About Me: My name is Lauren Ottewill and I am a life Coach.
I qualified with "The Coaching Academy" in 2004.
I have been described as a "spiritual life coach" or a mind body spirit coach,
which is a way of coaching through using my intuition
and helping the individual connect to their inner self
and set goals from within that will enhance their lives
and help them to create their very own spiritual journey,
while maintaining balance and a healthy mind body and spirit.
The first thing I do is get my clients to sit and concentrate on their breathing
and finding that part inside them that is all knowing and wise
and then they become aware of the mind chatter
and the negative beliefs and thoughts which start to come into their mind.
It is then a lot easier for them to understand what is holding them back in life
and I can then help my clients
to find a way to fill the emotional void inside
which can manifest itself as a big Black Hole
which causes us to develop unhelpful and destructive patterns in life
like for example addictions, self defeating behavoural patterns and more.
One of my specialist niches is helping people with eating disorders and addictions ,
who have a physical need to fill the empty hole inside in any way they can.
I also work with creative left sided people who need confidence to develop their business side
and the other type of person who is too right sided
and needs to develop more spirituality have more fun and be more creative in life.
My History
From my teens to my early 30's I was a serious compulsive eater and dieter.
If I wasnt trying out the newest fad to lose weight or how to starve myself,
I was eating myself to death.
My mum used to say "that I lived to eat"
I didnt understand why this was wrong.and that we are meant to "eat to live"
Food was my life. From the minute I got up in the morning till I went to bed
all I could think about was what I would eat, what colours the food would have when I binge
and by the end of the day, I was planning how to lose the weight
and after feeling totally disgusted at myself and wanting to end my life
Going out to a restraunt and eating with everyone else
was the most frightening thing in life to me.
I used to dread it .
What a sad way to live.
It took a huge amount of self love, forgiveness, self acceptance
and a new way of understanding about
the connection between my mind, body and spirit ,
to help me sort out this awful disempowering and damaging life style.
But one day I woke up and that was it.
I cant put my finger on it.
I had found something stronger than food and needing to be that certain weight!
I started to care about my body,
Years of using natural medicine
and conditioning myself to believe that my health was more important to me
then the food and dieting ,started to pay off.
I had found a higher power.I didnt think about the next meal
instead I thought about what I was going to do with my day
and how exciting it was going to be for me to go to
my first drama class.and how beautiful nature is.
It was a combination of learning to express myself in new ways
and developing a new confidence in myself,
and a huge amount of unconditional love towards myself and others
It was about what I wanted now and feeling comfortable in being me,
in which ever way that manifested in my life.
I felt that from now on I would be accepted no matter what I weighed
and I would love myself and it worked!
I will be totally honest, over the years I have tried to binge and I cant do it
Something has changed inside me
and I dont buy into the diet stuff anymore
and my weight I am grateful to say is stable.
I now find that when my life is balanced and working,
the food takes care of itself.
Those who love me accept me anyway and that is all I care about,
and I accept me that is the most important factor of all.
I can teach anyone to find this through the life coaching tools I use.
Honestly, I feel that any addiction no matter what it is,is a symptom of what is wrong or unbalanced in our lives.
So that is how I approach any kind of weakness as I call it in a human being.
Find the lack of balance, the emptiness and where it is coming from
and the triggers in your life that are causing it ,
then find the inner stength in yourself and develop it and nurture it
and you have the solution.to your problem.
It really works! on anything and anyone who wants it to!
I am living proof that it works.
Im not saying that everyone who has an eating disorder or addiction,
needs to become an actor, that is not what I am trying to put across.
However what I do feel is that we all have the answers inside us,
and it is all about finding out what we love doing and how to do it.
Then the addiction will go and eventually you will be so busy plannng your new exciting life
you may actually forget to eat like I did.
It is all about balance and looking inside and loving yourself enough to want to change inspite of all the bad stuff.
It is all about filling the Big Black Hole with Life itself.
So what does that mean to you?
How can you fill that hole?
How can you find yourself?
So what is your higher power? how can you help yourself?
For some if could be: Their family and or friends( someone I knew gave up smoking after their daughter started crying because she was afraid of them dying)
Their physical body and their health( may help you give up a damaging addiction like smoking for example)
Financial constraints(how much money goes on gambling, smoking for ex,......)
It is up to you to come up with your own unique inner strength or higher power.
I can help you to do that if you need me to!
Due to my own experience with my own damaging condition,
which I am very grateful to say,
I learnt how to conquer and no longer carry with me through life,
I have been able to help a lot of people who still suffer needlessly,
to let go and find a strength within.
Some call this a Higher Power, which I found gives them the tools and courage to conquer the pain.
The techniques which I use with my clients which work,
as I know first hand, are based on.
Finding something that means more to us then the damaging addiction and or behavour or thought pattern,
Filling it so to speak with our own unique talents, skills and new creative ways,
Finding a way to become the complete and amazing person we really want to be regardless of what we may think is holding us back in life.which could be our pasts or fear of the future.
My other Niches;
Matrimonial coaching: Helping and guiding you from the first step of planning your wedding to the big day itself. I used to be a wedding planner so i know what it takes to plan a wedding. I can help you stay focused and in control with a balanced stress free attitude I will inspire you in which ever way you would like me to. Whether you want to lose weight to fit into that dress or give up a distructive habit like smoking or build up your confidence I can help you .
My other strong niche is helping actors,entertainers, singers etc.. find a way to realize their dreams
This is due to my own life experience, understanding how a creative artist ticks and how to help them get past the obstacles that life or they themselves,set out to put in front of them.
You can read more about my history as a performer and theatrical being if you like on and or watch www.youtube.com/omedal1
However I believe that Spiritual Coaching is for anyone
who is not experiencing joy in their life,
experiencing this hole in some way and it may be due
to not realizing their dreams or their ambitions,
or just struggling to find a way to live a balanced happy life.
I like to combine the teachings of Tony Robbins ie taking action
and the gentleness and letting go approach of wayne Dyer.
This creates a balance in the human being.
I would like to be seen as a coach with a lot of life experience
in some specific subjects which help me to have real empathy with my clients who really benifit for this
My Aim is to help anyone no matter who they are
or where they come from
to achieve their dreams and reach their goals
and take back their personal power so to speak.
You may want to tackle an eating disorder
and or become a performer or you may want to:
Become the next best selling novelist or model , or
Buy a villa in Spain now or before you retire
Learn how to prioritize and plan your day
Discover new time management skills
Reduce the stress in your life to a minimum
I believe that anyone can learn how to reach their goals.
It may take a little bit of time and focus
and a lot of inspiration yoU will get from me
as I take you on a journey through change and adaptation .
This journey or process will help you to get to know yourself better
and become the person you always wanted to be.It is all about you and what you want your life to be, not what someone else wants you to be..
Its all about honestly looking at your life and the changes you would like to make,
to be the person you have always wanted to become.
Find your connection to the amazing powerfull inteligence inside you
and how to incorporate it in your life,
and you will be able to sort out any problem or situation in life that may be plaguing you..
its never too late!
As long as you are ready for the change to come Lauren will help you find your dream!
Find that new soulmate,
Create the best relationship for you which will fit into your life and enhance your life.
Lose that extra weight and find a plan that works where you wont need to be overweight again if that is what you need
Become the next oscar winning actor or best selling music artist
Beat depression and stress now
Its never too late to change your life
We can do it together! In a simple and balanced way.
Let me become your mentor and spirtual guide if you like.
Enjoy the rest of my website and I hope to speak to you soon .
“I am very excited to now be working as a coach
for Nightingale Conant who I feel was so instrumental in me becoming the success I am today,
and thanks to their amazing tools for life that I have learnt from such amazing Inspirational tapes and cd‘s .
It was a lucky day in my life ,when I found out about the system of listen for 30 days and then send them back.
It made this unbelievable material, accessible to the struggling artist and human being I used to be.
I started out as this frightened Irish child who grew up in terrorism and wars and pain in Israel
and didn’t know where she was going,
or how to fit in, 
to now become a strong talented life coach and inspirational singer songwriter and peace maker and I now hope I can pass on some of that amazing knowledge and powerful life skills to anyone who would like to experience life coaching with me