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How Coaching Works
Coaching with Nemophilist is a collaborative, reflective process.
It assumes you are whole - are not broken - and that you already carry the insight, resourcefulness, and capacity to move forward.
What’s often missing, is space: to think...to pause...and to hear yourself properly.
What coaching is, and what it isn’t
Coaching with me provides settled, intentional space with professional structure where you're listened to with care and respect, and without any judgement or agenda.
With this time and professional support, you're able to slow down, think out loud, explore what matters to you, make sense of what you’re carrying and see your situation more clearly.
And reconnect with yourself.
Coaching is a focused, confidential partnership that moves at your pace. You are in control and bring the issues that you want to explore.
From that place, you choose your own path, actions and decisions, that lead to:
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Greater clarity
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Strengthened self-trust
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Aligned decisions
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Moving forward with confidence and direction
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Renewed purpose, and fulfilment.
Coaching is not:
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Therapy or counselling
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Advice-giving, fixing, or telling you what to do
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Training, instruction, mentoring, or supervision
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About pushing for quick solutions or performance at any cost
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About changing who you are.
My role as a Coach is to listen deeply, ask thoughtful questions, reflect patterns, and create the conditions where insight and meaningful change can emerge naturally for you.
Length of engagement
Coaching is most powerful when it allows time for reflection, integration, and steady movement, to maintain momentum.
Clients might choose to work together for three to six months, meeting every two to four weeks.
Some may opt for a focused single session around a specific career or life decision.
Others continue longer-term arrangements during periods of significant transition or leadership responsibility.
We agree what feels appropriate for you and review this as we progress so that the Coaching serves you best.
What a session feels like
Each session offers protected time free from interruption, expectation, or judgement.
We may work outdoors, online, by phone, or in a private space.
Whether we meet outdoors or online, sessions offer a spacious, attentive environment to reflect, explore, and reconnect with what matters most to you.
Sessions can include:
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Slowing down what feels tangled
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Exploring competing demands or internal tensions
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Identifying what truly matters beneath the noise
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Considering choices and consequences
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Translating insight into realistic next steps
There is no pressure to “perform” in coaching.
It is a place to think out loud, safely and honestly.
I want you to arrive as you are and to be yourself - and to leave feeling seen, heard, safe, comfortable and lighter. All I ask of you is that you keep an open mind.
Outcomes that clients can experience
Coaching does not promise instant transformation.
What it offers is something steadier and more sustainable.
As Coaching progresses, you might notice that you have:
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Clearer thinking and stronger decision-making
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Reduced overwhelm and greater perspective
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Renewed confidence and self-trust
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Healthier boundaries and more sustainable energy
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Made progress on goals that had felt stuck
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Greater alignment between values, work, and direction
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Leadership that feels grounded rather than reactive
Sometimes the shift is visible externally.
Sometimes it is quieter; bringing greater steadiness within.
Both matter.
How I work
My approach is steady, relational, and grounded in real life.
Sessions with me can take place:
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Outdoors in nature (walking or seated)
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Online, by telephone, or via roaming call
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In person, by arrangement.
I find that working outdoors is especially powerful as it allows your full presence away from daily distractions. Beyond walls and screens, you are free from the constant pull of devices, deadlines and demands.
Being in nature, walking side by side in woodland or open space can help thinking to slow down, perspectives to widen, conversations to deepen, and more honest reflections that help you to make the choices that feel right for you and enable you to move forward with clarity and direction.
Nature is a supportive presence that helps thinking to breathe. It is an active partner in my coaching.
I believe that nature restores what noise erodes.
Professional Standards
I work within a strong ethical and professional framework.
I’m a member of the International Coaching Federation (ICF), and have completed a Level 2 ICF-accredited coaching programme with Barefoot Coaching Ltd.
I'm currently working towards ICF ACC credentialing alongside post-graduate coaching study.
My practice is grounded in:
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Ongoing professional development
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Reflective practice and supervision
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Respect, confidentiality, and client autonomy.
This means that you can expect coaching that is thoughtful, ethical, and held with care.
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Practical details
Outdoor and in-person sessions are available within the local area:
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Within (approx.) 15 miles of Selby - e.g. Skipwith Common, Wheldrake Woods, Bishop Wood, York Museum Gardens, Rowntree Park.
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Travel beyond this may incur additional costs to cover time and costs, agreed in advance.
If you’re unsure which style would suit you best, we can talk it through together.
If meeting outdoors, the weather can be unpredictable - please dress for the weather and when necessary, wear suitable footwear and waterproof outerwear.
You might also want to bring refreshments in a rucksack, and sun screen / insect repellent in summer months.
Please let me know if you have any accessibility requirements and I will endeavour to accommodate any adjustments that you require to make you feel comfortable and ensure your full participation.
A gentle next step
If you’re considering coaching, the first step is a free discovery conversation.
Choosing the right coach is a deeply personal decision, and it matters that it feels right for you.
This is an informal, no-obligation space where we can:
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Explore what’s bringing you to coaching
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Clarify what you’re hoping to achieve
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Discuss practicalities
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Decide together whether it feels like a good fit.
There is no pressure to commit.
Just a conversation - and a sense of whether this is the right next step for you.
Still have questions?
You might find the answers in 'Things You Might Be Wondering'.
