PRIVATE COACHING
In the quiet of your own mind - when no one is listening - do you ever find yourself thinking things like this?
“I’m respected. People come to me for answers. But most days, this feels mechanical. Where did the fun go?”
“Everyone assumes I’m under immense pressure - yet the real pressure comes from holding it all together for everyone else.”
“If I slow down or question this too openly, something might crack. I’ve built a life around this role but is it still working for my life?
“I’m not lost. I just don’t feel aligned.”
Lawyers, leaders, and senior professionals rarely talk about this part of success - the quiet loneliness of being competent, trusted, and increasingly unsure whether the version of you that got here is the one meant to carry you forward.
You’ve learned to manage complexity, stay composed, and solve problems efficiently. And yet, somewhere along the way, the work narrowed. The stakes stayed high, but the meaning thinned out. Questioning things began to feel riskier than staying put.
My 1:1 career development and coaching programs are for people at this exact stage - where effort alone won’t produce clarity, and the next step can’t be forced.
This work isn’t about burning things down. It’s about creating space to examine how you relate to your work, your identity, and your inner pressure - so decisions become steadier, boundaries cleaner, and energy returns.
As James Hollis writes, “The greatest burden a person carries is the unlived life within them.”
This program exists to help you meet that truth - without blowing up everything you’ve built.
PROFESSIONAL AND EXECUTIVE COACHING
When lawyers and senior professionals reach this point - when the usual levers stop working and the questions get harder to name and answer - I’m the person they turn to.
I’ve worked with senior lawyers who were trusted advisors to their clients, but quietly paralyzed about making decisions in their own careers. They now make moves with clarity instead of second-guessing.
I’ve coached partners who could manage complex files, teams, and negotiations, yet felt increasingly disconnected from their families and themselves. They now work with firmer boundaries - and far less internal pressure.
I’ve worked with high-performing professionals who were admired for their composure and competence, but privately exhausted from carrying everything alone. They now allow support without feeling diminished by it.
I’ve coached leaders who were exceptional problem-solvers, but so identified with being “the reliable one” that they had no room left for creativity or choice. They now lead with steadiness rather than strain.
Working together is a deeply personalized process.
There is no template, no one-size-fits-all plan, and no performative version of growth.
We look at your work, your identity, your pressure, and your patterns - from the inside out - and design a custom coaching engagement that meets you exactly where you are, and supports where you want to be headed.
Most people assume the hard part comes later - burnout, regret, mid-career crisis.
For a lot of young adults, especially young men, the friction starts much earlier.
You graduate, get a job (or try to), and suddenly realize that effort alone doesn’t create direction. You’re busy, but not necessarily building. Capable, but not convinced you’re on the right path. And quietly wondering how everyone else seems to know what they’re doing.
You don’t feel lost exactly.
You just don’t feel anchored.
That uncertainty doesn’t usually show up as panic. It shows up as low-grade restlessness, overthinking, or a constant sense that you should be doing something — you just don’t know what.
This coaching is designed for that moment.
Why Early Career Is Harder Than Anyone Admits
Early work life comes with pressure no one prepares you for:
every decision feels permanent
comparison is constant
money matters more than you expected
and asking for help feels like failure
Most young men respond by pushing harder, staying busy, or waiting for clarity to magically arrive.
It usually doesn’t.
My coaching creates space to slow the noise down, look clearly at what’s actually going on, and start making decisions from intention instead of anxiety.
What 1:1 Coaching Focuses On
This isn’t abstract self-discovery. It’s practical, grounded work.
Together, we work on:
Career Direction: Understanding what kinds of work actually fit you — and how to test options without locking yourself into something too early.
Decision Skills: Learning how to move forward without needing total certainty, perfect timing, or someone else’s approval.
Confidence Under Pressure: Building internal steadiness so you’re not constantly second-guessing yourself or comparing your timeline to everyone else’s.
Money Awareness: Getting more comfortable with financial realities so money stops being a background stressor you avoid thinking about.
Resilience: Developing the capacity to handle uncertainty, rejection, and ambiguity without checking out or burning out.
The goal isn’t to have everything figured out. It’s to know how to navigate when you don’t.
Who This Is For
This work is a fit if you’re:
between 18 and 25
early in your working life or trying to enter it
capable, motivated, and internally restless
unsure whether your current path actually makes sense
ready to take responsibility without carrying everything alone
You don’t need a breakdown to start.
You just need enough awareness to know drifting isn’t a strategy.
Why?
Group programs create momentum. 1:1 coaching creates clarity.
This is private, focused, and tailored to you — your background, your pace, your pressure points.
No templates.
No comparison.
No performance.
Just honest conversation, clear thinking, and practical next steps.
As Jungian analyst James Hollis writes:
“The greatest burden a person carries is the unlived life within them.”
This work exists to make sure that burden doesn’t quietly accumulate before you even realize it’s happening.
What You Can Expect to Change
Young men I coach don’t come out with a perfect plan.
They come out:
calmer about decisions
clearer about direction
more confident in their judgment
less anxious about “getting it wrong”
more intentional about the lives they’re building
They stop waiting to feel certain — and start moving with steadiness.
Working Together
Want to know more about how we can work together? Click the link below to book a complementary exploratory call with me to see if we’re a good fit.
COACHING FOR YOUNG ADULTS
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
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It might feel that way sometimes, but no. Coaching differs from therapy in a a number of important ways, namely - it is limited (i.e. we work for a set period of time); it is focused (i.e. we work towards specific outcomes); it is highly intentional (i.e. we are working from a program designed for you and you alone, and we stay on the path of that program); it is forward-looking (i.e. we are working towards future development, not rehashing your entire previous life - unless you really want to); and, coaching is not available to anyone - clients need to be developmentally ready to take on the work required of a coaching program.
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While there is no strict way of working together, I tend to work with my clients for between 3 and 6 months at a time, usually speaking on a bi-weekly basis, and always providing ongoing insight into my client’s work and lives, and, offering practices that will allow my clients to continue to discover their own inner resourcefulness to implement meaningful development in their work and their lives. At the outset of our engagement, we’ll spend some time talking and getting to know each other, while I also listen for what I need to prepare a development program for you. From there, we co-create that program - your mission, your desired outcomes, and the tools and skills that we can work with together to get you there. At the end of our time together, I will leave you with a plan so you can continue to move forward in work and in life with continued competency, the means to self-correct, and a renewed commitment to your self.
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My rates vary depending on whether I am working with an institutional client (i.e. an organization providing coaching for its teams or individual employees or team members), a single person, doing a speaking engagement, or providing other additional services in addition to coaching. That is all to say - I work with my clients to find the right cost that works for them and does not inhibit their ability to work with me and achieve their goals.
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While I do, I find that lasting, meaningful change takes time, and I prefer to work with clients over a period of 3-6 months. Over that period, we track the changes that are made and really sense into the movement that is taking place toward intended outcomes. That all said - each person comes to me in their own circumstances and we can always find an arrangement that works to budget, schedule and other time limitations.
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Life sometimes calls on us to change our plans, and that is OK. My goal is to make sure that, whether there is a pause placed on our work together, whether we have completed an engagement, or you simply have to stop - you are equipped with the skills and tools you need to continue in your own development going forward.
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Both!
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Typically, I work with my clients for a period of 3-6 months (between 10 and 12 sessions). Lasting and meaningful change takes time and practice and it is important to create a container for us to work within that allows enough space for that to occur.
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Let’s talk and find out. Some of my favourite conversations are with potential clients who are coming to me and not sure whether they need coaching or if we’ll be a good fit. That’s why I prefer to spend time speaking and knowing, for both of us, whether we can work together and co-create a program that point you towards the outcomes you are looking for.
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If you ask me, of course it does.
But don’t take it from me.
One study showed that psychologically informed coaching approaches (like Integral Coaching) facilitated effective work-related outcomes, particularly on goal attainment, self-efficacy, goal attainment and internal self-regulation.
Additionally, integrative coaching approaches facilitated better outcomes, including coachees' psychological well-being.
Others have shown that clients reported increased self-awareness and clarity of thought, more solidly built leadership skills, the achievement of organisational or professional goals, better work/life balance, improved relationships and a greater sense of purpose, values and self.