Life Coach & Career Development Coach

As an online life coach ‒ or personal coach, as some prefer – I'll help you design a more exciting and meaningful future.

Personal coaching involves making sense of who you are, where you are, what you want and – importantly – why you want it. My job is to keep you on the straight and narrow when implementing that vision.

Think of me as the helpful stranger you bump into when feeling a little lost. Not the one who'll pickpocket you in a dark alley, but a cheerful soul with excellent orientation skills – and who usually happens to know a great ice cream parlour along the way.

Together, we'll explore any existential and practical questions in an open and non-judgmental way. I'll also help you formulate some of those dreams and goals you've not yet been ready to share with anyone else.

Part of that process will require freeing yourself from others' expectations – family, peers, society, etc. It may also involve learning to trust yourself more by following through on your commitments and stopping procrastination.

There are four major elements in my work as a personal life coach. Sometimes, I take clients through all these four elements chronologically, but you're also free to pick and choose.

Identity and future self

A lot of talent is wasted not for lack of effort, but lack of direction.

You might feel that life is okay, but something is missing – perhaps a sense of security, meaning, belonging, or fun. Or maybe you’re transitioning into a different stage of your life – voluntarily or forced by external events – and you’re not quite sure what to make of it.

Through a process I call wayfinding, I help my clients create a stronger sense of who they currently are, along with a clearer sense of who they'd like to become in the next decade.

Goal setting

As your personal coach, I'll help you identify some of the goals or outcomes you want to see over the next one to two years.

We'll then break down those goals into smaller, manageable milestones while guiding you towards choosing the right priorities for you.

I always make sure you'll commit to specific actions after each session. After all, deeds, not words, will guarantee you build momentum and progress.

Systems and processes

No matter how clear your vision is or how 'SMART' your goals are, you won't make much progress without adopting the right mindset. Indeed, many of my clients struggle with procrastination and prioritisation issues, and that throws up signficant barriers to their success.

Adopting the proper habits, rituals, and environment is vital for success. Doing so will help you create an identity of being a disciplined and consistent person.

As a life coach, I'll help you introduce new behaviours to increase your productivity and help resist the temptations currently keeping you stuck.

Accountability

If you're looking for a self-proclaimed 'alpha bro' to shame you into action, I will not be the right accountability coach for you.

Indeed, when it comes to accountability, I prefer to treat my clients like the adults they are – clever individuals who are self-motivated enough to pay a life coach to guide them do what's needed, without the need for emotional manipulation.

Pearson's Law says that when performance is measured, performance improves. That's why, as an accountability coach, I'm big on putting systems in place that allow you to keep track of your progress while targeting any areas for improvement.

Whether you come to me for personal coaching, career coaching or developing a better mindset, I always take a pragmatic approach – one that doesn't involve ear candling, unicorns, or a magic wand.

Instead, I use the strategies and tools that will be most effective in your particular situation. These are all based on leading research in coaching, positive psychology, time management, leadership development, and – god forbid – common sense.

An atmosphere of openness, warmth, and total non-judgment is what you can expect from me. In return, I ask for a curious and playful commitment to your growth.

You'll discover that humour and lightness are essential in my work as a coach. A strategically placed dad joke or weird metaphor often works better than most self-help clichés.

And even though I don't have that magic wand, as your accountability coach, I'm more than happy to crack the whip when needed.

Can I book an in-person session?

I live in different locations throughout the year, so I only coach online.

Coaching is a conversational technique designed to help you get specific results. You and I don’t need to be in the same room for that to work well.

Online coaching also means it’s less likely we’ll ever bump into each other. Clients often tell me that me being so far removed from their physical lives makes our work all the more powerful. It means we can build a relationship that is both sufficiently open and detached at the same time.

How much does a session cost?

I offer a package of five sessions and a package of ten sessions. I don’t offer individual sessions until I’ve worked with a client for some time. You can find my pricing here.

How often do the sessions take place?

I usually recommend speaking once every ten to fourteen days for the first few sessions. After that, the frequency often naturally tails off.

I’m not prescriptive, however, so whatever you feel would be a useful frequency. Do bare in mind not to lose momentum in-between sessions.

What does a session look like?

I have a simple structure for my sessions. Start fast, go deep, end strong.

Start fast: we may do a quick review of your highlights and learnings since we last spoke, as well as an accountability check on the actions you previously agreed. We’ll then do some ‘contracting’ around the focus for the session and what you’d like to get out of it.

Go deep: A 60-minute session usually allows for a good amount of depth and time to explore a particular topic. My aim here is to get you to look at an area from different perspectives, getting you to generate as many aha-moments and new learnings as possible.

End strong: I’m an action-orientied coach. While deep conversation is great, it offers little unless you translate it into behavioural changes and action. Each session will end with at least one, often several action points.

Can I record my sessions?

Please do. You can watch and re-watch yourself, tapping into some of the momentum you felt during the session. Doing so offers an unusual meta-perspective, as well as a wonderful way to zoom out – pun intended.

Do I need a therapist instead of a life coach or career coach?

As a minimum, coaching requires relatively decent levels of self-motivation and optimism about the future. For most of us, those levels ebb and flow.

If you’re finding it hard to motivate yourself to do anything, then life coaching or indeed career coaching is not going to be the best solution for you right now. It may best to seek a therapist first and explore coaching again once you feel better and have regained some of that drive back.

Do I need a career advisor instead of a career coach?

Possbibly. I don’t offer specific career advice in the sense that I won’t tell you where to search for new roles or how to re-write your CV or LinkedIn profile. There are probably cheaper ways to find this information than working with a coach.

Also, if you’re looking for sector-specific advice you may be better off working with a career advisor or a consultant, because my focus as a career coach is much more around developing greater professional and personal awareness and insights.