Former executive director writes book with first day profits donated to domestic violence charity

Claire Walton

Submitted by Sarah Walker

Helping people find their inner superhero whilst supporting a Teesside-based domestic violence charity is the latest mission of Claire Walton.

Claire, 52, a former executive director who has been coaching leaders for 10 years, has written a book called 'Super Neuro You' to allow more people to experience the benefits of the coaching she offers.

The book combines a work of fiction and optional exercises for readers to carry out to change themselves personally.

In the story, the reader becomes a fly-on-the-wall, as Laura learns how to harness superpowers Claire believes we all possess, through the latest techniques in neuroscience and coaching.

When it launches tomorrow (Thursday, April 22) the book will be 99p on Amazon Kindle, and profits from the first day of sales will be donated to 'My Sister's Place' in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire.

My Sister's Place is a local charity for women aged 16 or over and have experienced or are experiencing domestic violence.

Claire said: "I came up with this idea that I wanted to write a book to help people learn some of the lessons that come up in coaching with my clients.

"I wanted to be able to pass on some of those lessons but in a more accessible way to more people.

"The book follows a character composed of lots of my clients - and there’s a bit of me in there as well.

"You experience Laura’s transformation over a period of just under a year and you get to see the sorts of exercises that I do with Laura in the coaching sessions and are given to her as homework.

"As you read along, you get the opportunity to dig into exercises for yourself, in the book and on the resources section on my website.

"In the book, we go through my nine superpowers, calm, curiosity, compassion, creativity, courage, clarity, connectedness, confidence and choice and how Laura learns to access them.

"We also look at a range of things she can do to boost her superpowers and a range of things that might zap her superpowers and what she can do about that."

The idea behind the book is that while you are reading about Laura’s journey to find her highest potential self, you can also be on your own journey, experiencing what she experiences by looking in on her.

Michelle O’Rourke, CEO of My Sister’s Place, said: "We would like to congratulate Claire on her first book Super Neuro You and say a huge thank you for the ongoing support and time she commits to My Sister’s Place.

"Claire has been a supporter of My Sister’s Place for almost two years and is an ambassador for the charity in supporting our efforts to end violence against women and girls.

"Claire has supported the charity through a series of ‘Because you’re worth it’ workshops for our supporters, coaching for our staff team and fundraising to support our core work."