LIGHTHOUSE STUDIO
CREATIVE, PURPOSEFUL & SUSTAINABLE LEADERSHIP
Thinking Clearly . Deciding Wisely . Staying Whole
THE IMPACT
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"Anamaría is an exceptional coach. In fact, she may well be the smartest, most discerning, most fun coach in London"
S Greene | Writer | UK
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"Anamaría has a phenomenal ear and a gift for speaking to the right parts of me, opening up issues that once seemed impossible to solve"
Uli Haase | Project Manager | GERMANY
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"Six months on I feel like a new person. I have been recommending her to all my friends. I don't think many people in our society appreciate how rewarding this sort of work can be"
Francis Pacheco | Head of Insights | UK
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"ANAMARÍA is an inspiring human being who throws herself wholeheartedly into every project. I can’t recommend her highly enough. Thank you, AnamarÍa"
Sion Lewis | CEO | UK
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"Anamaría has the ability to make you see your biggest fears and face them, and despite sounding terrifying, she turns this road into an incredible path full of wisdom and magic"
Helena Bardera | Psychologist | SPAIN
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"How do you put into words how much someone has impacted your life? Once you start working with her, you’ll never want to stop!!"
Hayley Summers | Funder & Coach | UK
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"Anamaría is exceptional at bringing out the authentic leader that lives within everyone"
Finlay Clark| Revenue Director | UK
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"My experience with Anamaría has been exceptional. I have worked through crucial blockages and arrived at a profound understanding of my values and authentic desires"
Amy H. | Migration & Human Rights Consultant | FRANCE
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"...Then a friend told me about AnamarÍa and how it had been life changing for her... it has been one of the best personal decisions in my life"
J.C. Puig | Engineer| UK
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"This is a process that changes lives!!! I really recommend Anamaría 100%"
Anna Barrera | Psychologist| UK
THE IMPACT
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"The coaching process with Anamaría has been one of the most significant and important experiences of my life"
Paula Riera | Communications Supervisor | UK
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"Anamaría has been a key person in my life. At this point of my journey, with her at my side, I can say that the world makes much more sense than when I started"
Mónica Baro Tomas | Marketing | UK
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"Hand on my heart. Anamaria is the best coach I ever had. I was reading through the testimonials from others about Anamaria thinking I have experienced all of this. My coaching journey with Anamaria has been transformational"
Veena Aaradhya | Director | UK
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"I met Anamaría through a friend who was also working with her, and her personality and way of working immediately sparked trust in me."
María Bandellós | Account Executive | SPAIN
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"Anamaría enabled me to open my eyes and look to the future with excitement, focusing on the things that I enjoy in life while beating down the walls that stand in the way"
Pryana Shah | UK Director Tax Manager | UK
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"My coaching sessions with Anamaría have been eye-opening in many ways. I loved Anamaría’s energy and immediately had a sense of connection with her"
Wouter Van Dingen | L&D Programme and Operations Manager | ITALY
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"The change has gone much more smoothly than I would have anticipated"
Annie McDowall | CEO | UK
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"I never imagined that you could awake the sleeping lion that was inside me"
Gianna Ripanti | Engineer | SPAIN
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"Working with Anamaría through the Beyond the Shore Leadership Programme has been a transformative experience. I wholeheartedly recommend Anamaria to anyone seeking meaningful change, whether in leadership, lifestyle, or personal growth"
Claire Williams | COO | UK
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"The biggest change happened when I started waking up in the morning by feeling motivated, grateful for who I was and smiling independently to the relation I had with work. I can say that there was a Claire before and after AnamarÍa"
Claire Trochez | Communication and Advocacy Management | SWITZERLAND
SOME OF MY CLIENTS' EXPERIENCES
“My coaching goal was to prepare for a fulfilling retirement. What I have achieved with Anamaría’s expert support is so much more.
She has helped me understand what is deeply underneath who I am and with a new ‘toolkit’, I am now living this phase of my work and personal life with new perspective. I am still looking forward to life beyond work, but even more so living now with greater awareness, balance and joy.
Anamaría has expertly guided and supported me every step of the way, with great compassion, focus and insight. I just wish we’d met 10 years ago!”
– Jill Lucas | Technology Consultant
"I’ve had the pleasure of working with Anamaría several times over the past five years, most recently with my entire leadership team at Ciphr.
We’ve set out to build a leadership culture that is authentic, resilient, confident, and humble - one capable of driving our exceptional team and company forward. While I had already found the right individuals, I needed support to quickly foster an environment rooted in trust and clarity, where leaders genuinely collaborate, solve one another’s challenges, and share opportunities.
In the past, building this kind of culture has taken me years. With Anamaria, it happened in months. She is an inspiring human being who throws herself wholeheartedly into every project. I can’t recommend her highly enough. Thank you, Anamaría."
– Sion Lewis | CEO
“Recommended by a friend, Anamaría has truly been instrumental in helping me achieve my goals and guiding me towards the life I envisioned for myself.
From our first session, Anamaría's genuine passion for helping others was evident. She created a safe and supportive environment where I felt comfortable discussing my aspirations and challenges. Her guidance has been crucial in helping me gain clarity and create a concrete action plan.
Anamaría's approach is both compassionate and empowering. She skilfully balances encouragement with accountability, ensuring that I stay on track and continuously progress towards my goals.
Thanks to Anamaría, I have seen significant improvements in various areas of my life, and she has helped me create the healthy work-life balance I was seeking.
I am incredibly grateful for her support and guidance and would highly recommend Anamaría to anyone seeking to transform their life and achieve their dreams.”
– Gurdit Singh | Founder & CEO
“I started working with Anamaría as my coach through a work leadership transition, but I have felt the impact of her incredible support in every area of my life.
She is an exceptional person and coach, a highly intelligent, creative and kind woman, who gets right into the trenches of your mind with you, uncannily hones-in on your hidden potential and your closely-held struggles, and helps you release yourself to be everything you can be.
Coaching is work, but Anamaría does that work with you, holding the complexity and nuances in an incredibly skilled way. She really sees who you are. It’s hard to explain how transformative that can be, but I recommend her to everyone - she is worth every penny.”
– Emily Collins-Ellis | CEO
“Anamaría unexpectedly became my coach for six months as part of a program my employer endorsed. In hindsight fait had it in the plans all along. I am truly grateful for the coaching you gave me to help identify who I really am both in a professional and personal context.
Every time I pick up my keys I am reminded of what you helped me see clearer! You are a gift to everyone that have the pleasure to work with you!”
– Johan Silkenäs| VP Global
"Working with Anamaría has been a reset moment that has benefited myself, my time with family, and my team.
From enabling you to step away from autopilot and reconnect with yourself and your purpose; through to understanding what's important, what it looks like, and how to get there, Anamaría is a reassuring and encouraging coach whose sessions have a long lasting benefit."
– Andrew Stevens | CTO
"Hand on my heart. Anamaría is the best coach I ever had.
I was reading through the testimonials from others about Anamaría thinking I have experienced all of this. My coaching journey with Anamaría has been transformational.
The combination of tools, frameworks, her intuition, positive energy, humanity and the way she connects with people is incredible. I have now realised my core values and making every attempt to live them on a daily basis. Success is fantastic but significance is more important. My coaching journey is making me realise that my future is not unpredictable. My future is simply the choices I am going to make. This could not have been possible without Anamaría.
Anamaría has been with me during every emotional state I’ve been through in the last six months. If you ask me right now how my life is? I would say, it couldn’t be better!
Thank you Anamaría for the gift of your time."
– Veena Aaradhya | Director
“I had the pleasure of having Anamaría as my coach from 2018-2021. She is one of the most amazing people I've ever had guiding me on my journey. I'm very privileged to have gotten the chance to work with her.
She makes conversations so easy and helps you find the root of your discussion so quickly. I really appreciate that she gave me the chance and space to be my true authentic self.
I owe a lot of my big life and career decisions to the guidance she gave me. I grew a lot as a person, and was able to shape myself into being the leader, mother and friend I want to be. I hope that my learning journey as I continue through life always has someone as wonderful as Anamaría.”
– Katy Campbell | CoS
"The Beyond The Shore process which Anamaría ran for us was an engaging and reflective process which forces us to think how we show up as individuals and how that impacts team dynamics.
For those wishing to learn more about why things are rather than what they are, and to understand how that can be modified, while remain true to personal core values, this process will do that and you will come out of the other side of it with a much greater appreciation of the dynamics."
– Ray Berry | CFO
SOME OF MY CLIENTS' EXPERIENCES
“Coaching was more than establishing ‘a plan’ or ‘goals’ for me. It was, in fact, the opposite: a liberation from ‘expectation,’ and a way to connect instead with evolution. I’ve recognised my own resilience, which has made me confident – even fearless. I don’t think coaching will be a one-off for me – I think Anamaría can expect a call from me whenever I’m at a crossroads.
I came into this process completely unsure of what I wanted from the next chapter of my career, desperate gain a sense of agency and control over my work life, and to align that work life with my own interests and values. I wanted a career that was made up of things that I wanted to do, not simply that I could do.
I found that, and more, thanks to Anamaría and her skilful, magical guidance – and, I could not thank her enough. Her coaching helped me discover strength through a new sense of purpose, enabled my creativity through newly-gained headspace, gave me energy and drive through understanding the value of my work to others and to myself, and – most importantly – connected me to a sense of joy through the relief of so much undue pressure and anxiety.”
– David Michon | Creative & Funder
“Anamaría is exceptional at bringing out the authentic leader that lives within everyone.
She was very quick to spot the patterns in my thinking - the helpful thoughts as well as the limiting beliefs holding me back - and we really worked on these in my programme to ensure how I handle these moving forward.
One of her many qualities is she has an uncanny ability to listen to you talk about yourself for two mins and magically condense that into a one word value that describes you and how you see the world.
She is incredibly warm and had the knack of saying the right thing to me at exactly the right time; she could see when I needed a supportive nudge, but wasn't afraid to give me a shake when I was getting in my own way. She gives you a real "power-up" feeling when she's coaching you, challenging you in the right way to life your life according to your own values. I can't recommend her highly enough.
Anamaría - the biggest compliment I can pay you is that sometimes when I'm in conversation in my own mind, (or with Johanna now) I will suddenly think something like "if Anamaría was here she'd point out that that's your own limiting belief talking!"
When you told me your Starbucks story about learning English for the first year or two it really resonated with me, we have so much to be thankful for and you have given me a new found belief and a set of tools that will stay with me for a long time. Thank youuuuuu.
And I laughed a lot too - who knew?!”
– Finlay Clark | Revenue Director
"I left my deeply ingrained cynicism at the door and benefitted from an informative, insightful and compelling programme, combining personal insight and genuinely positive behavioural change with improved Exec team alignment and relationships.
Anamaría is a positive force of nature, and I wouldn't hesitate in recommending both her and the programme."
– Phill King | Sales Director
“How can you sufficiently describe and recommend someone who has completely transformed your life for the better?
This has been my experience with Anamaría. I cannot sing her praises enough, but I can attest to the fact that she helped me find my inner strength and spirit again.
Whatever your goal is, professional or personal, Anamaria has the skills and passion to guide you to your own success.”
– Daisy Galvan | Product Privacy
"How do you put into words how much someone has impacted your life?
Anamaría is an incredible coach. She creates a very safe and comfortable environment which allows you to truly open up and explore where you are in your life and also allows you to dream BIG about where you want to be. She is supportive, kind, honest and gently fearless when it’s called for – exactly what you need in a coach.
Anamaría has been my little secret weapon through certification. She has amazing knowledge of the CTI model and principles which has been threaded through our sessions and helped me really embed the knowledge myself. Her Coach The Coach sessions have been hugely helpful in my preparation for the oral exam too.
I can’t recommend the CTC sessions enough. They have been fantastic for feedback and building my confidence as a coach. Once you start working with her, you’ll never want to stop!!"
– Hayley Summers | Funder & Coach
“I had the great pleasure of having Anamaría as my coach! Going into the sessions I was skeptical and not sure of what I could gain from these sessions but they were truly transformative. This is true for both my work life as a team lead but also for my private life.
Together we worked on identifying limitations and opportunities and I am walking away with a great set of tools and frameworks that will allow me to continue to grow and develop.
I do hope to work with Anamaría again soon as this type of coaching I believe is for everyone and at any stage of life.”
– Tereza Obrtac | CDO
Anamaría's thoughtful approach, probing questions and the insights that they awakened within me was exceptionally transformative. She was my coach for six months and in every session I discovered more about myself, my values and mental structures that were holding me back.
I saw a significant difference in myself at the end of the six months - in terms of my confidence, the balance in my life and my desire to embrace new challenges. I'd highly recommend her to anyone looking for an executive coach who wants to learn more about themselves and embrace their full potential!”
– Shanti Alexander | Director of Policy Programs & Campaigns
“When I was chosen to participate in a leader coaching for my company, I was very sceptical. I didn’t have the time, or the energy for such nonsense. Sound familiar? I truly believed I was being the best person and leader I could be prior to my coaching. Boy was I wrong, I had not explored or untapped my potential.
I chose Anamaría from around six different coaches because of her architectural background. I felt she was the best to understand my own “nuts and bolts” and “have to be perfect” thought process.
From the very first session I felt very comfortable. Anamaría handles herself with confidence, professionalism, and grace. She sets the ground rules on the first session, so the conversation doesn’t stray and personalizes the sessions based on your individual needs.
I am happier at work, my employees and my management have seen a huge difference in me and are talking about it. I am embracing my new-self and feel way less stress. Guess what, I don’t have to be perfect to be a great leader or human being.
Anamaría has a unique skill to guide you towards the life that you didn’t even know you can have. The support and confidence she provide along the journey is insurmountable.
I think of and hear Anamaría’s voice every day and I can’t thank her enough for her time, her energy and her wisdom. Anamaría, you will forever have a place in my heart. Thank you for all you do.”
– Dawn Tscherne | Radiology Lead
SOME OF MY CLIENTS' EXPERIENCES
"A life-Changing experience, I only wish I had met Anamaría earlier!
Her superpower allows her to connect and know you, which means she can help in ways that I didn’t even think possible. For me, it was removing my self-limitations, both personal and professional.
Thank you Anamaría, I don’t think I would fully realised my potential without your insight and guidance."
– Sajida Begun | Senior Business Analyst
“When we had our first session, I never thought Anamaría would become such an important part of my development, both professional and personal. After a few months of working together, I've come to realise how much she has helped me during this time.
She is intelligent, deep, knowledgeable (and fun!). I know that I must prepare myself mentally before we have a session as she'll make me think thoroughly and in unexpected ways. I love the way she questions my thinking process, and the way she shows me the path to the underlying root issue that I'm facing (and that, somehow, she can clearly see). She helps me look at things from a completely different perspective, and that contributes to me reflecting and finding new ways to deal with the issues.
It is a privilege to have her helping and supporting me, and I recommend her completely.”
– Javier Laguna García | Engineering Manager
"Anamaría has the incredible ability to uncover hidden parts of your personality and through effective questioning will help you not only get to know yourself better, but also change the relationship you have with yourself.
I started working with Anamaría at a very uncertain time in my life and through the course of the programme not only re-gained confidence in myself and my abilities, but also a much better understanding of who I am and what I want to dedicate my life to.”
– Johhana Gerhold | Brand and Comms Director
“Career coaching was an eye opening experience for me. I was in complete darkness over where my career was supposed to be headed over the next 5-10 years’ time. 3 months and 9 sessions later I have clarity over what my path will look like and it’s completely different from what I thought it would be. I’ve gained new motivation, objectives, energy and most importantly, a new perspective for my career plan.
The sessions with Anamaría, have helped me to get to know myself better, to identify strengths, skills and passions that lie beneath the obvious to me. Her warm and empathetic nature along with her ability to read people incredibly well, she brought about an“aha” moment in almost every session.
She continuously helped me to structure my thoughts and surface answers I didn’t know I had. I learned how to go about decision making and, most importantly, Anamaría encouraged me to look past the current horizon and pursue possibilities I had tucked away as “impossible”. It has been a journey of learning how to break down invisible and visible barriers and see the big picture.
Thanks to Anamaría I now know exactly where I want my career to be in 10 years’ time and I’m embarking on this journey equipped with new-found self-confidence and a toolbox that will help me to get there.”
– Christina Raftis | Publisher Development Manager
"Anamaría gave me the confidence to believe in myself again. She created a safe space for me to explore painful feelings and emotions that I needed to accept, understand and process, so that I could go on to discover my inner happiness and authentic confidence.
It has been a life changing growth experience that has given me the confidence to want to get back on the roller coaster of life, and enjoy the ups and downs of the journey.
I understand myself, my values, what I want from my next career move and how to authentically sell-myself in interviews. Anamaría’s calm, caring and supportive nature throughout the last six months, made it the most rewarding and enriching experience, that I know, will only go on, to positively shape and craft future decisions and challenging times ahead."
– Claire Perry | Operations Manager
“Anamaría is simply an amazing coach. She has a unique ability to understand her clients in a profound way, one that truly gets to the core of the client-coach relationship.
During our work together she guided me towards my true self in a both challenging and inspiring way. She is throughout, specific and pragmatic, but she’s also flexible and adapts her coaching methodology to who’s in front of her in order to obtain the best possible results.
I truly felt understood every step of the way and the work we have done together has been highly effective and truly transformational to many levels (not only for my careers).”
– Nick Busca | Marketing, Communications & PR Specialist
“If you are looking to transform your leadership team, enabling them to become a close, trusted team who all row in the same direction, whilst understanding their individual superpowers and can gain control over their saboteurs to give them clarity and confidence, to work smarter, not longer, then I cannot recommend Anamaría highly enough.
You not only learn new insights and tools to benefit work, but that also benefits your personal life too.”
– Julie Lally | Managing Director Payroll
“The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away”
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If these words from others spark a recognition in you, I’d be glad to help you find your own. The horizon is waiting