Reviews

My name is Victoria, and I am the owner and founder of Maison Victoire Immobilier, a successful estate agency based in Vaucluse. Together with my team, we help property buyers and sellers in the beautiful Luberon and Ventoux areas of the south of France.

Before I started working with Rebecca Ronane, I was finding it difficult to define my most important goals and to clarify my route to achieving them. Forever ambitious, I was juggling too many urgent but not important tasks and had little time to consider my strategy for business growth and development.

Rebecca has helped me to focus on the tasks that will lead to my goals more quickly, and identify the best route to reach these goals. She has particularly encouraged me to recognise the value of my team, what to delegate and to whom, freeing me up to take on a more directorial role.
 
For me, the most valuable features of having a coach like Rebecca are I am forced to set aside time to think about the bigger picture, and I have someone with whom to discuss these new ideas for business growth: an objective and confidential listener and advisor.

If you’re on the fence about whether you should have a coach, I can highly recommend a session with Rebecca.
Victoria Templeman

Director, Maison Victoire Immobilier,

“I have to admit, I’d really underestimated the value of defining my core values! Sure, I’ve heard and read about the importance of this exercise, and I’ve thought about what drives me, but this does take concentrated effort, and it’s been all too easy for me to set it aside for another day…Which is why I’m so grateful for Rebecca’s guidance in exploring my Core Values! It wasn’t enough for me to simply say that Growth-Joy-Courage-Curiousity-Exploration (and others) propel me; the whole point of having a trustworthy guide is to help me understand what’s been right in front of me all along. That’s what a great coach does! Rebecca held up a clear mirror for me to see my strengths and how I can develop them, as well as helping me prioritise the necessary steps to for optimal personal growth. Maybe I would’ve gotten around to defining my values on my own eventually, but without coaching, I’m sure that I would’ve overlooked so much fascinating insight. It feels great to kick procrastination to the curb, and really move forward into GROWTH!”
Apryl Zarfos Anderson

“Working with Rebecca Ronane has been the most extraordinary experience.  She helped me see certain things more clearly

And helped me SEE certain things for the first time.  It was like walking towards someone in a dark space who was holding a candle
In their hand and she called out the directions in the dark and as I approached her I could see more and more clearly all the beauty of the
Space around us.    I discovered that I am not unusual and that confusion about how to go forward in a new situation is normal.
In fact I found the whole experience enlightening.
I thought the skype/facetime sessions were very practical and easy and I would recommend Rebecca to anyone who feels they need
An objective and clear vision in a cloudy personal scenario.”
Colette Engstrom

“I can tell you that for me the experience was positive, constructive and dynamic, interacting with a group of smart and autonomous ladies.

I particularly appreciated the layout you set out for each session which you conducted with professionalism and respect towards each of us.

I felt secure to be part of your group and to discuss personal issues and situations with other women.“

Florence Proux

Inner Circle Member

“I arrived at one of Rebecca’s early sessions on a blustery Provencal spring day, wondering whether I really had time to cut out for two hours. Well, maybe that should have been my first clue! Rebecca is welcoming and organised. Anyone is welcome, no matter what life or work experience you bring with you, she facilitates a conversation around the topic of the day. You will leave with a few things you had not thought of and the added bonus of a couple new friends in Provence.”
Carolyne Kauser-Abbott (CKA)

“However uneasy you may feel about a group session. Rebecca makes everyone welcome and quickly draws us all together. The subject in hand takes over, everyone who contributes adds a new dimension, some echo how you feel, others express a different dimension that adds to your understanding. Carefully guiding the flow Rebecca encourages all. It’s always food for thought.”
Ana Sonatah

“Thanks Rebecca, that was a very useful exercise. Coming up with a long list of core values isnt that hard, but you helped me to drill down to the truly essential priorities for how I want to live my life and do my work.  The top five values are quite hard to get to and you were great at eking these out of me. When your life and work match your values, you automatically will be much happier. Thats why its so important to go through this exercise with a coach early in life, before you make major life and work choices. Luckily Ive been living my values for a while now, but I wish I could have done this exercise in my twenties, it would have saved me a lot of headaches (literally and figuratively!).”
Sophia Mose

“When I participated in the Core Values exercise with Rebecca, I prepared by trying to identify my values without suggestions. The exercise then showed me what truly are my core values, how I understand them and how I live them on a daily basis.

Looking back now at what I perceived to be my values, I understand (through activating values inherent within me) my initial list were aspiring values, values continue to evolve and with self awareness (my number two value) we identify those aspects of the self that require encouragement or development.
I was surprised to see how my values have evolved in recent years as I’ve left behind traditional expectations and moved more towards a holistic way of working and being.

Understanding these values has given me an interesting view of how I operate in and with the world, how I make decisions, choose projects and interact with people.

I highly recommend this exercise to understand and review ones values, which will lead to better prospective partnerships, both personal and professional.”

Claire McAlpine

I enjoyed the sessions I attended so much-listening to other women’s ideas, sharing my apprehensions and fears, finding support and energy from the group of such interesting. diverse women, all looking for a way forward with their lives. I would come away so full of energy and hope for my own challenges.

Through voicing these thoughts and fears and hearing other people’s worries, sharing with good humor and laughter, guided by Rebecca, I found that they started to fall away, particularly through breaking down and challenging each thing that stopped me from moving forward and realizing myself.

It is so helpful to “unpack” those things that get in our way, writing down the fears, re organizing thoughts, managing to take step after step which brake down the fears. And the knowledge that there are other women doing the same with whom you can share the experience.

Rosaline Archer Baronio

About Rebecca

Rebecca Ronane celebrated the privilege of becoming fifty in 2006: and says 'if  you'd told me then how the next decade would evolve I'd have laughed at you for many reasons. I didn't expect change, was happy where I was and all I'd read was that life slows down post fifty. It's been the opposite, resisted at first by limiting beliefs but now I know it's a period of life where women  'where you don't need validation from others, it's time to focus on ourselves. A  health and career misfortune became my fortune, as it propelled me to discover  my top values and my passion for coaching. By founding the Forward after Fifty movement, I want to help women to reach their full potential and look forward to a rich and fulfilling new chapter of their lives.
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