Sally P, BA, MInf.Stud. Ph.D and Coach : “Dina Zavrski-Makaric was my coach and I experienced a wonderful coaching series. Dina’s coaching is an empowering and a truly effective support which moved me forward on my journey to my goal. Her style is gentle and I found my life changing with surprising ease. The focus of Dina’s coaching is about being true to yourself and for me this was the most important aspect of the series. Thank you Dina for giving me permission to be myself.”

Marie M., Professional Coach and Counsellor (USA): “Working with Dina was a gift. She has a soft energy that is both supportive and strong. With profound insight and intuition Dina was able to help me to see a new ways of looking at my life and to “step out of the box” and create new solutions to old issues. I’m very grateful for the time I spent working with Dina. She’s a very gifted coach. I recommend her to anyone who wants to get to know themselves in a deeper way.”

Kay B.: “In the 12 weeks of coaching with Dina I learnt a lot of new things about myself. I found and achieved my new inspiring goals. Dina helped me to stay focused, positive and more so for me – to go with the flow. I would definitely recommend Dina as a coach. Overall, the 12 weeks of coaching were exciting and enlightening!”

Michelle C.: “Coaching with Dina provided me with many benefits and insights about dealing with problems, difficult people and stress. Most importantly, coaching helped me prioritize what I want to achieve in life, and stay focused. Dina was excellent in helping me steer back on track or indeed show new direction. Dina is highly intuitive, non-intrusive and empathetic in her approach, yet extremely persistent and focused in helping me achieve my goals. I would definitely recommend coaching to anyone and I would highly recommend Dina as a coach.”

Susan T.: “My expectations in relation to life coaching were absolutely exceeded. I worked with Dina for 12 weeks and during this time I achieved my initial goals but importantly became aware of many new dimensions about myself. This awareness has enabled me to progress in life and will better equip me to face what ever challenges lie ahead. I would highly recommend Dina and challenge you to challenge yourself – the rewards are endless.”

Lyn G.: “Thankyou so much for being my coach. It has been a wonderful learning experience. Coaching with you has given me the incentive to action physically and mentally what I have either talked or thought about doing with my life for many years. It has helped me to change negatives in my life to positives. Confronting my strengths and weakness' and then working on them with your support, I know, has helped me to achieve confidence with myself that I could not have done on my own.
Thanks also for your friendship and look forward to more coaching in the new year.”

Donna B., Small Business Owner: “I engaged Dina Zavrski-Makaric of Challenging Directions, as a workplace coach, when one of my key employee’s attitudes and behaviours became too destructive for the team. I run a medium size business that comprises of 14 professionals. The situation became so critical that, unless I terminated the employee in question, I was at risk of loosing other employees. Team energy was low, people started to lose respect for each other, and no one except me believed that investing in this particular employee was worth it. Engaging a workplace coach was a tough decision to make and my credibility as a leader and a decision maker was on the line with other team members. Three months of coaching with Dina made a huge change in the employee’s attitudes and behaviours. Employee’s listening and interpersonal skills improved, as well as compliance with office procedures and overall team participation. More importantly, benefits of coaching had effect on the whole team, that became stronger and cohesive. Overall communication improved, with individuals allowing for differences and showing mutual respect for each other. Workplace coaching was a well-worth investment…”