Vicki Tongeman
Vicki Tongeman is a Wife, Mother, Artist, Teacher, Author and Coach. She lives on the beautiful shores near the New Forest and loves walking and being mindful on the beach and in nature. Her friends call her the “Magic Mermaid” as she combines life changing coaching techniques with a sprinkle of Mermaid Magic!
As an NLP Practitioner and personal coach Vicki is passionate about helping people develop their inner self confidence and achieve their goals.
How To Turn From An Ugly Duckling Into A Swan
Do you remember the Fairy Story of the Ugly Duckling? The over-sized, clumsy chick who came out of a duck's nest and grew up thinking there was something wrong with him because he didn't look or act like his siblings and got made fun of? Eventually he left his home...
Coaching Your Child To Be Their Best Self
Vicky Tongeman addresses your concerns as a parent. How would you like to be as a parent? How would you like your relationship with your child or children to be? How would you like to attune yourself to your child or children? Do words have power? We all know they do,...
Three Phrases You Can Use To Help Your Child Build Growth Mindset
When I was a small child I used to struggle with using scissors. Somehow the blades wouldn't connect closely enough most of the time in order to cut the paper, wool or string I was trying to sever. Occasionally I would get a “fluke” good result if I happened to be...
Are You Ready To Paint Your Own Future?
“ I get to paint scenes on the computer, and then with virtual reality I can explore and walk around in them”. Wow, I thought, how amazing would that be? The conversation with my son's friend stuttered to a halt as I absorbed this comment and all that it meant. I...
Three Easy Ways To Love Yourself More And Why It’s So Important
We keep hearing this advice more and more ...”love yourself so you can love others better”...”fill up your own cup so you can fill others”….”put your own oxygen mask on first”. If you're a Mum or Business Owner (or both), with all the demands from others, it might...
What To Do When Things Don’t Go Your Way
Here's a story that I love, and that illustrates for me how I can choose to allow events to happen in my life, without getting emotionally affected by them. It's an old Chinese proverb that I first heard on my NLP course… “An old and wise farmer owned one...
How To Help Your Child Deal With Anxiety and Overthinking
How to help your child cope during stressful times. Anxiety, overthinking don’t just affect the mind, the body and mind are in sync. Peace begins with me.
Imagine all the Children, Feeling Safe and Sound
I was watching a documentary about John Lennon and Yoko Ono yesterday and noticed how much the subject of “imagining “came up.Imagining is the first step to creating something in your life you want to be true. We know that it begins to build neural pathways in your...
How to cope when your Child creates a Mess
One day I came home from the weekly shop to find my (then) 7 year old on a child's step up at the kitchen counter. The first thing I noticed was flour and small lumps of dough smothering our dark grey, stick-on tiles, and the second thing was my son turning to one...
Your Personal Coach
Vicki is passionate about helping people build their inner self confidence and achieve their goals.
