Gary Rankin Coaching - Glasgow

Neil G.

I contacted Gary due to ongoing issues with mental health, self-worth, confidence and overall happiness with my life after a stroke in my mid 20s,. After 10 years and several rounds of counselling and therapy through the NHS, it was clear that although a great resource at the time, I needed tools and resources to improve all aspects listed above, not just coping with the aftershocks of a stroke. The stroke may have given my negative thoughts, emotions and beliefs a great deal of power, but pulling back the curtain, it was clear the stroke was just one thing feeding that limiting setup in my head,

My biggest eye-opener for the whole journey with Gary is his amazing ability to unlock areas of my brain I had never explored or thought were having a detrimental affect on my mental health. He revealed these areas with compassion and respect and we then, through great therapy techniques, worked to bring me up to a solid baseline and then armed me with tools and resources to maintain and improve overall.

I started at a really low level on pretty much every positive aspect of my mental health but after a review in our final session, the comparison to now is staggering and although Gary heaps the praise on me as I've made the decisions and put the work in, none of it is possible without his guidance and motivation.

It's made clear from the start that Gary is not providing a brightly coloured pill that will stop negative thoughts and magically make you a happy and worry-free person. Anyone who does is perhaps selling a dud. What Gary has provided me is :

i. An understanding of my thoughts and emotions and how to identify them and challenge them head on.
ii. Techniques that have ironed out some the limiting beliefs and opinions of myself to flip the narrative in my head.
iii. Various techniques and tools to use daily / periodically to maintain good mental health and strength.
iv. An insight into what I can do to feed my brain i.e. positive habits like reading, journaling and learning about different philosophies to positive living.

I loved working with Gary because I always felt in control over the journey and that sense of empowerment is incredible for helping with confidence and unlocking the areas of my mind that limit my thoughts and actions. He is incredibly respectful and the zero judgement is clear and allows you to be super comfortable in sharing with him. Everything is linked too, it doesn't feel like a prescriptive list of sessions, if Gary thinks working on a different technique will help achieve your goals from day 1, he will suggest it and adapt accordingly.

My confidence, self belief, and mental strength has vastly improved in the 12 sessions working with Gary. It's not been an easy ride and you have to do the work, but his respectful, compassionate and motivational approach allows for a highly optimised learning environment where you work collaboratively to achieve your goals and challenge yourself to improve every week.

In a world where we have a plethora of options to improve ourselves and be better, it's a difficult choice to commit to someone or something. Working with Gary (cliche alert) has changed my life. I've been through so many avenues to help and yes, they have helped but there's no longevity. A flat tyre can be fixed with a sealant or topping up with air but what Gary does is help you understand why the tyre is flat and teaches you how to change the tyre giving you knowledge to last a lifetime. Yes, it can be emotional, yes your head might hurt, yes you will uncover deep routed wiring you never knew had such an affect on you but taking control over all of that is worth it and is "life changing". If you are committed to putting the work in and really open up your mind to some different techniques, you can reap some amazing rewards.

Maisie X.

I first came to Gary to help me with anxiety and depression that I had been struggling to battle for 5 years. I had tried everything else and other therapies seemed to be a temporary fix or didn’t really affect me at all.

When I went to Gary I was at rock bottom and had gave up on getting a better life for myself. A family friend recommended him and walking into my first session I was very sceptical but after meeting with Gary I instantly felt at ease and after my first session I already felt better!

Gary helped me to discover small changes in my life and attitude that helped me recover and maintain more healthy relationships with friends and family and helped me discover the courage and strength to cut off toxic traits habits and people in my life. Over the years I had developed unhealthy and bad habits that I didn’t really notice and with the help of Gary I discovered how to create new healthy habits.

I enjoyed every minute of my coaching with Gary as it was so different from any therapies I’d had before, Gary genuinely cared about how I was and listened to what I wanted from my sessions and went above and beyond to make sure that the work we done together was designed to help me reach my goals and targets.

Gary takes genuine interest in your progress and not only celebrates your successes but supports you when you’ve not been as successful between sessions as you wanted to be. Gary checked on me between sessions and went above and beyond to make sure I knew I was doing well.

In the time I worked with Gary the small changes he helped me make led to bigger changes, I went from a girl who was scared to leave the house most days and who didn’t really value herself or her life to a genuinely happy more confident more bubbly individual, everyone around me noticed changes in me.

Before my sessions with Gary my family were constantly worried about me because my moods dipped to extremes but thanks to Gary I found balance and understood the way my reactions were impacting not only me but my family and everyone around me. Now my family and myself have a much better relationship because I’m able to go out with them and handle situations more calmly instead of being so reactive. Gary enabled me to start a proper dialogue with my family and taught me not everything needs a massive reaction.

Working with Gary has also gave me the tools to keep moving forward even when the sessions are done. A few sessions in I was able to eat more and sleep at night which was something I had struggled with on and off for 5 years!. Gary made what I thought was impossible extremely possible!. I loved the coaching sessions because I never felt any pressure I always felt very at ease but I still got life changing results!

For anyone thinking about going to see Gary the only advice I can give you is do it!! He’s an amazing person and his calm a genuine nature makes it very easy to work with him and get the results you not only want but the ones you didn’t even realise you needed. Gary helped me discover my self worth and helped me to start enjoying life and make me realise that life is worth living. Myself and my family will be forever grateful for what Gary helped me do and the person he helped me to become I will never be able to thank him enough.

Debbie P. C.

I went to see Gary to get help with my phobia of Bees and Wasps. I was a little sceptical originally, but Gary was very good at putting my mind at ease.

He guided me through the process very professionally and I even found myself enjoying the process (thanks to the funny music!).

I was cured after 1 session! And then went in for a follow up to make sure I was happy and the change was permanent. I even searched for a bee once I'd left just to show them who's boss now.

Gary was truly great and if you are looking for someone to help you live a better life, he's your guy!

Moshe W.

I contacted Gary to deal with some insecurity I had with my coaching work. He had such a lovely was of listening and guiding me with his questions to deeper insights, which made me feel so much more confident and capable to master this challenge.

Elizabeth N.

A phenomena experience. I came to the session with a fear of driving and am now ready to go. I can see my car and I am driving. A huge thank you Gary for helping me change my mindset and excited about driving.