Testimonials
I completed some short-term coaching sessions with Ianto over several months in 2022. I work for the NHS, and although classed as an 'expert' in my own right in terms of mental health and self-care; as health care professionals, we tend to busy ourselves so much looking after other people that we lose sight of our own needs, and caring for ourselves as a priority tends to come last on a long list.
I took a lot of lessons away from our sessions and have made some important life changes.
I have stopped smoking for over 40 days now, and moved away from using coping mechanisms that were maladaptive, towards more soothing and healthy behaviours which was one of my main goals.
I am focussed on the things i love most and this includes taking care of myself.
For the first time i believe in myself and believe I am good enough, and this has helped me vastly in both my work and home life.
The sessions made me really think and look at things from different perspectives.
Ianto provided a safe and non-judgemental space for me and provided a very 'human' approach. He also provided appropriate challenge in a kind and compassionate manner, and had a good sense of humour that felt really important and helped me to feel more relaxed and open.
I would highly recommend him as a life coach.
G. Female
I took a lot of lessons away from our sessions and have made some important life changes.
I have stopped smoking for over 40 days now, and moved away from using coping mechanisms that were maladaptive, towards more soothing and healthy behaviours which was one of my main goals.
I am focussed on the things i love most and this includes taking care of myself.
For the first time i believe in myself and believe I am good enough, and this has helped me vastly in both my work and home life.
The sessions made me really think and look at things from different perspectives.
Ianto provided a safe and non-judgemental space for me and provided a very 'human' approach. He also provided appropriate challenge in a kind and compassionate manner, and had a good sense of humour that felt really important and helped me to feel more relaxed and open.
I would highly recommend him as a life coach.
G. Female
Having known and worked with Ianto since 2017, he has been a consistent inspiration in my life. Initially meeting him as a teenager through his work with JourneymanUK, an organisation which is foundational to my life as an adult stepping into the world after a messy and disempowered teenage-hood. Then getting to know him as a friend, and through working together, the way he shows up for people is truly inspiring.
He has been a crucial mentor and elder figure in my journey into adulthood and self-actualising as a “half decent human being”.
Ianto provides a space of ease, acceptance and inquiry, with a holistic approach to the multi-faceted human experience, not focussing too deeply on thought, or emotion, or body, but recognising them all. I never feel judged or advised or pushed into any ideas. Drawing from many types of mental health work, including some of his own brilliant ideas, he is equipped with a psychological toolkit and an attentive curiosity that helps me gain clarity on my life through self-realisation.
I absolutely recommend Ianto as a life coach !
J. 21 year old male
He has been a crucial mentor and elder figure in my journey into adulthood and self-actualising as a “half decent human being”.
Ianto provides a space of ease, acceptance and inquiry, with a holistic approach to the multi-faceted human experience, not focussing too deeply on thought, or emotion, or body, but recognising them all. I never feel judged or advised or pushed into any ideas. Drawing from many types of mental health work, including some of his own brilliant ideas, he is equipped with a psychological toolkit and an attentive curiosity that helps me gain clarity on my life through self-realisation.
I absolutely recommend Ianto as a life coach !
J. 21 year old male
''When Ianto first started mentoring me I was in a dark pit of suicidality, self harm issues, disassociation and severe OCD. I'd been around Ianto for a while through journeyman and saw how much passion and care he has for helping young men and the community. He really helped me through the darkest of times and I don't know where I'd be without him, I'm extremely grateful for his support and coaching. He would help me improve in both how I was treating others e.g. helping me stop treating my ex girlfriend badly and also in my relationship with myself. He helped me see the light in times of extreme darkness and as things got better we began doing other activities such as talking things through on long walks and going to martial arts. He also supported my parents and helped nourish my creativity and interests- as well as even helping me with GCSE revision. He has been an excellent mentor and taught me so much, big up Ianto :)"
R. - a teenage mentee
R. - a teenage mentee
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"Ianto has connected with my son, as a mentor, for some years now through JourneymanUK.
I experience Ianto as an excellent role model for R" (16 years old) "and he has worked very hard to build up trust with my son. My son talks often to Ianto about his emotions and challenges and Ianto is a great listener and coach to him. He will also gently challenge and prompt him" (NB, I am also quite firm on occassion, Ianto) "if he thinks this would be useful and doing just that has helped R to motivate himself and to make healthier and wiser choices.
'Ianto is extremely knowledgeable, experienced and trained in supporting young men. He supports them particularly in the transition from boyhood to manhood and does the best he can (alongside other mentors to honour the significance and ritualistic rite of passage) which is so missing within our society and is essential for young men to grow and to thrive.'
''My son did have a period of around 5 months of being very ill with mental and emotional health difficulties and our family was in crisis. Ianto has actually been an absolute godsend. He has basically provided emergency support and has played an enormous role in the journey of our son back into better and improved health. He was often on call even into the night, he coached R several times a week, he took him to martial arts classes, he helped us to get R out of the house which was, at times, impossible for us to do. Ianto is flexible, accommodating, and communicates clearly and well. For our family, he and JourneymanUK are a lifeline and, although our son is recovering well now, we are relieved and grateful to know that he is in the background and willing to step in with support as and when needed. "
L. - Mother of a mentee
I experience Ianto as an excellent role model for R" (16 years old) "and he has worked very hard to build up trust with my son. My son talks often to Ianto about his emotions and challenges and Ianto is a great listener and coach to him. He will also gently challenge and prompt him" (NB, I am also quite firm on occassion, Ianto) "if he thinks this would be useful and doing just that has helped R to motivate himself and to make healthier and wiser choices.
'Ianto is extremely knowledgeable, experienced and trained in supporting young men. He supports them particularly in the transition from boyhood to manhood and does the best he can (alongside other mentors to honour the significance and ritualistic rite of passage) which is so missing within our society and is essential for young men to grow and to thrive.'
''My son did have a period of around 5 months of being very ill with mental and emotional health difficulties and our family was in crisis. Ianto has actually been an absolute godsend. He has basically provided emergency support and has played an enormous role in the journey of our son back into better and improved health. He was often on call even into the night, he coached R several times a week, he took him to martial arts classes, he helped us to get R out of the house which was, at times, impossible for us to do. Ianto is flexible, accommodating, and communicates clearly and well. For our family, he and JourneymanUK are a lifeline and, although our son is recovering well now, we are relieved and grateful to know that he is in the background and willing to step in with support as and when needed. "
L. - Mother of a mentee
"Integrity, authenticity, no bullshit, togetherness. I am a single mum...supported us with his warm grounded compassion....is gifted with qualities .....enabling me to fell safe, keep hope, work through a heart break, inspire sovereignty and insight, suggest positive actions that work....he has the ability to bring fun.....I am immensely grateful.... "
A. - Mentee and mother of a Mentee
A. - Mentee and mother of a Mentee
"Having run my own business for 13 years, and having recently been acquired by a $50bn global business, I have been lucky enough to work with some incredible coaches from multiple different countries and backgrounds. Ex-entrepreneurs, Business School Professors, leading psycho-analysts, authors...they have all been brilliant 'investments' into personal development, but no one compares to Ianto in terms of his ability to read what is really going on for you, help you cut to the chase and get to a path forwards. His intuition, intellect and insight is unrivalled. Try him, I 100% guarantee it will be a game changer. "
B. - JourneymanUK Mentor
B. - JourneymanUK Mentor
"Ianto's coaching has felt a sitting with the gentle extra sensory perceptions of wise eldership. There is so much safety to approach the edges. Often these edges feel too dangerous, but not with Ianto. From his questions and reflections I have felt more able and just more. I've also felt like tenderised and tending heart is deeply listening. This is a gift from another is perhaps the most beautiful gift we can give one another. In receiving this gift another world of her-stories rather than my history and then another world of futures becomes possible. Ianto makes something I hadn't imagined possible. I thank the divine for Ianto's life."
S. - a peer mentor and mentee
S. - a peer mentor and mentee
'you are saving lives' - a teenage mentee
'I really value our time, it always bring me insights' - a teenage mentee
'a wise inspiring elder' - a Journeymanuk mentor
'authentic, straightforward, challenging and deeply caring' - a parent of a mentee
'I really value our time, it always bring me insights' - a teenage mentee
'a wise inspiring elder' - a Journeymanuk mentor
'authentic, straightforward, challenging and deeply caring' - a parent of a mentee
