I currently mentor for Barnardos on a voluntary basis.
• I take my role as a coach very seriously and regularly attend coaching workshops, networking groups and supervision.  This ensures that I keep learning and that my coaching standards are consistently high.

Background:  For 10 years, I worked in management for a national retailer.   I took a short career break to have children.  I then decided to change direction and retrained to become an adult tutor.  I have been teaching adults for over 7 years and work for the University of Hull.  ‘Inspired by Coaching’ has now been established for two years and I now combine two careers – one of personal coach and tutor. 

The Power of Setting Goals: The foundation of coaching is setting personal goals.   I first became interested in coaching after firsthand experience of the power of goals. I committed to running the London Marathon within a four month period (having previously run only 5km).  I did it!  The experience proved to me that goals can have a profound effect on increasing motivation and enhancing performance.