Self-Paced Resources - Tenderness in your own time

I am not about pushing you to be anything other than yourself. You are not a problem to be fixed. The ethos and approach of this is to recognise that you, as the client, already have everything you need – I am just holding the space for you to feel you can explore it. 

 I am not a therapist. I will always be clear about my scope of practice. Integrity and Responsible practice are incredibly important values in my work and I will be very clear where the boundaries of what I can support with are. If something comes up in a session that feels like it belongs in therapy we can work together to try to ground and resource you as much as possible in that moment, and later you can take that piece to a qualified therapist. 

A helpful way to think about the distinction might be that often we look to address how our patterns are informed by previous experiences that are often based in trauma - as a coach I won’t be ‘treating‘ your trauma, but I will make it welcome within the discussion. 

None. I can't promise any specific outcomes. This process is a natural unfolding that we can't predict. We are looking to open up awareness to the unspoken and to meaningful explorations. As I mentioned, I am not the expert - you are.  What I can promise is that I will offer a supportive space, where your lived experience and your perspective are honoured and centred. I can promise a collaborative and respectful approach that hopefully allows space for the growth and experience that is most needed. 

Coaching is often associated with Business Execs / people in suits who want to ACHIEVE and PUSH and DO ALL THE BIG THINGS. Hopefully you're getting the vibe from my website that this is not me. Nothing against suits or the people who wear them - you're all very welcome! For me the practice of coaching offers me the ability to have a clear container in which to offer 1:1 support with integrity and supervision. I think there is huge potential for support, growth and building self awareness within coaching spaces. And also there is an important piece about finding the right fit for you. If you feel like I might be the right fit but you feel like you need to find out more, you can book a chat. If you want coaching but feel like what's holding you back is actually that we aren't the right fit for each other then I would encourage you to trust that instinct! There are plenty of brilliant coaches out there.

I am in no way claiming to have the 'answers' or to be able to make any difference to your health. You are not a problem to be solved and you are the expert in you - as the coach I hold space and act as a co-thinker. Anyone who is promising health changes from coaching or any intervention makes me deeply suspicious. However, this is not at all to say that we can't discuss aspects of living with a chronic illness - as someone who lives with chronic illness I know that this is a lens that impacts most, if not all, aspects of my life. Similarly I am not trying to change or fix any parts of you - I believe wholeheartedly in the Theory of Paradoxical Change (which is a fancy way of saying that change happens when we accept who we are rather than trying to change ourselves). All of you is welcome here - just the way you are.