Corrina Gordon-Barnes
CPCC PCC
Corrina makes relationships easier. She's a Certified Coactive Coach, trainer and facilitator of The Work of Byron Katie.
Other people can be hard work. Difference can be... difficult. In our professional lives, we're often interacting with people we wouldn't otherwise choose to be in close quarters with. Team members don't collaborate as productively as possible. Subtle friction or explicit conflict mean organisations aren't achieving personal or collective goals as swiftly as they could.
Corrina coaches clients to interrogate their assumptions and see situations and other people from different perspectives. Difference (a.k.a. diversity) is no longer a frustration and instead becomes an asset, adding texture to a team. Colleagues with different backgrounds, values, cultures and come-froms find their ideas being valued and included.
Trying (and failing) to find a Valentine's Day card to give my first girlfriend was my introduction to being excluded. Even the cards with animals were gendered.
That was 18 years ago. I married that girlfriend (twice – first civil partnership, then equal marriage). Then our first son died, and as I navigated a different version of motherhood than expected, I became even more passionate about diversity and inclusion.
Alongside any dominant, mainstream experience, there is a multitude of experiences that are 'other'. Such value can be found in hearing, including and embracing these, and I use my 18 years of coaching and training expertise to support that
Experience
Corrina has 18 years' experience coaching one-to-one clients. She trained with the Coaches Training Institute (CTI) and is a Certified Coactive Coach. She's also She's also an Accredited Enneagram Practitioner, a tool she shares with clients as a powerful way to understand and celebrate differences. Her background is in teaching, having trained at Cambridge University. Corrina lives with her wife and children in Cambridge.
Specialisms
Harmonious, functional relationships. Effective teams. Parental transition. Family-making that involves IVF, baby loss and high-risk pregnancy. Dealing with life's curveballs.
Personal style
Corrina's coaching style creates tremendous safety. There's a feeling you can say anything, and she'll understand. A superb listener – warm and empathetic, yet also fierce on your behalf. She'll ask the questions nobody else will ask, and she goes above and beyond to ensure you're living your most contented life.
Corrina's coaching shifts your world rapidly. You'll never see people the same way again.
It is no exaggeration to say that Corrina, and her ability to kindly and skilfully facilitate, have changed my life
I recommend Corrina, without reservation, to everyone. I have known her for 12 years, and I have never come across a person or situation which she is unable to sit with, compassionately listen to and genuinely support. She is professional, gentle, honest, insightful, brave, authentic, creative and committed.
I can tell when someone has worked with Corrina by how they speak, listen and interact – including people I never thought could break out of their way of relating. That's how powerful sessions with her can be.