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1:1 Coaching with Joanna

If you are facing a major decision or transition, or finding that you have outgrown a version of your life that no longer seems to fit who you are (and where you want to be), I can help you work out a new path that’s “just right” for you on all levels - mind, body, emotions, and soul.

 

I work with people looking for deeper, holistic, transformational  change rather than “tweaking” their life or addressing one-off issues. We make these life-changing transformations together through grounded, practical approaches that help you drop into a deeper place of awareness.  

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From there, we work through your thoughts, emotions, beliefs and hidden dreams, including your somatic responses and nervous system, to unlock what you need to do to step confidently into the next chapter of your life and navigate your best ways forward.  

 

I will guide you both through the inner work and outer work required to let go of old patterns, resistance and “stuckness” so you can feel more confident, peaceful, and certain that you are on your path to living a life aligned with who you really are and what you really want.

How I coach

I coach the “whole you” through a unique combination of Wayfinder approaches and coaching tools which incorporate our nervous system, emotions and the unconscious processes that hold us back.

 

Working with the whole brain allows you to stop looping like a hamster on a wheel, and access the most creative and connected parts of yourself. Through this work, you let go of the unconscious thinking that sabotages your progress, and you find peace not only through what you choose to do, or need to have, but also by finding more peace, calm, acceptance and courage in your day to day life. 

 

We’ll do this using a host of tools across a wide set of coaching modalities. Each session will call for something different - perhaps embodied inquiry, EFT or intuitive reflection, Martha Beck Wayfinder tools or ACT approaches, body-based / nervous system awareness tools or The Sedona Method. (And for some clients, I might even recommend Equus Coaching as part of a wider journey.)

 

I bring nearly 30 years of training and experience to the process of bringing about the change you want in your life (and want to see in the world).

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What do I help with?

I primarily help midlifers who are facing big decisions, a major change or transition, or who want to transform their life by finding - and stepping into - their next chapter. (And who want to do any of those with clarity, confidence and certainty.)

 

Clients come to me saying they want to do things such as: 

 

  • “Find a life path to something that 'feels like me'”

  • “Find my authentic, true self and operate and live from that place”

  • “Increase my self-belief and confidence”

  • “Navigate a tired marriage and find my own joy within or without”

  • “Find a spiritual path that suits me (or deepen the one I have)”

  • “Decide to stay in - or leave - my successful job (and work out the next steps)”

  • “Work with chronic pain so that I can enjoy life again”

  • “Transition my dream from the sideline to my main business” 

  • “Grow my soul-filled alternative health practice”

  • “Parent with sanity in a way that feels my own”

  • “Deepen my coaching practice”

  • “Change the world for the better, to have some impact”

 

And within it all, to become more of their authentic, natural self (a rewilding, if you like).

I help you assume a more natural, easeful authorship over your own life, developing your intuition and self-trust so that you can experience sustainable success, however you define it. Whether it’s developing relationships and boundaries that support you, navigating loss and grief, or finding your way on a spiritual path, we’ll incorporate what you need into your coaching goals.

What's it like to work together?

We always start with working out what you’d love to achieve, do, have or feel - both at the outset of our work together and within each session. With these anchors I’ll be able to explore what’s going on for you right now and what it will take to get you the results you are looking for.

 

In each session you’ll get my unbiased, agenda-free, devoted attention to where you are now.  I’ll creatively respond to what you bring, identifying what is blocking you and stopping you from moving forward. And I’ll partner with you to use the best tools and practices to help you dissolve the blocks and obstacles.

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These tools cover a wide range of coaching approaches (from emotional to logical) and I’ll guide you in their use so that you’re always fully supported in working out the best answers for what’s most true for you. If you hit a difficulty or stuck point, I’ll walk you through it until you have a clarity you can feel confident with.

 

As you get closer and closer to what is true for you, you’ll unlock what you want or need to happen in your life. You’ll feel the “click” of certainty - and indecision, self-doubt, confusion and fog will diminish. This is what our work together is meant to achieve.

 

I know from nearly three decades of experience in coaching people through transformation and transition that you have all the answers you need inside of you already. You just haven’t worked out how to access them yet, and discern which ones are your “real” answers and which ones are the ones you’ve been taught you “should” follow.

 

I will never tell you what to do. But I will create a warm and intimate talking space, with intuitively guided, insightful and powerful questions to help you find your best answers on how to live the next chapter of your life. And the tools I teach you are ones you can use on your own, again and again and again.

What clients say about our work together

“Joanna is caring, intuitive and non-judgemental. She gently uses her experience and knowledge to offer insights and suggestions while helping you listen to your own sense of what feels right.”
 

Vanessa Pimbblet, Homeopath, UK

Packages & Pricing

To ensure that we have the space to successfully work with change and help you transform, we’ll work for 4 to 10 sessions together. This gives us enough room to work through a single “season” around an issue, or several.

 

 (if you’re a trained Wayfinder Life Coach, get in touch for shorter bookings).

 

We’ll work through what package size is best for you on your free, no-pressure Explore Call, which you can book below. I’ll get to know you and your situation and give you my recommendation for how best to work together.

 

Pricing starts from £875 for 4 sessions to £1400 for a 10-session package.

 

On your Explore Call we’ll also discuss how you might want your sessions to take place - whether it’s a 1:1 Zoom call from your home or office, or a phone call while we both walk in nature, or even together with horses through Equus coaching.

 

(If you’ve never done a coaching session “in nature”, they are wonderful opportunities to coach around your issues trusting that the metaphors and synchronicities of nature will show up just as needed to point the way forwards.)

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Who I Work With Best

I work best with mid-life people who feel bored or saddened by a now unfulfilling life that they’ve outgrown (or never really suited them in the first place). 

 

People who either don’t know what else to do - or they do know, but don’t trust that they can take the next steps by themselves. 

 

But most importantly, I work best with people who have decided to stop settling. Together, we bring their deeper longings to life - shaping a next chapter that feels expansive, meaningful and truly their own.

I’ve got a soft spot for people who have a well thumbed Martha Beck book by their bedside, love the sound of birdsong in the morning, or would rather paddle board down a river on a sunny evening with friends than go to a cocktail party full of small talk. I work best with those who love to enjoy life - or who used to, and deeply want to reconnect with that version of themselves.

 

If you consider inner growth as important as outer achievement, are open to doing a daily practice (even if it doesn’t always happen!), such as meditation, the Morning Pages, journaling, yoga, or anything that brings in a bit of inner peace, we could be a great fit.

 

If you think we might be a good fit, your next step is to book a free Explore Call below where I’ll get to know you and tell you how I can help.

Book Your Free Explore Call Now

If you’ve read this far already, then you might already be thinking we’ll be a good fit for working through how to get your life from where it is to where you want it to be.

 

The next step is to talk in person, on a no-pressure call where we can get to know each other and I can step you through options for what kind of coaching will be best for you.

 

Click the button below to set up your free Explore Call - and I can’t wait to get to know you and tell you how we build the path together for your next chapter.

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PS - If you are seeking a mentor, a coach, or a fellow self-explorer, I’m happy to share something from my 30 years of experience working to find my own life path.  But I know that if you work out your own path, you will always be able to find your way back to it. 

 

I will never tell you what you “should” do. But I will help you work out your own steps to the life you truly want, and I will be by your side to coach you through the change.

 

I’ll talk to you soon,

Joanna

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