Hi, I am Samantha Tomkinson.
I am a passionate change agent, lover of the human mind, animals, music and nature. I have an overwhelming sense of purpose to help people release their potential and be the best version of themself.
I started my journey as a psychologist in the UK in 2002, after working in a commercial banking environment for a number of years. I became intrigued with the dynamics of people, their differences and strengths, their communication styles and their leadership capabilities. I therefore qualified as an Occupational Psychologist in the UK and worked extensively with senior leaders and organisations across the public and private sectors helping them assess and develop people and manage the people side of change.
My passion for personality and behavioural assessment soon grew to a want to help and develop people as I saw people stuck in the wrong career, leaders struggling to lead, teams under performing due to communication problems and organisations frantically trying to address their people problems by layering on policy documents and models.
Through a number of my own challenging life events, and seeing the way the world was going, I became particularly intrigued with our emotions and the power they have in our ability to be healthy but also relate to others. I therefore specialised in researching, assessing and developing ‘emotional intelligence’ to help people deal better with stress and shine in their own confidence.
As well as being a registered psychologist I am a Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) practitioner and qualified in the facilitation of many psychometrics such as the EIP (Emotional Intelligence Profile), MBTI (Myers Briggs Type Indicator), Wave, Hogan Development survey (HDS) and OPQ (Occupational Personality Questionnaire). I am also a somatics based yoga instructor and therapist and love to combine all these elements in helping people manage and understand their own minds, particularly in stressful and challenging situations.
My clients come from all walks of life and geographies. I work with individuals and organisations in New Zealand, Australia and the UK as well as hosting events and guest speaking on topics to do with emotional intelligence. You can learn more about me here www.samanthatomkinson.com
I started 3Minds in 2015 hoping to bring mind education to the masses in an easy, accessible and community led way.
“You get the best effort from others not by lighting a fire beneath them but by building a fire within.”
