Jeanette Brown Director/Course Facilitator
In 2010 I attended a pattern changing course and it was life changing for me. I learned life skills I wish I had known from a young age. I had worked as a beauty therapist for over 25 years when my eyesight faded and as I had been volunteering within the domestic abuse field I explored it further. I love empowering people who have been through abuse and showing them they deserve better. People who don’t believe in themselves, or have had their light dimmed from abuse.
Self esteem, self worth, boundaries, assertiveness and an awareness & understanding of emotions are all covered in our changing patterns course, with forward thinking decision making, goal setting and lots of self care. I am privileged to have co facilitated pattern changing courses over the past four years and worked as a domestic abuse support adviser until recently.’
I have a deep passion for interior design, making my home unique and fun. I am also known for having been a bit nifty on social media running accounts for charities & good causes as well as our own social media channels.
I’ve had a year out working full time but I struggled as a single mum and dealing with my own mental wellbeing. Although my boss was extremely supportive, I realised I was not following my dream and decided to focus on More Positive Me.
2019 is my come back year. I have written a self care book with Splitz Domestic Abuse Service and started ‘Tuesdays’ as an opportunity for peer support and a chance to work on my next book project.
I also challenge the media to use the words ‘domestic abuse’ in their reporting of domestic abuse and to provide a helpline number, much as the Samaritans number is at the end of reporting on a suicide, or suspected suicide.
"One of the best courses I have done. It has brought me a lot more than I had hoped for. Such a valuable & highly informative course which I cannot recommend enough. I have ongoing support which has been a lifeline."
“The most rewarding and enlightening course. It's made me really take a look at myself and others”
"I didn’t expect the change to come so quickly. It is as if a light has been turned back on within my soul."
"The sense of relief that comes with the understanding that at last everything is in the right context, (and they really know their stuff) is life changing."
"We have been lucky enough to go on this journey with may woman over the years from start to finish of the course and the feedback from them has only every been positive and your support to them and the other woman in the group has benefitted all those hundreds of parents and their extended families. Just wanted to let you know this."