Alessia Richards
Kicked Anxiety to the Curb!

My emotions before meeting ABA

Life was dark. I was pretty much living each day to go to sleep. I dreaded waking up each day and opening my eyes. I was always thinking 'I’ve gotta fake it again today.'

I was in a state of severe anxiety. Six months before I met with ABA I had ended up in hospital for four days. I was being treated for a heart condition because I thought there was no link between my anxiety and my heart rate.

My mind was disagreeing with everything they told me. I was convinced there was something physically wrong with me and I didn’t believe that it could be just anxiety.

It took me a long time to accept that it was, because I needed to have a physical thing to assign as the cause of the problem.

Why I felt resistance hiring a business coach

The fear I had was around the value of money. Coaching seemed expensive, and I just couldn’t see how it was going to have the positive impact I was hoping for. It seemed like this was going to be just for business. I didn’t realise that it could be so personal for each individual.

What got Alessia to take the first step?

I had already tried everything under the sun to fix this. I ended up at a point where I had done all this, and hadn’t made a huge change in my life.

Little things were better, but I still didn’t have the control in my life I wanted. So I arrived at a point where I thought to myself “What have I got to lose? Let’s give this a go.”

I really wanted to get tools to take control of my life again, and even early on in the process with ABA I started to see this was going to help me.

What did she like about ABA's initial approach?

I felt it to be very personal. I liked that it wasn’t a cookie cutter approach. This coaching was going to be specialized for each individual person.

What was Alessia's expectation of what she would receive from ABA as an outcome?

At that point my expectation was nowhere near where I am now. I expected improvements, but what I’ve gotten has been so much more.