Who’s In Your Corner?

There are times when everything feels like a lot - even if you're managing to keep going.

The days blend into each other. The lists grow longer. You respond, react, keep pace… but underneath it all, you know you’re carrying more than usual.
And when that happens, it’s not always the big things that help - it’s the steady presences. The people who quietly check in, who don’t need explanations, who don’t try to fix or advise. They just notice. Stay close. Remind you that you don’t have to hold everything on your own.

Sometimes that’s a partner. Sometimes it’s a colleague who gently asks, “Are you ok?” at just the right moment. Sometimes it’s a friend who sends a voice note saying “Just thinking of you.”

And sometimes, it’s someone outside your everyday world - someone whose only role is to give you space. To listen. To reflect things back without an agenda.

That’s what coaching often offers. Not answers. Not solutions wrapped in strategies. But a quiet, steady place to pause and hear yourself again.

Because we all need somewhere to take the tangle.
To breathe.
To speak freely without watching our words.
To sit with a question for longer than a few minutes in the car.
To gently unpick what's yours to carry, and what you've taken on out of habit or pressure or care.

In schools - especially for those in leadership roles - that kind of space can feel like a luxury. You're used to being the strong one. The calm one. The one who holds it all. And often, you do.

But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t have somewhere for you.

We don’t always need big interventions. Sometimes what helps most is a conversation that’s yours and yours alone - one that doesn’t ask for performance or polish.

So if you’ve been carrying a lot quietly,
if you’ve been feeling the weight of things - even if you can’t quite name it -
you’re not on your own.

I offer a free 30-minute coaching call.
No pressure. No expectations.
Just a calm, honest space to pause and think aloud.

It might be exactly the kind of support you didn’t realise you needed.