Press Release

February 2009

For immediate release

Louise Gillespie-Smith has been shortlisted in a national online competition to find the UK’s most exciting and inspirational top coaches – and she needs your votes!

Louise Gillespie-Smith, 33, of Create Yourself in London, has been an image consultant and confidence coach five years. She grew up in the New Forest, went to university in London to study media, and has 8 years experience as a life style manager.

Louise is a fully trained Image Consultant and Confidence Coach. She started off training to become an image consultant from a love of shopping, clothes and desire to really help people make the most of themselves. From her image consultancy work Louise realised how much she loves to help people feel great about themselves, see their self confidence grow and to feel like she is really making a difference in people's lives. This lead to Louise becoming a Life Coach to really help people set inspiring goals for their future and to break down and eliminate anything that is stopping them from achieving them.

Louise helps develop self confidence and self belief in her clients who come to her with a range of issues, including unhappy in their careers or relationships.

“I’m really delighted to be shortlisted in this competition. Coaching is a relatively new profession which doesn’t always get the recognition it deserves. I believe passionately in it and know that it can transform people’s lives,” said Louise.

She needs public votes if she is to stand a chance of making it into the finals. So she wants her supporters to log on to the website, www.britainsnexttopcoach.tv view the video of her coaching tip and help her along by voting for her.

The competition is called Britain’s Next Top Coach. Public voting takes place in February 2009.

The winners will be announced in October 2009.

Editor’s Notes:
1. Contact details: Louise Gillespie-Smith, 0845 257 9977, louise@createyourself.co.uk
2. More info: http://createyourself.co.uk/
3. The competition, Britain’s Next Top Coach, seeks to inspire a nation to greatness by 2012 by finding the most talented and inspirational coaches, speakers and trainers from the self-help and personal development industry. It seeks ‘Gold Medal’ coaches who recognise their own fears and challenges, but step out of their comfort zone and inspire others to do the same.
4. Entries closed in December 2008. Public voting takes place in February.
The final takes place in October 2009.
5. The competiton winner receives a media promotion package worth £100,000. There are also runner-up prizes.
6. More info: www.britainsnexttopcoach.tv