For when life asks you to begin again – or you’re simply ready to.

 Bespoke one-on-one coaching for people ready for a reset — a new pathway, a fresh chapter, or a chance to reimagine what comes next. Small numbers, by design — so every client gets my full attention.

Some changes we choose. Most of the big ones choose us.

You don't have to show up as your best self - that's not where we start. It's where we're going.

A separation. A death. A diagnosis. A child who is struggling. A door closing that you thought would stay open.

They look like different stories, but they share the same middle: the moment we leave behind the life we knew — and the person we were inside it — before we know who we're becoming.

It can feel like standing in the rubble of your own life, being asked to rebuild without a plan. You're still functioning. You're still showing up for everyone else. But quietly, you know you're not the best version of yourself right now — and you can't see the way back. Or forward.

That's the moment I work in. Not to take you back to who you were, but to walk with you, step by step, toward a revised version of yourself — one shaped by what you've been through, and stronger for it..

I don't teach this from a textbook. I've lived it.

In June 2024, our family lost our beautiful son, Lucca. In a single moment, everything we knew about our life — and ourselves — changed shape.

What followed was the slow, painful, deeply human work of rebuilding from the ground up: learning to steady myself again, to make sense of thoughts and beliefs that had been shaken to their roots, and to create a new version of me that could carry what I now carry — and hold onto the belief that there will be better days.

Walking that road taught me something else, too: I am far from alone. Behind so many steady faces are people carrying their own pain — holding life together while their own ground is shifting. If that's you, I see you. And this work was, in many ways, built with you in mind.

Everything I offer at Best of Today grew from that lived experience, woven together with more than two decades of professional coaching, teaching, and training in how the brain and nervous system respond to change.

Different doorways, same journey.

People arrive here through all kinds of doorways — and yours doesn’t need to look like anyone else’s.Grieving a loss that changed everything

• Navigating separation or a relationship ending

• Supporting a child or loved one who is struggling

• Burnt out, or at a career crossroads

• Simply feeling stuck — and ready for something more

If your story doesn't fit neatly into any of these, that's okay. If change has changed you, you're in the right place.

How We Work Together

Small, bespoke, and built around you.

I deliberately keep my client numbers small. This isn't a programme you're slotted into — it's coaching shaped around your story, your pace, and what you're carrying. We begin with a no-obligation conversation to make sure we're the right fit, then we can begin where you are.

THE RESET · 5 SESSIONS

A focused 6-8 weeks of coaching for steadying the ground beneath you. We create space to breathe, reset your nervous system, and gain clarity on where you are now and where you want to go — then reimagine the pathway ahead, together.

Investment: $900 + GST

THE REBUILD · 10 SESSIONS

My signature journey. Over 4-6 months we work through the full roadmap — from steadying, to making sense of the change, to consciously recreating the next version of you. Deep, unhurried, transformational work.

Investment: $1,800 + GST

ALONGSIDE YOU · FLEXIBLE SUPPORT

After we finish working together, the door stays open. A month later, a year later — whenever you need space to pause and reset, I'm here. 

Investment: $180 + GST per session

Sessions are 60 minutes and either online or in-person in Christchurch.

The Roadmap (My Approach)

From ‘not quite myself’ to making the best of each day. 

My coaching draws on NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) and neural-regulation practice — in plain terms, how your thoughts, language, and nervous system shape the way you experience change, and how they can be gently retrained to support you. Together they form a roadmap we walk at your pace:

STEP 1 — WHERE YOU ARE NOW
We start with an honest snapshot: how you're really feeling, what your nervous system is carrying, and the story so far — the chapter headings of your life, and which ones are asking to be explored a little further. No judgement, no fixing yet. Just a clear-eyed look at your current reality.

STEP 2 — REIMAGINE WHAT’S NEXT
Then we look forward. What do you want to feel more of? Do more of? What would the next version of you sound like — in your own head, and out in the world? Together we build a picture of the life you're moving toward, in your words, not anyone else's.

 STEP 3 — MAP THE GAP
With a clear now and a clear next, we look at what sits between them. New skills to build, beliefs that need updating, and old stories that no longer serve where you're heading — we name them, and we begin gently releasing what's ready to go.

STEP 4 — BUILD THE PLAN
This is where it becomes real: a daily care plan that keeps you steady, practical actions, short and long-term goals, and simple ways to measure how far you've come. Not a rigid programme — a living plan, shaped around your actual life.

STEP 5 — CELEBRATE THE SHIFT
Change deserves to be noticed. We mark the achievements — the big ones and the quiet ones — and set you up to carry the momentum forward, so what you've built keeps growing long after our sessions end.

Meet Anna Gibbons

I'm a Christchurch-based coach with over two decades of experience helping people move through change — as a teacher, the founder of a pre- and post-natal fitness franchise across New Zealand and Australia, an executive and wellbeing coach, and co-founder of Lighthouse Trust, a charity creating calm spaces for young people in schools.

But my most important qualification isn't on paper. It's having rebuilt my own life from the ground up — and knowing, firsthand, that with conscious intention and determination, we can make the best of each day. 

CREDENTIALS LIST

–     Certified NLP Practitioner

–     Brain-based coaching certification

–     Bachelor of Physical Education

–     Diploma of Teaching

–     Co-founder, Lighthouse Charitable Trust

Your next chapter doesn't have to be written alone.

I take on only a small number of clients at a time, so every person I work with has my full presence. If something here has resonated — even if you're not sure where to start — send me an email. Tell me a little about where you are at. There's no obligation, and no pressure. Just the beginning of a conversation.

anna@bestoftoday.co.nz

Best of Today · Anna Gibbons · Christchurch, New Zealand · Office is located at The Strategy Hub, 9/2 Barry Hogan Place, Addington, Christchurch 8041.