“Zelah is exactly the kind of cheerleader that everyone deserves – I trust that she really cares about me and, depending on where I’m at, she has in turn supported me, challenged me or held me to account.
Through my work with Zelah I have begun to make some profound shifts in my life and work, inspired by a clearer sense of purpose and a greater understanding of and commitment to my own values. I highly recommend her!”
Working with me
My approach
I believe in the transformatory quality of giving yourself the time and space to take a good long look at the challenge you’re facing.
I believe in the importance of treating yourselves and others with respect, kindness and compassion as you do so.
I believe in the importance of creating warm and welcoming spaces, where you can:
𖦹 be courageous, real and vulnerable
𖦹 spend time with your discomfort
𖦹 share what's important to you
𖦹 listen to what else is present in that space and
𖦹 move past fear and shame to find new ways of doing things
And I believe you have all the answers you need, if you give yourself the time and space to find them.
How we’ll work
Right from the start, I put a strong focus on clearly identifying where you are, what you need and where you're heading.
We will start with a free 20 minute consultation to establish whether we'll be a good fit, discuss the issues we'll be working on and identify your coaching goals. If you decide to work with me, we'll design how we’ll work together in more detail and then get into action.
The best way to show up when a curveball comes your way is to face it and take some time to understand what’s going on, how it will impact your life and work and how you want to respond to it.
So the first part of our work together will focus on finding out more about what you’re facing and helping you get deeply acquainted with yourself - what's important to you, who you are at your very best, how you get in your own way and what you can do about that. For some people that feels like a welcome reminder. For others, it can feel transformational.
Then as we start heading towards your coaching goals, you’ll come to each coaching session with a question or issue you want to explore. I’ll support you by asking powerful questions and holding you accountable for facing the challenge you’re facing in the best way you can.
I work with clients face to face, by phone or by video meeting. I love to work with clients outdoors in live/remote walking coaching sessions - ask me if you’re interested in finding out more.
We'll have regular reviews throughout our relationship to check that you're heading in the right direction, re-orientate ourselves if needed and, when the time comes, bring our relationship to an end.
Clients generally work with me for a minimum of six months.
Building trust is a cornerstone of my work and I treat all my interactions with clients and prospective clients as 100% confidential.
What am I like?
I’m warm, human, playful and kind. I’m also courageous, incisive and intuitive.
People tell me that I wear my expertise and experience lightly. But I’ll draw on it all to help you find your way through the challenge you’re facing and reveal its potential for growth and transformation.
My commitment to you
When I work with you, I offer you all my experience and expertise and commit to:
𖦹 meet you where you are: with compassion, respect and honesty
𖦹 hold you accountable
𖦹 champion you
𖦹 shake things up when needed
𖦹 let you know if things don't feel right
𖦹 name things that aren't being said
𖦹 sweep deep under the carpet
𖦹 stay with you and help you develop resilience when the going gets tough
𖦹 celebrate all that you are, and
𖦹 bring a touch of magic to our relationship.
I won't take you anywhere I don't have the skills to take you.
Coaching Models
I've been coaching individuals and groups, and facilitating conversations and events for the last 20 years. In 2013, I qualified as a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach®, trained by the Coaches Training Institute, and also graduated from their Leadership Programme. I'm also trained as an Executive Coach and have studied Organisational and Relationship Systems with CRR Global.
Although I draw tools and inspiration from a variety of sources, the main model I use for my coaching and leadership work is the Co-Active® model. This model balances 'being' and 'doing' to create transformational change and envisages a world in which people know that who we are is as important as what we do. It refocuses the lens on the importance of self-awareness and connection as being key to fulfillment and performance.
The Co-Active® leadership model is based on the premise that everyone is a leader - it's not just for the talented few - and that the world needs us all to step up and take responsibility. It focuses on five different dimensions of leadership: Leader within; Leader in front; Leader behind; Leaders beside; and Leaders in the field.
“Zelah supported me in a time of deep personal transition as I felt into the effect on my life of the loss of my father at a very young age.
She has an extraordinary ability to hold a place of deep trust and presence, which enabled me to re-experience in my body the grief and suffering that I had buried away at that time and to gently but powerfully release it.
Even though we were working remotely she was able to sense into what was going on for me and to direct my attention intuitively and very sensitively into the areas that were ready and waiting to be unlocked in me.
The effect has been quite transformational – a new lightness and freedom of being and a capacity to access areas of my emotional life that had been shut off to me previously. This is already having an effect on my relationships and how I am approaching my work.
Zelah brings a deep natural gift to this work. I wholeheartedly recommend her to anyone who feels they need help and support in their own natural processing of grief, however long buried it may have been.”