Mindfulness & Life Coaching

You gave everything to the life you built. Somewhere along the way, you lost yourself in it.

Mindfulness-based coaching for women who are capable, functioning, and quietly running on empty. Something has gone quiet, the spark, the sense of yourself underneath all the roles.

MBSR-certified · ICF-aligned coach · A quiet, confidential 30-minute conversation. No pressure. No agenda.

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“Be where you are, not where you think you should be.”

“A safe space out of work/life busyness to focus on what really matters. Coaching with Linda was very effective in helping me set boundaries, and improving my relationships and stress levels generally.”

Rachel, Coaching Client
Recognition

The exhaustion nobody around you can quite see

On the outside, everything holds together. You show up. You manage. You're the capable one. But inside, something is different from how it used to be. This state rarely announces itself dramatically. It accumulates quietly, and it responds to a specific kind of support.

You're functioning well but feel oddly disconnected from your own life

Tiredness has become your baseline, not something that comes and goes

You've lost touch with what you actually want, not what you should want

The inner critic runs quiet commentary most of the time and you can't quite switch it off

There's a sense that the woman you used to be is somewhere underneath all of this

Nothing Wrong With You

There is nothing wrong with you. There is something depleted in you.

This is not a crisis. It's an identity shift that most of us aren't prepared for. The roles that organised your adult life begin to change shape, and the things that used to tell you who you were stop being so clear. This is where the work starts. Steadiness first, then the fuller, more alive life waiting underneath it: visualisation, flow, and creative practice, not just recovery.

You don't need a five year plan. You need somewhere safe enough to notice what's actually true first.

How This Works

Steadiness first. Then the fuller, more alive life waiting underneath

1

Book a free Clarity Call

A quiet, unhurried 30-minute conversation to talk through what you're carrying and what you're looking for. No commitment required.

2

Begin with The Reset

A four-week 1:1 programme to settle your nervous system, using MBSR-informed practices, guided recordings, a workbook and weekly check-ins.

3

Continue with The Slow Unfold

For women ready to move beyond steadiness into a fuller life: identity, values, visualisation, flow, and the creative, embodied work that makes you feel properly alive again.

3 Minute Quiz

Have you lost yourself in midlife?

A short, honest check in. No inbox spam, no instant fix, just a clearer sense of where you're actually starting from.

Take the Quiz
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4 Weeks · 1:1

The Reset: Four weeks to create space, steadiness and a quieter mind

A 1:1 mindfulness programme for women who feel mentally overloaded, emotionally depleted, or disconnected from themselves. Most approaches to exhaustion start with strategy. This one starts somewhere else: your nervous system, using evidence-based MBSR practices drawn from 40 years of research.

One hourly 1:1 session each week

A library of guided audio practices: body scan, breathwork, mindful movement, visualisation

A personal workbook for reflection between sessions

Weekly check-ins so you're supported between sessions, not just during them

“When I started working with Linda, I felt exhausted and didn't know where to begin, but I knew something needed to change. Now I feel like myself again.”

Helen, Coaching Client
Explore The Reset £495 · 4 weeks
8 Weeks · 1:1

The Slow Unfold: Eight weeks to find your way back to yourself

A deeper 1:1 journey for women ready to move past steadiness into a fuller life: identity, visualisation, flow, and slow creative practice, at whatever pace actually fits your life. Often through slow, creative practice rather than conversation alone.

Weekly 1:1 coaching sessions, mindfulness-grounded, paced to your capacity

Values clarification and work with beliefs running in the background

Space for visualisation and flow work

Guidance in slow creative practice, only where it's helpful

“When I started working with Linda, my job of five years had just ended and I felt lost in myself. Working with her, I didn't just find a new job, I found the one I'd always dreamed of.”

Pam, Coaching Client
Talk Through The Slow Unfold £895 · 8 weeks, payment plans available
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Linda in her studio
Your Guide

Hi, I'm Linda

I work with women who feel like they've spent years being the reliable one, and now feel disconnected from who they are underneath all the roles and responsibilities.

I came to this work because I needed it. I know what it means to keep functioning through something that would quietly break you, if you let it.

I also make things. Slow stitching, upcycling, working with my hands. These found their way into my practice long before I had clinical language for why they work.

MA Mindfulness-Based Approaches, Bangor Certified MBSR Teacher ICF-Aligned Coach Trauma-Informed
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Is This Work Right For You

You might feel at home here if…

No prior mindfulness experience needed. No dramatic crisis required. No particular personality type necessary. Just a quiet sense that you'd like to find your way back to yourself.

You are tired in a way that goes deeper than sleep

You want support that meets you where you are, not where you think you should be

You are self-aware and intelligent, and yet understanding your patterns hasn't been enough to change them

You are sceptical of wellness hype and want something grounded, evidence-based and honest

You have been the capable one for so long you've genuinely lost touch with what you want

Questions

Things women often ask

I'm already overwhelmed, how can coaching fit into my life?+

The work is designed to create space, not take more from you. Sessions are paced around your capacity. Most women find that even the first session gives them something they didn't have before.

What makes this different from other mindfulness programmes?+

This approach sequences the work deliberately. Steadiness first through mindfulness, drawing on 40 years of MBSR research and ICF-standard coaching. If part of what you're looking to recover is your creative identity, that's work we can explore together too, but only if and when it's right for you.

I've tried mindfulness before and it didn't work for me.+

Usually what didn't work was an app, a generic course, or sitting in silence waiting for something to happen. The practices here are specific, scaffolded and taught with the nervous system in mind.

I don't know what I want anymore, can coaching still help?+

Yes, and this is exactly where most of the women I work with begin. When you've spent years attending to everyone else, losing touch with your own wants is not a failure. It's a predictable consequence.

Do I need to have experienced trauma for trauma-informed to be relevant?+

No. Many women I work with haven't experienced dramatic events. They've experienced the accumulation of sustained responsibility and chronic low-level depletion.

What happens in a Free Clarity Call?+

A quiet, confidential 30-minute space to talk through what's been going on for you and what you're hoping for, even if that's unclear right now. No commitment, no pressure, no fixing.

You don't have to have it figured out to begin.

The Clarity Call is not a sales conversation. It's a quiet 30-minute space to talk through what you're carrying, what you're hoping for, and whether this feels like the right fit.

Book Your Free Clarity Call
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