How NeuChem? began.??

Maria Paviour’s Story.

I’ve always loved the mystery and power of the brain so naturally; I studied psychology and biology at university. At a time when I was struggling with the death of my beloved Grandad, I didn’t realise how damaging being emotionally “controlled” was to me.???

My career got off to a flying start, I was a board director before I was thirty, won several awards, and published a book. I had three beautiful children and a happy family life.???

Then one day in 2004, I had a severe concussion that went wrong. I suffered debilitating migraines, lost speech, and mobility. My brain would intermittently and completely “shut down”. My life seemed to have come to a full stop. I could see no way forward.???

I was in my personal hell - I was unable to do the things I loved: thinking, writing, analysing, working. My Neuropsychologist told me it would take 5 years to get back to normal life. I couldn’t accept this. Willpower was not getting me anywhere.???

Day by day I lay in bed in the dark writing a novel in my head by imagining it like a film. I devised ways to extend my thinking. I was determined to get back to work.???

After 2 years I became Business Manager at a Medical Practice. The NHS was failing at mental health, but I knew its importance to my recovery - so I was on a mission. In one-year, patient satisfaction increased from 17% to 67%. I became a “guru”; the University and the PCT adopted my models as “best practice”; QOF assessors called my work “gold standard”. Despite my brain injury, I was happy, energised and really felt alive.???

It is difficult to believe anyone would oppose wellbeing for others. However, sadly, it was true. One rotten apple can spoil the barrel.??

My work exposed malpractice and a doctor who preyed on the disempowered. The senior GP and I were forced to become whistle-blowers; we experienced extreme bullying and were literally locked out. For 2 years I fought for patient safety - but with no support.??

After 2 years of legal cases, I realised I had suffered not one but two separate traumas: one physical and one emotional; but I’d been trying to cognitively change the world around me. I was unwittingly imprisoned by my emotions.???

And then something really bad happened. Someone I loved very dearly had a breakdown revealing a hidden, life long, mental health condition. This had a catastrophic impact on my life and my children’s lives. Initially, I felt grief and numb.???

I had a choice - either crawl away or dig deep. If I was to make it, I would have to fully awaken my emotional barometer. I would have to create a new survival code.???

It was only when I experienced this first hand that I really understood the importance of the techniques I used with my clients, and how vital it was to enable everyone to benefit from this. And now I won’t rest until the world is healed through this method.???

So, for a year I carried out a structured analysis of my coaching approach and created the blueprint for NeuChem? Coaching. I cannot get enough of how much this process is changing people’s lives for the better and I’ve never had more fun learning about the brain as I do now.???

This is my story, but we all have stories. We are all forced to face ourselves at some point. How we are equipped to face these decisions is what enables us to change, adapt and survive. NeuChem? Coaching demystifies the brain and provides the rapid, non-invasive, powerful means to do this.???

I look forward to meeting you soon,???

Maria Paviour???

B.Ed(hons), Registered Occupational Psychologist? ? Principal Practitioner Member ABP, MISMA, Assoc CIPD???

Testimonials for the NeuChem Courses.

"The positivity, the percentage of successful outcomes, and the overall idea of how it works is giving me a lot of hope for people that are perhaps unreachable by many other things." - Margo Lloyd-Barnes, Vocational Case Manager.

"What I found most interesting about this course is the powerful and very quick results - not only for the clients but also for the coach." - Nazool Tabassum, Psychology PHD.

"It’s really interesting – the idea of helping people to work out their own solutions, not trying to create solutions for them." David Mason, Next Curve Learning.