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For the Back-to-School edition of The Star Boutique we used Helen Macmillan as our key note speaker and workshop facilitator and couldn’t have made a better choice! From the very beginning Helen was easy to contact and stayed in communication with our team for weeks leading up to the event. After sharing with Helen our demographic and mission statement, she developed a presentation that we were blown away by. Taking our name, Helen, shared with our group of homeless teenagers her “5 Star Powers.” Her energy was so positive and upbeat that the captured the attention of our girls. She encouraged our girls to participate during the presentation and they did so without hesitation! Looking at their faces in the crowed I can tell that they were all moved by her speech about the “I am”. She told our girls that the phrase only has power if THEY give it power. She told them that they got to choose who they are and that the labels that may have been placed on them by others do not matter. This was powerful because these girls were not only living in shelters, but suffered various forms of physical and emotional abuse, depression and bullying. After her presentation she was thanked by our girls with hugs and photo ops. Based on this experience, will definitely want to have Helen back on board with the Star Boutique and will recommend her services to our partners. Because of Helen, our girls felt like they were in a safe space and we can never thank her enough for that.

The Bahamas Crisis Centre recognized its 30th year of service to victims of violence in Sept. 2012 with a conference themed: “Peace at Home, Peace in the Community”.  Helen MacMillan was the keynote speaker on the final day of the conference which was entitled: Personal Peace-where the shift occurs. Her dynamic and interactive presentation was two-fold. It provided self-care to the audience who were predominantly advocates in the collective campaign to end violence against women, and also to bring awareness to the expanded possibilities of solutions when we operate from a perspective of personal peace. The audience was completely engaged and excited as she introduced new ideas and concepts for the expansion of self while also leaving them with practical tools for self-care.

Helen has organized a Staff Retreat for my organization. It was very easy to contact Helen and the arrangement process was very smooth. Helen was very professional and accommodating. The first time I met Helen it was at the conference in Bahamas were she conducted a presentation for approximately 300 people. The conference was on the topic of domestic violence and after a long day of speeches and presentations, the attendees were visibly tired. As soon as Helen begun her presentation, the energy in the room shifted – she was very engaging, creative and enthusiastic. It was no different for my employees – during the two day retreat, everybody stayed focus and engaged. Helen helped us to discover new possibilities, clarify our vision, she guided us as individuals and as a team through our fears and discomforts of making changes, while offering support and encouragement. We have received an honest and compassionate feedback and were reminded about our strengths and gifts. Helen has a fantastic way of connecting with the audience and engaging everybody. She clearly has a great passion for her work which is infectious. By unfolding different fields of knowledge as well as through her fresh and unique ideas, Helen touched the very hearts of the audience and left us with powerful and unforgettable message. Without a doubt I would use Helen again and I would definitely recommend her to other persons and organizations.

Helen is one of the most genuine, kind, helpful, direct, experienced, intuitive, wise and loving coaches I know with a huge bag of effective tools. She will call you on your BS, but in such a loving way, that all you can do is nod & thank her for pointing the truth out to you!! I simply love her!!