Holistic Coaching

Holistic Coaching:
Transform your life

Would you like to transform your life or the way you go about your job? Do you feel a bit stuck and not in your full potential? Would you like to explore what it means to live your life with purpose, strength, and joy?

I can help you 'grow your wings' with a holistic coaching approach that combines mental, emotional and physical elements; fully custom-designed to your needs.

The coaching frameworks I use are grounded in my thirty years experience as a leadership coach in international companies. These models and maps will help you strengthen your 'development mindset', which will allow you to see challenges and set-backs as normal parts of life and as growth opportunities. This will be supported by skill development - depending on your needs we may work on communication skills, conflict management, stress release, 'managing up' (dealing with a difficult boss), or similar.

Physical work is inspired by my twenty years experience as a Martial Arts teacher. I may show you breathing exercises and simple Tai Chi moves that help you balance and increase your energy. Or we may go on a mindfulness walk in nature to help you change perspective....

Costs for private clients
£95/hour, £540 for 6 sessions
For business/corporate clients,
business coaching rates apply, please inquire.

How many sessions?

There are two options

If you need just-in-time coaching with an current issue - I can be your thinking partner and give you an 'Elevator Coaching' session that helps you clarify your issue and your next action steps. This can be done in an hour.
If you like to work on more difficult issues and create a positive shift in your life, then you will want to attend several sessions. We will first meet on Zoom or the Phone (ca 20min, free), in order for you to meet me and explain your situation. I will then make a coaching plan, which I send you per email, and you can choose whether you like to proceed (a coaching process is usually 4-8 session).

Some Examples / Applications

Create a new vision for your life

Does your current life path align with who you really are? If it is time for a change, we can help you find your path and make your dreams come through. Through inspiring coaching models, guided meditations, and possibly Tai Chi you will explore your life purpose and your values. What would you like to do in this life, and what helps or hinders you to do it?

Improve your relationships

Learn how to express yourself and engage with others through your meaningful and clear communication. Improve your ability to set boundaries in a positive way. Learn how to resolve conflicts, and - if you have a difficult boss or relationship - allow yourself to step into your personal strength, while inspiring solution focused dialogue.

Achieve your goals and find more joy

If you know what you like to do, but are not sure how - or if you just don't have the 'zing' to get started, we can help you on a both mental and emotional level. We will use leading edge coaching tools to help you explore your assumptions, mental blocks, resources and opportunities. If you step away from your doubts and inner barriers, you will find your joy.

Find new ways of Stress Management

You will learn how to manage your attitude and your physical reaction to stress, as well as dealing with external stress drivers more productively. You explore ways of giving feedback or saying no when you go into over-load. To supplement our coaching dialogue we will selected Tai Chi exercises and guided meditations to help you find your inner strength.

Weight Management Mentoring

Whether you need to loose weight or gain weight - we will not focus on calories or discuss the latest diets in these sessions. Instead, you will experience ways of re-connecting with your inner strength to bring your dreams alive and step into your joy. Living a healthy life and feeling active and engaged are much easier when you are connected to who you really are.
Based on your needs, we will create a program for you that will combine physical elements (such as Nordic walking, Tai Chi practices, breathing exercises, relaxation) with mental training (understanding your barriers and resources, guided visualisations). The overall goal: You make peace with your body, step into your full potential and 'grow your wings'. And you make positive change sustainable by using a set of tools that you practiced in the sessions.

Some of our Methods

Coaching Methods

The most important methods of our coaching sessions are deep listening and asking powerful questions. In addition, based on thirty years of executive coaching experience, Andrea has a rich repertoire of mental maps, models and frameworks, which can help you gather and organise your thoughts and decide your next action steps. As an example, we often use the GROW model to clarify goals, opportunities and resources, or the Change Curve to explore emotions and thoughts that may occur in significant life transitions.

Tai Chi Principles

Tai Chi exercises can teach you how to relax the body while remaining present and engaged. You will learn how to breathe in stressful situations and practice some moves that foster relaxation and recovery.
Setbacks are a normal part of our life and work; through developing your 'inner warrior spirit' you will learn how to recover quickly and find constructive ways of dealing with barriers and resistance. Your natural resilience will increase - without having to push yourself so hard.
You will explore hard and soft approaches to problem solving and conflict resolution (using the ancient Asian principles of balance and integration, Yin and Yang; the soft/flowing/receiving and the hard/fast/expanding energy). Learning to 'yield with purpose' - to consciously decide which challenges to engage with and where to let go - is an important martial arts skill. It can be easily applied to our everyday and work life.

Mindfulness & Meditation

You may want to upscale your time management system, and we can help with this - but the true driver of vitality and the ability to manage stress is not time management, but 'energy management'. Regular mind- and body work will allow you to find and expand your individual energy-sources; discovering your 'inner power' and giving it focus and direction. We can coach you to clarify your purpose, priorities, values and guiding principles. Being more mindful of who you are and what you want to do - without sweating the small stuff - will help you live with more purpose and joy.

Bach Flower Remedies and Reiki Sessions

If you feel very stuck, or just can't change the way you function, deeper healing and development techniques may be of help. Andrea also offers Bach flower therapy which uses herbal remedies to create positive shifts on a deep emotional and mental level.
Reiki is an ancient Japanese self-development, healing and meditation system. These sessions help with rebalancing and stress release.
If you like to learn more about Andrea's offers in this area, please visit her healing/development website: www.firesidelodge.co.uk

Corporate Offers

We offer custom-designed workshops and one-on-one coaching sessions for companies who want to create a vitality climate that fosters high performance, engagement and continuous learning without causing stress. These sessions might combine Nordic walking, Martial Arts principles, visualisation exercises and business coaching.

for employees: mindfulness, vitality and stress management, including mind-body work to learn to relax and gain better balance and self-efficacy
for leaders: how to engage staff and create an innovative, high performing organisation without causing stress
for teams: how to work together with energy and drive, while creating a climate of focus, calm and mutual support.

Costs: Corporate coaching/training rates apply. We will make you a proposal once we understand your needs.