A SELECTION OF HAPPY CUSTOMERS' TESTIMONIALS
"I miss my daughter Catherine so much, but I'm glad I did this story - although it doesn't seem real. It can't have been easy for you to do, either. People have rang me up to say they've seen the story and everybody thinks it captures Catherine. We will keep it to show her baby son, Josh, when he's older. It was one of the last things I could do for my precious daughter and the hospital is pleased with the money we raised by donating the fee we were paid. Catherine used to read Take a Break and her photographs, spread across three pages in the magazine, look so beautiful - it is what she would have wanted."
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CARLA NURSE, 22, LONDON. BELLA May 2008
"I felt comfortable talking to you on the phone which helped me open up. After doing the article, positive things came out of it. It did me some favours. I had good feedback. People came up to me and said, 'I understand now.' They said the article put the story across well. It did me justice. 'Tricia' and a few other TV companies rang me up. I may even be doing a documentary now. "
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JENNY HOSEGOOD, 57, POWYS, WALES. THAT'S LIFE! March 2008.
"I would like to thank you for being very kind and patient whilst
writing my story about losing my husband, who I unexpectedly met again
after a 40 year gap since our primary school days, to cancer. This is
my tribute to David and he would be so pleased and proud if he were
here to read it. I found it very easy to speak to you over the phone
without having met you."
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DONNA GREGSON, 23, LONDON. COSMOPOLITAN January 2008.
"I just wanted to take the time to say 'Thank You' for everything that you have done helping me to doing this story in Cosmopolitan. I am so grateful for your support and the effort you put into this which made the whole experience a lot easier and for teaching me how to appreciate myself after all that has happened. Now I feel I have a bit more closure."
CAROL HIBBS, 37, SLOUGH, BERKSHIRE. THAT'S LIFE! October 2007
(Mum Carol, (left) with son Mark, 13, (second left and above) and family.)
"Mark has done really well from the article. All his friends at school have said they understand now why his face was suddenly contorted for some months now with the Bell's Palsy. He's very popular at the moment! There were a lot of questions people were too shy to ask and you brought the answers out. A lot of people round the area, friends and family read it and got a bigger and wider understanding - and you made that possible. I've spoken to lots of people about Mark myself, being involved with the church, and I think your approach is that you care. You don't just come in for the kill, you really want to understand the situation before you write it. You thought of us before you thought of the story. God Bless."
JULIE FRANCIS, 32, GREENWICH, LONDON. THAT'S LIFE! October 2007 and FOSCHINI CLUB MAGAZINE (SOUTH AFRICA) 2008.
(Proudly showing how her scars are healing.)
"Thank you, Susan, for taking the
time to hear my painful story of an unprovoked mugging attack on
walking home after a Saturday night clubbing and then going on to
secure a deal with the UK’s third biggest selling weekly magazine.
Susan went to great lengths to listen to what happened to me on that
fateful night, and then created an interesting, accurate account of my
awful experience. It was not easy to tell a complete stranger every
tiny horrible detail about that ordeal, but Susan made the whole
experience pain free. In the end, it was just like talking to a friend
and will hopefully do some good for other women too."
JANAN SCHANER, 24, SOUTH WEST LONDON. REAL PEOPLE November 2006 and FOSCHINI CLUB MAGAZINE (SOUTH AFRICA) 2007.
"Saying thank you sometimes doesn't feel enough. Susan helped me deal with what was going on because she got me to open up about what had happened and how I got through it. I was worried at first because I didn't know how people, mainly members of my family, would take it - but it went much better than I thought. I was also a bit wary of asking my mum to speak to Susan for a comment at the end of my article. Surprisingly, mum was understanding and helped me out as much as she could. Susan made me very comfortable talking to her and she's done a brilliant job on putting my story out there. I hope it will help others, and their families, who may have a hard time being able to marry someone from a different culture who they truly love. So, once again, thanks Susan!!!"
JO KINGSTON, 36, EDGWARE, MIDDLESEX. REAL PEOPLE January 2007
(Right, with her late beloved sister, Debs.)
”I found Susan easy to talk
to and she was extremely thorough and made sure I was happy with every
aspect of what had been written. It was lovely to feel that she
genuinely cared and wanted to tell others about my experience. I was
glad she gave me the opportunity to tell others about my sad experience
of my sister dying but also the fact that it kick started me into
making my own life more positive. I hope it inspired others to turn
around sad events into happier times. The feedback I received was
lovely. My niece cried when she read the article but said they were
happy tears and that her mum would have been so proud. I had every
confidence in Susan that she would put across my experience in the best
possible way. Thank you."
STEPHANIE HARRIS, 21, MILTON
KEYNES, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. REAL PEOPLE! November 2006
"I just want to say that I am extremely
thankful for everything that Susan and her team have done for me regarding my
story for Real People Magazine and hope that having the help from them has made
people think twice about my story. They also helped
me through the healing process of what happened in my life and I feel now that
as many people would of come across my story and learnt to do the right thing,
It has helped me learn to accept that what happened was not my fault and that I
can get on with my life knowing that. Thank you."
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