You’re Never Too Old: David’s Story

David came to see me over a year ago, he had been suffering from depression off and on for a number of years and was struggling to enjoy his sales role or get any fulfilment from it. The only reason for getting up and going to work was because David had to drop his kids at school on the way. He just couldn’t see a way forward when he first came to see me.

We worked together for several months and were able to restore David’s confidence and help him see a way forward. With renewed self belief he finally decided to take the plunge in his mid 40s to pursue his life long ambition to be a maths teacher. One year on David writes to update me of his progress.

Hello Mel – How are you?

I was sitting thinking this afternoon how things have changed for me this last 12 months, and the part you played, so thought it would be remiss not to send you an email and to say hello etc…

Well, this time last year I was a month away from starting my PGCE [Post Graduate Certificate in Education] course to become a Maths teacher. I am now 4 weeks away from starting as a fully fledged NQT [Newly Qualified Teacher] and lo and behold it will be at the school my girls went to, how freaky is that?!!

I just had an amazing year – one of those things you can glibly say “I should have done this ages ago”, easy to say but then I think, would it have been as good, was I ready for it?

I just think the time was right ,everything fell into place, maybe it was fate?!?! I cannot believe how at home I feel with teaching, my state of mind and attitude is so different, I worked so hard and it never felt like a chore.

So, another big tick for you, I hope you are still doing well and thanks again!

David (Printed with kind permission of my client).

If you are struggling to find your way forward please get in touch maybe I can help?