This is not performance coaching. It is something more specific: helping you understand how you are under pressure — what happens in your body, your thinking, and your relationships when the stakes are high — and building the capacity to hold tension better while still caring for yourself.
The result is a leader who can stay present in difficulty, make decisions from clarity rather than fear, and lead others without losing themselves in the process.
IS THIS YOU?
You're leading well on the outside.
But something feels costly.
You are capable — possibly highly accomplished. But there are things happening under the surface that others don't see, and that you may not fully have words for yet.
You perform well under pressure — but it takes more out of you than it used to.
You can hold tension in a room, but you carry it home.
You sense something in yourself before a difficult conversation — tightening, speeding up, going quiet — and you want to work with that, not just push through it.
You avoid conflict, or you rush past it — and either way, something gets left unresolved.
You're in a leadership transition, a high-stakes season, or a moment that asks more of you than usual.
You want to lead with more presence, not just more effort.
If any of this feels true, you're in the right place.
WHAT CHANGES
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 WE WORK
10 sessions. From the inside out.
There is an arc to our work, but not a fixed curriculum. We begin by understanding you — how you lead, what happens to you under pressure, and what you want to change. From there, we shape the work together, drawing on somatic coaching, your Leadership Circle Profile™, parts work and other practices as they are useful.
Across our 10 sessions, we may work with these five areas:
01
See — understand how you lead
Leadership Circle Profile™, intentions, pressure patterns, strengths and reactive tendencies.
02
Regulate — build your capacity to stay present
Centring, breath, nervous-system awareness and practical resets for demanding moments.
03
Explore — understand what drives the patter
Boundaries, parts work, the inner critic, self-compassion and the patterns beneath behaviour.
04
Practice — lead differently where it matter
Conflict, difficult conversations, decisions, relationships and staying connected under pressure.
05
Integrate — make the change yours
Daily practices, real-world experimentation and a clear sense of how you want to lead going forward.
What you receive
10 × 1:1 sessions with Hollie
Somatic coaching, IFS-informed coaching, and breathwork as appropriate
Personalised somatic practices
Short, repeatable tools for your unique pressure response — not generic exercises
Daily journal
A simple guided practice to build consistency between sessions
Leadership Circle Profile™ assessment + debrief
A research-based 360° assessment that reveals how your leadership is experienced by others, including the creative strengths you can build on and the reactive patterns that may emerge under pressure. We use the insights to help shape the focus of our coaching.
Between-session support
Optional light-touch check-ins so you are not doing this alone
Format
10 private sessions
over 4 months
Location
Online (video)
Lisbon in-person by request
Investment
€2,500
Approach
Somatic · IFS-informed
Embodied leadership
"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
FAQs
How is this different from therapy?
We focus on present-moment embodiment and practice toward a future you choose. We use IFS-informed coaching and somatic tools to create change through the body — not by re-processing the past.
Is this suitable for executive leaders?
Yes — this is the primary audience. Many of my clients are senior leaders, HRBPs, and high-impact professionals in healthcare, biotech, and mission-driven organisations. The work is practical, body-led, and entirely confidential.
Can my organisation sponsor this?
Yes. Many HR and People teams fund leadership wellbeing as part of executive development. Ask for the employer-sponsored invoice.
What if something significant happens mid-programme?
We adapt. Session plans flex to meet real life — the work responds to what's actually happening for you, not a fixed curriculum.