My Journey to becoming an award winning sleep consultant:
My Journey to becoming a sleep consultant
Introduction
At the end of March I was incredibly honoured to receive a business award from Prestige Series. I am extremely proud to announce I was awarded Sleep Consultant of the Year at their 2023/2024 Prestige Awards.
When I started this business back in 2021 I could only have dreamed of such an honour. Sleep consultancy is my passion and I have a dedication and unwavering commitment to my business and the incredible families I work with. It appears that this has not gone unnoticed, and I feel so humble and full of gratitude that they picked me as their winner for Sleep Consultant of the Year.
I am so thankful for this recognition and proud of how far my business has come and the undeniable success that the families that I work with experience. You only have to look at my five star google reviews and the testimonials on this website to see the impact that our time together has had on these families.
Going into 2024 as an award winning sleep consultant has given me the biggest boost and I look forward to what this year brings for me and my business.
Picking up the award at the Solent Hotel in Whitely
About the awards
The Prestige Awards was launched to celebrate businesses and individuals that consistently offer excellent products or services.
Small to medium businesses are nominated for the awards and the awards team then carry out extensive reserach to identify those businesses that have proven to be exceptional in their field and the best in their market over the past 12 months.
The judging panel base their decisions upon areas such as service excellence, quality of the service provided, innovative practices, value as well as consistency in performance so I am thrilled to not only be nominated for these awards but to win my category. It was beyond my expectations.
On the evening of the awards ceremony my family and I were treated to reception drinks at the Solent Hotel in Whitely. I was interviewed by the team from the Prestige Series which was great fun. They made me feel so at ease and it was great to share even more about my business with them.
I was then able to pick up my award with my family there to experience it with me. It was very special to have my children with me and they kept telling how proud they were of me for winning. Bless them. Mummy is now an award winning sleep consultant!
I was able to bring my family along to pick up the award and my children loved the experience
My Journey to becoming a sleep consultant.
I had dreamed for years about starting a sleep consultancy business as working with a sleep consultant myself in my first year as a parent had been one of the most life changing experiences of my life.
I dreamed about offering this service to other sleep deprived families and changing their lives in the way sleep training had changed mine.
During the Covid 19 pandemic whilst furloughed from my office job I began to do some soul searching and realised that life was too short to keep dreaming and it was time to take action to change my career.
It was one of the best decisions I have ever made and although owning a business can be stressful and challenging at times I have found my purpose and I feel I was always meant to do this job.
I was so thankful that I was able to go to the awards with my husband John
My Passions – What drives me and my business
Everything I do in this business is to give my children the best life that I can. Of course, I love what I do but it is also a job that allows me to spend lots of time with my children and facilitate their busy schedules. If you follow me on Instagram you will know how busy my children are and how proud I am of their achievements.
Sleep training isn’t always viewed in a positive light and I really want to change people’s perception of what it is and how it can change everything for the better.
I have become fascinated by sleep and I love learning more and more about why we sleep and why some people struggle with their sleep (adults and children alike). Understanding these challenges and putting the right things in place to support families means sleep can be restored and that is so important for our physical and mental health. Afterall sleep is fundamental to our health, it is the foundation of our health and without it we aren’t able to perform at our best.
Getting families back to the best sleep possible is a driving factor for my business as I know I am bringing the families that I work with back to better health.
Award winning sleep consultant – Naomi Hilliard
The future – What’s new at Catching Little Dreams
During my interview with Prestige Series I was asked about the future of Catching Little Dreams and to be honest with you there is going to be a lot of things that won’t change. I am so proud of my unique approach to sleep training and how responsive my families can be with my unique layered response technique.
I have designed my approaches to allow families to be extremely response to their children during sleep training and I believe this is what ensures my families can remain consistent in their training.
I am also studying to become a certified autism and anxiety sleep specialist and hope to be qualified in the first half of 2024. This will allow me to support neurodivergent families with sleep plans. Over 90% of autistic children struggle with their sleep so I am determined to complete my certification as soon as possible.
I would also like to help corporate companies with their staff in terms of sleep support for employees with families as well as educating everyone about the importance of a good nights sleep and how to get the best nights sleep. I do already do some work in the corporate sector but I am planning on expanding this side of my business in 2024.
I am excited for the year ahead.
Conclusion
2024 has started with a bang by becoming an award winning sleep consultant and I would once again like to thank the Prestige Awards for this award and their support.
I cannot wait to see what the rest of the year brings and I look forward to helping families to improve sleep and get back to the rest and recovery they deserve night after night.
Naomi. X
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