EXECUTIVE COACH · SOMATIC PRACTITIONER · AUTHOR
Leading well
under real pressure
I work with leaders — individually and in teams — who want to stay clear, connected, and capable when the stakes are high.
Whether you're navigating a leadership transition, carrying more than people see, or leading a team through tension and complexity, my work helps you build the capacity to hold pressure without losing yourself in the process.
"Pressure doesn't reveal weakness. It reveals what hasn't yet been given enough space to settle."
Most of us were never taught how to be with pressure, only how to push through it. We learn to perform in spite of what we're feeling, to stay composed while quietly contracting, to keep leading while something essential goes unattended.
Somatic coaching starts from a different place. The body holds what the mind hasn't processed yet. When we slow down enough to notice what's actually happening — in the room, in a relationship, in ourselves, we begin to respond rather than react. We begin to lead from a steadier, more grounded centre.
That steadiness is not a personality trait. It is a capacity — and it can be built.
— Hollie Rottman
WHO I WORK WITH
For leaders who are carrying more than people see
My clients are capable, often highly accomplished and privately exhausted. They are in the middle of real complexity: a leadership transition, a team in tension, a season where the pressure is high and the cost of getting it wrong feels significant.
They want to stay clear, connected, and present — not just get through it, but actually lead well through it.
"I trust myself more now to make decisions without overthinking them."
That is what many of my clients begin to say. Not because things got easier — but because their capacity to hold what's hard grew.
WHAT BECOMES POSSIBLE
From reactive to present
Before
Pushed through tension without noticing the cost.
After
"I pause before I react now."
Before
Carrying pressure without a way to discharge it.
After
"I feel more grounded — even when things are uncertain."
Before
Avoided tension or collapsed under it.
After
"I can hold tension and stay connected at the same time."
Before
Decisions made from pressure, not from clarity.
After
"My yes and no are clearer. I lead from a steadier place."
HOW I WORK
Embodied coaching — from the inside out
Most leadership development teaches what to do. My work starts with something different: helping you notice how you are — in the room, in the meeting, under pressure and building the capacity to respond from a steadier place.
This is somatic coaching. Not a technique or a system, a practice of coming back to yourself, again and again, until it becomes the way you lead.
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I pause before I react now.
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I feel more grounded in my body.
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I understand my nervous system and how to calm it.
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I can hold tension without losing connection.
"Somatic coaching with Hollie helped me shift from constantly being in survival mode to feeling more present, grounded, and at ease in my body. I didn't just learn to think differently, I began to feel differently, and that's what made the lasting difference.
Coaching Client, Retha
WAYS TO WORK TOGETHER
Choose what fits where you are
1:1 COACHING
Leading Under Pressure
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For leaders navigating high-stakes seasons. Build the capacity to stay present, hold tension, and lead from a steadier place.
MENTOR COACHING
For coaches seeking to renew their ACC or attain PCC
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Mentor coaching with Hollie — somatic, ICF-aligned, and grounded in real practice.
INTRODUCTION
Introduction to Somatics
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A gentle starting point for leaders curious about embodied practice and somatic awareness.
CORPORATE CONSULTING
Leadership Teams & Organisations
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Team coaching, conflict fluency, and leadership alignment for purpose-driven organisations. Delivered with Jim Rottman via Rottman Consulting.