“Hand on heart, I wouldn’t be where I am now if it weren’t for you.”
Elspeth, Amersham
Here’s what creativity, confidence and curiosity are going to feel like.
Less anxiety, more curiosity
My background in communication and performance showed me how authenticity creates confidence, and being at home in who we are.
Less ‘I should’, more ‘I choose’
Getting to know our own thought process means discovering how much power, potential and possibility result from using tools we all have to create the life we want.
More time and more space for who you truly are
Even better is the discovery of how much happier we can be in our work and lives when we experience the freedom to show up as ourselves.
Confidence. Clarity. Creativity.
Business and personal coaching is a confidential space to clarify where you’re at and where you’re going. It shines new light on how you communicate, with yourself and with the people in your professional and personal life. It supports you in discovering, creating and showing up as who you truly are in the life you want to live.
Writing and Confidence
From absolute beginner writers to award-winning authors and the newly ‘writing curious’, Rachel partners with you where you are. Get to know your unique voice, who you are as a writer, and what works for you in your writing life. Instead of something to be fitted in, the coaching relationship means moving out of worrying if you’re a writer, into truly enjoying and progressing in the writing you want to create.
Personal and Professional Life
Rachel’s clients include all industries, career levels and personal backgrounds. Anyone who wants to step into the fullest version of who they are. The conversation might begin with a specific decision needing to be made or step to be taken – between jobs, homes, or relationships; or communicating with colleagues or audiences – yet the skills and awareness coaching builds spread out from there, to benefit life in all its arenas.
LAMDA Exams
Rachel offers communication and performance for 6-18-year-olds through LAMDA syllabuses in public speaking (including speechwriting), reading for performance, acting, devising drama, speaking verse and prose and reading for performance. Exams are available (Rachel’s results are between 96-99% distinction over the last ten years), but not compulsory. LAMDA coaching prioritises the intellectual and emotional growth, life skills, confidence and enjoyment in writing, speaking and performing.
Speaking and
Confidence
Online presence, keynote speeches, presentation skills, interview technique: there’s no area of life where we aren’t communicating with an audience and wanting a strong audience relationship. If you want to supercharge your confidence and enjoyment of speaking in public, or change it from something to fear into something you relish, Rachel’s sessions will allow you to discover how to grow comfortable in what you share, and in showing up as yourself.
Social Media Voice
Your brand is a reflection of who you are and what you love, and sharing it can be something to feel very excited about and proud of. If that’s not yet how you feel when you think about Instagram, Linkedin, Substack or any other platform you know can take you closer to your business or personal goals, it’s time to start that conversation. Rachel works with individuals and businesses to build sustainable, authentic and enjoyable online presence.
Under-18s
Rachel works with children, teenagers and their teachers, directors, families and caregivers to build confidence, communication and performance skills. Previous residencies include the Questors Theatre and Heathfield Girls Day School Trust, before Rachel began working exclusively from home and online. Whether you are looking for tuition, exam support, interview technique, confidence building, writing, speaking, comprehension or confidence building for all the circumstances of life, Rachel relishes building confidence and love of writing, reading, communication and performance.
Whether you’re giving a speech or having a chat with a friend or family member, deeper confidence is right there.
Greater confidence in personal and professional life
In the past you might have tried to change or ignore your feelings. Today you act in line with core values.
Conscious creativity to identify and create positive changes
Before you relied on what others thought, and worried if they disagreed. Today it’s your own opinion you listen for first.
Clarity on personal values, priorities and choices
How we can work together
Whether it’s bringing to the world the book you want to write or the freelance business you want to create, or about making time and space to reconnect with your career or personal goals – if you’re reading this, it’s time to start creating that reality.
Offering one
Power Hour:
60-minute Session
60-minute Zoom call clarifying where you’re at, where you want to be and how our time together will get you there.
The single session Power Hour is a starting point to give yourself a sense of the coaching relationship and what you’d like to get out of it.
Offering two
Deep-dive: 90-minute
In-depth Session
Go deeper into where you’re at and where you want to be with a 90-minute Zoom session.
An extended session is a great MOT for where you’re at, how your strategy is serving you and what you want to create or change.
Offering three
Packages: Book a block of Six or Twelve Hours
Establish clear goals and equally clear strategies to achieve them, solidifying your sense of direction and developing confidence in your career and personal life.
A package does not have to be used one hour at a time: talk to Rachel about how long and how regular you want your sessions to be.
Whether it’s bringing to the world the book, business, career or personal life you want to create or about making time and space to reconnect with your career or personal goals – if you’re reading this, it’s time to start creating that reality.
So, why choose us?
Certified, expert driven coaching
Experienced, qualified coach and mentor with industry, educational and creative experience.
Comprehensive, personal programmes
Bespoke programmes that include any or all aspects of Rachel’s services.
Flexible packages, easy scheduling
All we ask is 24 hours’ notice to move a session.
Community inclusive events
InkCouragement members get Coffee & Creativity and InkCouragement workshops included in their monthly membership.
Don’t just take
our word for it
“The environment you’ve created is so special and safe. I always feel I can share honestly and openly.”
Group workshops throughout the month in London and online. Coffee & Creativity, InkCouragement and more
Build your creative confidence. Beat the inspiration addiction.
Join the Writers’ Gym.
The Writers’ Gym is our sister site: a membership and podcast is for everyone who writes. Our members include published authors, experienced writers and the newly ‘writing curious’ — anyone who wants to make time for their writing. Online and in-person, group and 1:1, this is the place to discover what you really want from your writing — and what your writing really needs from you.
Join our community
Rachel’s membership community is available to clients who have already participated in one-to-one coaching or workshops. To see if it’s for you, start by signing up to our free newsletter here.