Climate Change and Sustainability Coaching
Doing this is hard - you don't have to do it alone.
If you're working in climate or sustainability, you already know the weight of it — the urgency, the complexity, the slow pace of change, and the moments when it all feels like too much. I bring more than 20 years of experience in this sector into the coaching room, so you don't have to explain it from scratch.
Who is this for?
You care deeply that's why it's difficult.
This work tends to attract people who are driven, values-led, and genuinely committed to making things better. That combination of passion and pressure can be quietly exhausting.
Climate and Sustainability professionals
You might work inside a large organisation or in a smaller team trying to influence a system that moves slowly. You care about the work but feel stretched, disheartened, or increasingly disconnected from the reason you started.
People at a crossroads
You're thinking about what comes next — a new role, a career shift, whether the organisation you're in still fits. Or you're somewhere new and finding it harder than expected to land.
Those navigating burnout or overwhelm
The emotional weight of working on urgent, complex problems in systems that may resist change is real. If you're running on empty, or worried you might be, you've probably already been pushing through for a while.
Self-funding individuals
I understand that many people in this sector come to coaching as self-funding individuals. Sessions are one-to-one and built around what matters most to you, at a pace that works.
What makes this different?
I've worked in this area. I know what it feels like from the inside.
I spent more than 20 years in sustainability and carbon — 17 of them with one of the leading businesses in the voluntary carbon market, working across all parts of that organisation. I understand the technical landscape, the political dynamics, the gap between ambition and action, and the particular frustration of being a values-driven person inside a slow-moving system.
"You won't need to explain the sector to me. We can go straight to what's actually going on for you."
That background means the coaching isn't generic. I can sit alongside the specific texture of your work — the stakeholder dynamics, the policy pressures, the organisational inertia, the moments of real hope followed by real disappointment — without needing a full briefing first.
I also use Positive Intelligence (PQ), which can be especially useful in this kind of work. It helps you notice the thought patterns that pull you towards overwhelm or self-doubt, and builds practical habits for staying steadier under pressure — which matters when the pressure doesn't let up.
What we work on
What comes up most
These aren't neat categories — they often overlap, and what starts as one thing usually leads somewhere more interesting. But this gives you a sense of the territory.
Burnout and exhaustion
Noticing you're depleted, understanding what's driving it, and working out what a more sustainable way of operating might look like — without having to step away from work you care about.
Purpose and meaning
Reconnecting with why this matters to you — especially when the day-to-day feels disconnected from the bigger picture, or when your organisation's direction no longer feels aligned with your values.
Influencing in complex systems
Working out how to have more impact inside organisations that change slowly, navigating stakeholder dynamics, and staying effective when you feel like you're pushing against resistance.
Self-doubt and confidence
Working with the inner critic that tells you you're not doing enough, not strategic enough, not senior enough — and finding a more grounded sense of what you actually bring.
Career crossroads
Thinking through what comes next — a different role, a different kind of organisation, or a different relationship with the work itself. Making a decision that's yours, not driven by pressure or panic.
The emotional weight of the work
The grief, anxiety, and moral injury that can come with this territory are rarely acknowledged at work. Having somewhere to put that — and developing ways to stay present with it — can matter a great deal.
Nature-based sessions
For people working in sustainability, being in nature can offer a quiet, restorative counterpoint to the urgency of protecting it. For those near Oxford, I offer the option of walking sessions outdoors — sometimes a different setting opens up a different kind of thinking.
