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"COACHING & MENTORING is a natural LEELIFE fit. I've enjoyed sharing career knowledge with SME leaders for many decades and hold a passion for motivational training inspired from my early career with the John Lewis Partnership as a Management Trainee.  After the Partnership, I joined Lakeland Limited as a Store Manager in Edinburgh which included many adventures opening other new Lakeland stores, including recruitment and staff training. A promotion lead me into Marketing; managing Lakeland's intense catalogue production, copywriting for customer engagement, photoshoots, product selection, navigating the responsibility of Lakeland's 1st e-commerce website and digital marketing needs. A return to Scotland saw me secure a role as Sales & Marketing Director for Brodies of Edinburgh before 12 years as commercial Head of Retail & Events at The Royal Yacht Britannia  a focussed role on customer journey, visitor experience, multi million turnover, enterprise with internal and service led training & sharing best practice for Scottish Tourism. In recent years, identifying and registering with a professional accreditated coaching programme seemed a most natural professional progression. It was a privilege to train with leaders of accredited Coaching Direct UK and the professional bodies that support the Coaching industry.  This forms part of my ongoing commitment to offer best practice in this comprehensive field. LEELIFE offers coaching programmes and mentoring solutions for your individual or SME business needs."

"NUTRITION  is a wellness arm of LEELIFE. Food as Medicine, Foraging, being creative in the kitchen are a deeply rooted love. Quite simply cooking and cookery books, of which I confess I have over 100, along with my passion for food science and recipe writing are an integral part of my life. From early childhood, making jam and foraging for food with my mother & grandmother, to studying Home Economics,  from securing careers with  renowned kitchenware company Lakeland Limited,  the connosieurs of tea and coffee Brodies of Edinburgh, and leading the five star events team at The Royal Yacht Britannia,  to more humbly entertaining 'at home', passionately cooking and experimenting for willing friends and family.  

I've been blessed with an educated food journey, working beside incredibly inspiring chefs and household cooks. I've listened and learnt from the best. I’ve studied, read deeply and revisited and updated qualifications.  Most recently, 2018,  I enrolled in a diploma in Culinary Medicine and Applied Nutrition with Sano School of Culinary Medicine, London. The UK’s first accrediated course in Culinary Medicine. This comprehensive and detailed study has more than inspired my journey and passion to stay deeply connected with the fast changing world of Food & Nutrition. We are what we eat is more relevant today than its ever been. I’m passionate about sharing my knowledge, to help, coach, direct and connect people to great health. I am able to support individual and business clients to improve many diagnosed health conditions and help educate and impart them with vital knowledge on what food plays to our health and wellbeing. I’m naturally creative and open to challenges and opportunity within the field of nutrition.  I develop & customise nutritionally back recipes, offer kitchen workshops,  research and development projects, bespoke masterclasses and training sessions on specific foods and nutritional topics". 

"WELLNESS In order to live a higher quality life, maintaining optimal wellness is key. Everything we feel and do relates to our well-being and directly affects our actions and emotions. In order to subdue stress, reduce illness, and ensure positive moments in your life, you/we must achieve optimal wellness. To achieve optimal wellness, we must apply it towards every possible endeavor. You can apply a wellness approach towards your environment, community, career, belief systems, physical activities, self care, healthy eating, self esteem, and creative activities. Applying wellness in your everyday life will allow you to achieve your full potential and live with passion and purpose.   I relate to boardroom pressures but passionately promote balancing this with sound wellbeing.  Something I didn’t have right in early years. After ‘my bump in the road’ with my health, I made a promise to take my personal wellness more seriously. I set an intention, that self care and a much greater focus on wellness would be a priority. From listening to my body and giving myself more sleep,  deepening my love of essential oils, greater guilt free time to do my hobbies of Yoga, Photography, Garden & Floristry,  makIng proper space for me,  my husband, kids, dogs and family, and being more realistic with diary commitments.  I've learnt a great deal about wellness in the last decade, trained in REIKI, and made some incredible connections in the field of health and wellbeing including inspirational doctors, nurses, therapists, healers, yogis, and leaders.  I continue to learn and passionately share my findings with my clients.  LEELIFE offers a safe, confidential, comfortable, space, exclusive Wellness packages, workshops, 1:1's, personalised gifts. I openly support and share the benefits of creating a committed personal wellness routine for you, your friends and family." 

Essential Oils are a key part of my wellness practice. Their benefits were intermittently enjoyed during my early 20's but during my cancer treatment I totally reached out to them and they literally saved my soul.  They continue to be part of my every day life. 

Of course, I owe a lot of my recovery to science, medicine, our incredible private and NHS doctors and nurses, but it too needs support and along with good diet, and exercise, Essential Oils offer a great deal to our bodies both mentally and physically.  

Essential oils are the raw goodess and protection within the plant. There is an oil for everyone and every situation. When carefully and intelligently used their chemical constituents offer a supporting function that feels safe and secure for all the family. Additionally they are incredibly adaptable for use in holistic health,  supporting many ailments successfully. Their adaptive use in your own skincare regime and as a beneficial safe alternative to household cleaning, replacing the need for harsh chemicals is to be wildly promoted. 

There are some truly beautiful Essential Oil companies and I’m often asked who I use or what perfume I’m wearing. More often than not it will be an essentIal oil blend that I’ve created they are smelling!  I‘m a huge fan and of world renowned Aromatherapy Associates and more locally to me, the beautiful company, Beatitude.  You will find these brands loving used within my home. 

Additionally my ‘go to‘ trusted essential oil supplier and that of my supported nutritional  wellness is Doterra.  Doterra‘s authentic pure source, stunning range, professional education, and company ethos are very important to me and to that of my family, friends and clients. 

If you’d like to find out how oils can help your health and wellness please connect with me here Sonia@leelife.co.uk