Sound like you?
Outwardly successful - good business, car, house, partner, family, social status, yet unfulfilled?
Successful Business, but unhappy and unfulfilled in your personal life?
Always stressed or angry, short tempered, not satisfied with anything in life?
Both Business and Personal lives not good?
Lots of money, but no quality of life/poor health?
Feeling empty on the inside?
Spending lots of money buying ‘stuff’ that never fills that emptiness inside of you for more than a few days or weeks?
Feel like you should be happy and grateful, but you’re not?
Can’t express your true feelings to family, friends, colleagues?
Need Help?
You don’t know who to talk to, but you do Need to talk
You want a safe, judgement free space to just be You
You need to talk while someone just listens, really listens
You want to stop hiding and deal with your problems/unhappiness
You want to be able to speak to someone who ‘understands’ and has trodden a similar path
You want someone who is capable of helping you find joy in your life
I’m Martin, and I’ve lived that empty life (after years of ‘doing the right thing’ and ‘making it’). I’ve trodden the messy path to freedom. Leverage my experience, knowledge and skills to help you find your joy in your life..
My Services
We’ll work together to find out what’s not working in your life, why it’s not working, and create a plan to help move you towards your own personal freedom.
I offer 3-12 month coaching packages which include:
FREE initial coaching session - make sure we’re a match, change takes time,
Fortnightly or Monthly Sessions
Flexible Payment Options
Need a major kick-start to your business or personal life, then my full day in-person VIP intensives are for you!
Testimonials
Sally from Harrogate, CEO Henshaws
“From managing 2 to CEO of 350 in ONE year”
As I started to apply for Financial Controller roles, his was the constant voice in the background, “you should be a Finance Director”. My inner voice (and out loud) said there was no way could I ever do that. For years he saw my potential.
It took me two years to apply for my first FD role, I’d been steadily building my skillset and confidence under Martin’s direction. It scared me, but Martin encouraged me to apply. I got the job. FD was a huge challenge but nine months from joining I went for the even bigger challenge of director in charge of the charity’s residential specialist college and its 250 staff. At the same time, our CEO retired and I was appointed interim CEO, then permanent for the whole organisation - 3 distinct business units, 350 staff, £10m annual turnover. In my first year I have had the opportunity to positively impact hundreds of people’s lives and am in the fortunate position to continue doing this.
My Coaching Approach
I have various coaching styles which we can use together to create the change you desire:
Seeing the Real You
We all wear masks, it’s part of being human.
I have a talent of being able to see and draw out the real you hiding behind the mask.
This enables our conversations to move faster and deeper, meaning the results come more frequently and more often
Having difficult conversations
I’m here as your coach, and my job is to help you change and grow, not to become your best friend. This means that it may be necessary for me to have the courage to have some tough conversations with you. Sometimes you need to break the egg to find what’s inside. This will always be done with the deepest love and respect, even if it feels tough at the time.
Deep Listening
In these moments I’m predominantly listening and asking powerful questions to move you in the right direction. I’m a great listener and give you space to talk, but I won’t let you stay stuck in your stories that keep you locked in your current state. I strongly believe that most people have most of the answers inside them for their problems.
These moments are incredibly powerful where you have 100% of my focus, a rare treat these days where attention spans are at an all time low.
Knowledge Transfer
As much as I believe we have many of the answers inside ourselves, you only know what you know. Sometimes there is a need for education and skills transfer. If you don’t have the tools and techniques that you need to move forward, then these sessions will help to grow that knowledge and also practise skills in a safe space.
Brainstorming
Sometimes you’ve got an idea, a problem, an unknown feeling that you need to flesh out and create a solution for. These sessions are very interactive as we bounce ideas and information off each other to help you fully define either the challenge or the solution
Everyone needs a Coach
Beliefs
First you make your beliefs, then your beliefs make you. We absorb so many of these in childhood from our parents and peers. Painful events help us create skewed beliefs about ourselves that are simply not true. Our immature minds can wreak havoc on our adult lives. Beliefs work silently in the background steering our lives.
You CANNOT see yourself
One of our greatest skills as a human is also our greatest downfall. We are masters at automating tasks - we use the conscious mind (sometimes unknowingly) to automate even the most complex tasks and store them in the subconscious mind where they require little or no conscious effort to work (think driving a car, riding a bike, so difficult to start, then one day you run them on autopilot). Our autopilot leads to blindspots - you can’t see the ones that are holding you back
Basic human needs/survival instincts
We may be living in the 21st century, but our brains are still wired for life in the wilderness. Understanding the stresses of modern life and how they are impacting us is largely out of sight. You need to learn to be the master of your mind and body, only then can you consciously run your own life.
At our core we are emotional beings, not intellectual
You cannot apply logic to emotions (think oil and water), which is why so many people remain stuck in their lives. If we were as smart as we think we are, we wouldn’t have these problems. Understanding and nurturing our emotions (especially fear) are critical to a fulfilling life
My Coaching can help identify old beliefs, fears and emotions and help create new empowering beliefs and habits towards your dreams
About Me
Hi, I’m Martin — Business and Life Coach, consultant and speaker.
After 30 years in Corporate IT — 20 of those as an independent strategy consultant — I reached a point in 2014 where I felt completely lost. That moment of crisis launched me into a deep journey of self-discovery, and ultimately into the work I do today.
Coaching felt like a natural evolution: in IT I created clarity in complex systems, and now I help people create clarity in their own lives. I bring my personal development journey, hard-won lessons, and passion for helping others into every coaching session.
Life has taken me from Yorkshire to Wiltshire, to Croatia, and around the world with my family. Along the way I’ve faced adventures and challenges — including a three-year battle with long Covid — and each has deepened my commitment to living life on my terms and helping others do the same.
If you’re looking for a coaching experience that’s grounded, real and transformative — whether in person or over Zoom — I’d love to connect.
Want to know more
If you’re interested in working with me and you’d like to know more, then please head over to my contact page.
I offer free initial consultations to see if we are compatible, so if you think we'’re a match and you’re ready to take the next step, then let’s talk.
Martin