Support for coaches working with burnout, neurodivergence and persistent health challenges - and for the coach doing that work.
Support for coaches working with burnout, neurodivergence and persistent health challenges - and for the coach doing that work.
Many of the coaches I mentor know these experiences from the inside too. Mentoring focuses on your coaching practice, with room for the personal: your capacity, your boundaries, your business, and how the work affects you.
You don't need to arrive with a neatly defined question. You can begin where you are.
questions arising from your client work
different approaches and ways of working
the relationships, boundaries and expectations shaping your coaching
what you can offer, and what you have capacity to hold
the business side of your practice
how the work affects you
your own experience of burnout, neurodivergence or changing health, where it shapes your work
There's room for practical guidance, for uncertainty, and for your own responses.
Mentoring comes first. It draws on my experience to support your understanding, skills and confidence as a coach.
Sometimes what's happening in your practice is tied up with what's happening for you. When that's the case, we can slow down and give it space. The personal coaching sits within the mentoring rather than apart from it.
What we think, feel and do does not happen separately from the body – and that's as true for coaches as for the people they work with.
Our sessions may include conversation, reflection, gentle noticing and, where appropriate, simple embodied exploration. Everything is invitational and can be adapted to suit you.
You remain in choice throughout.
Many of the coaches I work with come through Befriending Me or Embodiment Unlimited. Some are part of both. You don't need to be connected to either to enquire.
I am Helen Machen-Pearce: a coach, mentor, embodiment practitioner, nervous system educator, yoga teacher and retired medical doctor with a background in psychiatry.
I teach and support coaches, and I have a particular interest in persistent health challenges, fluctuating capacity, neurodivergence and the hidden effort involved in continually trying to hold ourselves together.
I offer an approach that is thoughtful, compassionate and grounded in the complexity of real life.
Sessions take place online using Zoom. I work with coaches in the UK and internationally.
Sessions are usually 60 minutes and are generally arranged in a block of four. This gives us time to build a supportive working relationship and explore your practice without rushing.
Before making any commitment, you are welcome to send an enquiry. We can consider what you are looking for and whether I am the right person to support you.
Mentoring provides a confidential and supportive space for reflection and development.
It is not psychotherapy, counselling, crisis support or medical care. I do not provide medical assessment, diagnosis or individual medical advice, for you or about your clients.
You do not need to write a polished account of everything that is happening.
Tell me as much or as little as feels comfortable. Your enquiry does not commit you to booking anything.
Tell me as much or as little as feels comfortable. Your enquiry does not commit you to booking anything.
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