About Me

Amanda Hagan (MA-PVP, BA(Hons) Hum, DipLit, CertHE)

My Story: From Financial Markets to Opera Stages

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I began my career as a Back-Up Trader in the world’s financial cities, eventually becoming a Forex manager. After achieving this goal, I took a leap of faith and transitioned into contract work, collaborating with traders, fund managers, and compliance officers. During this time, I also pursued my passion for opera, touring the UK, France, and Spain between contracts.

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My Turning Point: Discovering My Own Challenges

 

After stepping back to raise my daughters, I returned to the arts but was confronted by performance anxiety and limiting beliefs, deeply rooted in childhood trauma. Realising I had to work on myself before helping others, I embarked on a journey into therapeutic coaching. I trained in Neuro-Linguistic Programming, Hypnotherapy, and Advanced EFT to help others unlock their true potential.

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What Helping Others Means to Me

 

Helping others isn’t just a job for me—it’s deeply personal. After a long journey of turning my own life around, I now guide others to do the same. It has taken me years of hard work and self-discovery, often without support from others. The only help I've truly received has come through my training and the invaluable connections with my training buddies.

My greatest fulfilment comes from watching someone break free from their limitations and transform their life. I understand the struggles and the time it can take to find clarity and purpose, and it’s my mission to ensure that no one else has to endure the prolonged suffering that I experienced.

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Why Work With Me?

 

Until I experienced the power of coaching and therapy myself, I never believed I could overcome feelings of inadequacy and low self-esteem. I now know that this core feeling of “not being good enough” is something many people carry, often masked by:

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• Anxiety

• Panic attacks

• Depression

• Addiction and addictive behaviours

• Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)

• Insomnia

• Self-harm or even suicidal thoughts

 

Through compassionate, confidential guidance, I can help you find the light at the end of your tunnel.

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Why Now?

 

The time to take action is now. Whether you're battling burnout, grief, or navigating motherhood, menopause, or career transitions, there’s no better moment to reclaim your life. Therapy and coaching offer a chance to shift your mindset, release emotional baggage, and live without the weight of unresolved pain. Choose yourself—your growth, your healing, and your future.

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Why Coaching or Therapy?

 

I’ve lived with debilitating performance anxiety and stage fright throughout my singing and teaching career. I know what it feels like to be in a rat race, judged and constantly proving yourself. The pressure of trying to be accepted, wearing a mask to please others, drained me. But it was through these struggles that I learned the most valuable lessons and now use them to empower my clients.

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Core Values

 

• Empowerment: I guide my clients in building resilience and self-maintaining tools for growth. Unlike conventional counselling and CBT, which can take months to yield results, my approach is designed to facilitate meaningful change in fewer sessions. Clients often find that they achieve lasting transformation more quickly, allowing them to effectively handle life’s challenges and reclaim their sense of self.

• Authenticity: I help people remove the masks they wear to fit in, which ultimately debilitate and prevent them from being true to themselves. Authenticity is key to finding inner peace and confidence, and by embracing it, you empower yourself.

• Respect: Valuing yourself and others is the cornerstone of personal growth.

• Compassion: Understanding and supporting each person’s unique journey, I create a safe, non-judgemental space where you can truly be yourself.

• Trust: Trust is earned through honesty and openness, both of which I cultivate in every client relationship.

• Attentiveness: Listening beyond words to what truly matters allows me to create bespoke, personalised solutions for your challenges.

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Who I Work With

 

I’ve worked with clients from all walks of life—university students, teenagers, children, teachers, lecturers, barristers, actors, singers, presenters, speakers from Parliament and the Home Office, and other professional voice users. Whether your issue feels minor or overwhelming, my bespoke coaching packages, which include techniques like NLP, Hypnotherapy, EFT, and Inner child work, will help you tackle your unique challenges.

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Ready to Transform Your Life?

 

If you’re ready to take back control, realise your true potential, and become the best version of yourself, I invite you to book a Free 30-minute chat with me today. Let’s start this empowering journey together and unlock the resilience that lies within you.

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