Welcome
A safe, confidential space where you will be seen, heard, and understood exactly as you are.
I'm Clare - a professional, experienced coach specialising in inner leadership development with a particular focus on Imposter Syndrome, self-worth, anxiety, and confidence issues.
As my friend and colleague, Sarah Durrant, takes a new direction following twelve years of coaching, teaching and learning facilitation, I will continue to offer the learning journeys Sarah and I have developed and co-facilitated in relation to inner leadership. I'll also deliver and build on the transformative work Sarah created in helping individuals and groups navigate their ‘imposter’ experiences with greater awareness, confidence and trust.
Sarah's influence many years ago on my own experience with Imposter Syndrome was immeasurable and played a significant role in shaping my healing journey, influencing an ongoing passion for research and discovery in this area, and my own decision to train as a professional coach.
As someone who struggled significantly with anxiety and Imposter Syndrome before discovering this work, I believe there is no greater advocate for it. I'm deeply passionate about helping others benefit from the same wisdom, tools and practices I have so gratefully discovered through my relationship with Sarah and the numerous other teachers I have encountered along the journey.
I’m here to help if you:
Want to progress in your career but find yourself held back by anxiety, lack of confidence, or mistrust in your own ability.
Find yourself pretending – to care when you don’t; that you’re happy when you’re not; that you don’t mind when you do.
Feel trapped in behaviours designed to prove yourself and please others.
Want to overcome patterns of anxiety, rage, shame, or fear and rediscover a sense of peace, joy and fulfilment.
Struggle with procrastination and perfectionism and place unreasonable demands on yourself.
Have difficulty asserting yourself and drawing boundaries without feeling fearful, ashamed, or guilty.
Feel burnt out, disillusioned and unfulfilled.
Know there’s something bigger out there for you but feel at a loss as to how to find it.
Wish for more self-compassion and self-validation.
Are in a period of transition after becoming a parent/facing redundancy/preparing for retirement. How do you navigate this phase of your life and the pressures, losses, gains and confusion that come with it?
Embrace Your Authentic Self...
Juggling the demands of career, physical and mental wellbeing, finances, family and relationships against a backdrop of anxiety and low self-worth can be exhausting, confusing, lonely, and overwhelming. Our efforts to navigate our way through are often hindered by a nervous system trapped in survival mode, unrealistic beliefs about our own competence, and a harsh inner critic.
We find ourselves people pleasing, perfecting and procrastinating. Moving further and further away from our true selves and struggling with feelings of dissatisfaction, depression, anxiety, frustration and resentment as we contort ourselves into who we believe others expect us to be. Such an approach to life is unsustainable, exhausting and, frankly, pretty miserable.
If this resonates with you, please get in touch to discuss how I can help. There’s no magic bullet for success but with time, patience and practice you can lift yourself out of these patterns and into something much more generative .
The safe, confidential and non-judgemental space I hold will enable you to explore options, embrace vulnerability, challenge assumptions, befriend your inner critic, and commit to the work required to create a more fulfilling life.
No more ‘shoulds’ ‘can’ts’ or ‘what if’s’, just a sense of clarity, possibility, self-compassion, and purpose sustained by the confidence that you are heading in the right direction and have the support required to accompany you along the way.
Please contact me to discuss your needs.