ALEX BAKER
CCA CO-FOUNDER
Master Practitioner and Trainer of Neuro-Linguistic Programming, Hypnotherapy, Time Line Therapy® & NLP Coaching.
Alex's journey into personal development, introspection, healing, and awareness began in her 30s. In her 20s, Alex focused on succeeding in business and acquiring "things" until she literally burned out.
Alex's understanding of the world and her role in it no longer seemed healthy or healing. She threw herself into a damaging lifestyle, though in public she appeared to have it all under control, maintaining a successful career that was barely holding together. Constantly sick, mentally and physically exhausted, and deeply unhappy in the present, all her efforts were focused on the appearance of success at all costs.
A ray of light lay in Alex's belief that there had to be something better. She didn't know what this better might be or where to find it, but she began the journey with nothing to lose.
Alex started with meditation, writing, and reading until she was led to her first personal development coach. Today, nearly 15 years later, Alex has taken all that she's learned and applied it into a coaching process she is able to share. Alex's goal is to assist others in unleashing the power within, reassuring them that they are not alone in the journey of awakening. The power within is truly liberating, and Alex is dedicated to helping others discover it.
CHRISSIE STOBBS
CCA CO-FOUNDER
Master Practitioner and Trainer of Neuro-Linguistic Programming, Hypnotherapy, Time Line Therapy® & NLP Coaching.
BBus., Diploma of Reflexology, EFT Practitioner.
Master Practitioner and Trainer of Neuro-Linguistic Programming, Hypnotherapy, Time Line Therapy® & NLP Coaching.
BBus., Diploma of Reflexology, EFT Practitioner.
Chrissie’s passion lies in supporting others through major life changes; taking control of their situation to live fully with purpose and clarity. After a fun but demanding career managing Corporate Travel offices in London, she recognised the ‘burn-out’ signs and trained as a Reflexologist in 2011. This fulfilled her natural inclination to support others dealing with stress in their life in a nurturing, relaxing environment. Chrissie first turned to NLP, Hypnosis and Time Line Therapy® to work through personal challenges that arose after her son’s diagnosis with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy - a degenerative condition with no cure .
This news threw her family onto a new path, dramatically different to the one they had planned. Trying to deal with overwhelming emotions of anger, sadness and guilt, she felt lost and confused for some time. Chrissie sought strategies to cope, focus and move forward and as a result became an EFT Practitioner and began studying with the Tad James Company.
With the realisation of how powerful these techniques are, she decided to continue through Practitioner, Master and Trainer levels of Time Line Therapy and completed her Diploma of NLP & Hypnotherapy with a firm desire to support others in the same way. Now, through coaching, workshops, and retreats, Chrissie’s vision to empower others to live life on purpose is expanding to include a collaboration to train others to become certified Practitioners and Coaches too.
KARIM BOKTOR
MASTER PRACTITIONER AND TRAINER OF NEURO-LINGUISTIC PROGRAMMING HYPNOTHERAPY, TIME LINE THERAPY® & NLP COACHING.
MBA & DEMARTINI FACILITATOR.
With the responsibility of fatherhood on the horizon, Karim felt like he was drowning. Experiencing anxiety, and feeling overwhelmed and disconnected, he could sense himself burning out and felt compelled to seek support to become the best role model, father, and husband possible. Karim enlisted the support of a life coach who recognised a pattern of limiting beliefs was holding him back from his full potential.
As Karim delved back into his childhood, he realised the tremendous impact his family's escape from extremists in Egypt at age two, had had on him. Experiencing struggles with speech and language processing through school saw him repeatedly segregated from his classmates and labelled by teachers. Feeling unheard, misunderstood, and undeserving of love, these notions bound together with sadness and scarcity and embedded into his belief system from an early age.
It suddenly all made sense! Karim could notice how this had influenced many life choices and dictated the way he felt about himself. With his coach guiding him through strategies for change, Karim addressed destructive habits and let go of the repressed emotions that were weighing him down. "All the baggage I had been carrying for all those years was totally gone. I was like a new person!" He finally felt a sense of calm, peace, and love.
Creating such impactful change in someone's life this way captivated Karim's curiosity. He studied through to Master Trainer level in Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), Hypnotherapy, and Time Line Therapy, and is a facilitator of the Demartini Method. Today, Karim is a 'holistic business coach', combining these skills with his own business experience, an MBA, and Sales Executive background to work with individuals or work through whole-business change management. He is passionate about supporting professionals to "ease your mind and thrive in your business" and also, encouraging others to arm themselves with the same tools to create powerful changes in their life and with others, through studying with The Collective Coaching Academy.
