What do I get out of working with you?
     I feel supported, encouraged, and seen by you. I appreciate your thoughtfulness and thoroughness to stay abreast of my world in all areas,not just business details...you work wholistically and intuitively. You help me get clear, set priorities, and make decisions (which I usually do very reluctantly).
     You remind me to set intentions and visualize outcomes, to get effective people to assist me, to delegate duties, to abandon non-essentials, and to remember to nourish and renew myself regularly.
     I notice less depression, overwhelm and stress...and more enthusiasm, flow, and ease. Since working with you my esteem is up, and my business has gradually increased, along with my income. I have a stronger felt sense of being appreciated in the world, and of moving into a new and graceful stage of my life journey. My daily experiences generate more feelings of accomplishment and fulfillment. I can now picture myself in a space of health, clarity, prosperity, and purpose.
     You reflect back to me the great gift I have to give, and remind me to 'just give it'...
     Thank you for being in my corner. I am blessed to have you.

Garry Gallaghar
Vital Health

     It's hard to explain but it has to do with your assumption of intelligence on the part of the audience and the way you make connections between seemingly different areas of thought or inquiry. Like drawing on Goethe and Gandhi to make a point about safe injection sites.
      In part it worked because the audience is reasonably well read and most people knew who you were talking about. It also worked because you implicitly gave them credit for being able to think outside the box and draw parallels between the task they're engaged in and similar struggles others have faced, but for entirely different reasons.
      My sense is that you help people see what is new about a familiar situation, and what is familiar about new or different situations in part by making connections that startle people out of their particular little mindsets. Like talking about social services, passive resistance and, say, quantum physics in the same sentence. In the end, it makes for a richer understanding of the situation and more creative, enduring solutions.

Kim Balfour

     I worked with Gillian Maxwell during a period of transition from one occupation to another. I found her to be professional and insightful, with an easygoing manner that was comforting. She was able to ask probing questions that clearly showed both practical and strategic thinking. In particular, she provided guidance on how to plan for the future, in a step-by-step manner. She asked the right questions to elicit the underlying issues for me. Her pragmatism was helpful in crafting both shorter range and long range plans.

Wayne Ralph, M.A.
Author & Photographer

     I was referred to Gillian by an associate almost a year ago. At the time I was feeling quite disorganized and unable to move my plans forward in a constructive way. Gillian's assistance has been brilliant. I've been able to get my business on a forward tract and much more productive than it was. At the same time, Gillian has helped me to manage more effectively all those the other complexities of life. Gillian's services are a must for all of us who struggle with the competing demands of life and the desire to get ahead and be successful.

Maggie Ross
Inifinite Potential Consulting Group

     You have definitely helped me to gain a broader perspective on who I am and what I want to be doing.
     One of the things I find most effective about how you approach things is that it definitely feels like it is based in your own experience, and helping me see more clearly what is going on with me and moving forward from there - it's awareness enhancing. There has been nothing "text-bookish" about it!
     My experience of the work we do together contains a "passion awakening" and "energy raising" element. The thing you have helped me most with is getting in touch with what fuels me and where my passion lies which has been very energizing.
     I feel much more in touch with how important my writing and creativity are to me, as well as my social justice interests, and the need to balance it all.

Anne O'Neil

     Working with Gillian was a creative and expansive process that used a right brain, creative pathway to create both the next steps necessary to achieve our goals, as well as the long term "big picture" of our next five years. Gillian is caring and respectful. She is very clear on boundaries and creates an atmosphere of trust in which creative thought and forward movement are possible. Thanks Gillian.

Gail T. Muise
Youngs Ferris