Life and Career Coaching for Men in Nature, Yorkshire& beyond
One-to-one coaching outdoors with experience life and career coach, JK. Helping men in North and West Yorkshire manage stress, low mood or anxiety, build confidence, reconnect with your purpose and find direction.
You're a good man. Thoughtful, caring, capable. But perhaps you don't feel at your best right now. Something just isn't as it needs to be.
The men I coach have typically found themselves on the dodgy side of a threshold with some big emotions & feelings inside. Anxiety, stress, low mood, self doubt, over thinking. Things that might have been around for a while but this recent cycle feels too much. Or perhaps its the shock of this taking up space in your whole being.
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Some men share how they are struggling with a decision that creating tooing and froing in your mind, over-thinking, procrastination & frustration within.
Some find themselves feeling life just isn't where and how they wanted it to be. Feeling lost, misunderstood or feeling like your not even sure of yourself.
You've heard that coaching offers a neutral space, in which to resolve issues and deepen your understanding of yourself and the world.
It's personal development, with the time and energy to invest and focus on what's been at the edge for too long.
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Whatever's brought you here you're not broken. It's not failure to be seeking this opportunity for yourself. Its genuinely remarkable.
You don't need to become someone else.
That's the thing about coaching. It's not about fixing you or turning you into a different person. It's about helping you understand yourself better, work with your strengths, and find your way back to feeling like yourself grounded, clear, and more in control. The world wasn't designed with just you in mind, which makes it totally understandable why situations, the way other people do life, the experiences you have, can sometimes feel like their not best fit for you. Coaching helps you shift mindset, nurture helpful techniques and develop in areas to make life easier for you.
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Unlike therapy, coaching isn't just about talking. It's practical, forward-moving, and focused on real change. You'll leave sessions with new awareness and tools you can actually use in work, at home, and in the quieter moments too. But it's not all practical and doing approaches. The way I work with men, ensures you can benefit from deeper internal shifts too. Your shaped by your beliefs and life stories. So we make sure we help you be a wise guide to those parts of you that will value the inner work too.
The men I work with
Over the years, the majority of one-to-one clients have been men. Men that tend to be deep thinkers values-led, self-aware, and fed up with pretending everything's fine rejecting the whole outdated context of 'manning up'.
This doesn't mean you've failed or are weak. For wanting a more connected and meaningful life.
You're not looking for ego-driven coaching and recognise this isn't about someone else telling you what to do. But helping you find that strength and clarity within you. Something real, pragmatic and impactful.
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Are you like them?
Maybe like them your between your late 20's and early 50s- from senior leaders and business owners to stay at home dads and carers. With you comes issues to work on like over-whelm and worry, a crisis of confidence, career uncertainty, overthinking, self-doubt, relationship & communication challenges, grief or trauma, fear or anger or simply a feeling that life could be so much more than it currently is.
Some tell me they think their in their 'mid-life crisis phase'. Feeling lost with what is, and what could be. Or the grief of letting go a life that might no longer be as planned.
The men I work with, love Nature too. Even if there's not enough of it in their life right now. They love the feeling of calm, wild, adventure, possibility and nothingness that comes from time in the woods.
My aim is that you'll always leave with more clarity, more confidence, and more of yourself.
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Sound like you? Book a FREE discovery call to explore coaching together today.
Why Nature?
Sessions take place outdoors in private woodland at Little Seed Field near Ripon, on walk and talks across North and West Yorkshire, or online. Each session is 90 minutes.
The Natural world helps us to shift our mind and body from over-stimulated states of being and high stress, to calm, connected and focus.
This is very helpful when it comes to coaching, as it's easier for you to access creative, problem solving and reflective parts of your brain.
But it's not just about being in Nature. In sessions you might hear me use words like Biomimicry, Biophilia, Living Systems, Ecopsychology and Regenerative approaches. All these encompass the many ways nature can act as a mentor to us. Not just as metaphor but as adaptable insights and techniques we can adopt for our human selves. After 3.8 billion years of change, community and resilience. Nature can be a co-facilitator in the wisdom and knowledge of our sessions together. Sounds woo, but believe me. There isn't a man I have worked with who hasn't loved learning this insight for themselves.
Something to be curious together, never forced. Just part of the way we meet.
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(Winter sessions move to public parks, walks, or online — December to February.)
What we work with together
Whether you come with one clear focus or a head full of noise, sessions are shaped around you.
Common areas you'll get help with include:
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Mental Health — finding ways to manage your responses, regulate emotions and handle tricky experiences.
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Confidence and self-belief Finding your personal version of confidence, letting go of stories that have kept you small or stressed, and stepping into the person you actually are.
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Career direction and purpose feeling motivated and aligned with work that genuinely fits your values and your life. Working through challenges in the workplace or helping you find a new career path entirely.
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Over-thinking and decision-making breaking free from analysis paralysis and learning to trust yourself. Techniques for procrastination and clarity of conviction when it comes to choosing what's right for you.
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Identity & Beliefs : making sense of who you are, on your own terms, free from the weight of what you've been told you should be.
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Adversity & Grief: making peace with tough experiences from life. As a advanced integral eye movement therapy practitioner I can also work with you on issues of trauma and adversity.
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Quitting Comparison Ways to deal with the big emotions that lead to comparison, distract you from being yourself and keep you lost.
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Relationships and communication showing up better for the people you love, without losing yourself in the process.
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Rewilding Your Self Discover the parts you lost, but make you whole. Reconnect with the natural world and learn how time in and connected with Nature will help you be at your best.
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Fulfilment & Purpose Time and space to really understand what a wholesome life can be for you, and help you bring that to life.
Why work with a female coach?
Many of the men I work with say they find it easier to open up with a woman and I think that makes a lot of sense. I offer a genuinely open, neutral space. No performance of masculinity required.
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I'm direct and honest, but also warm and patient.
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Clients say I help them understand the masculine and feminine parts of themselves because I am comfortable with these within myself.
I'll challenge you when it's useful and hold space when you need it. I can get sweary when it helps. I will absolutely celebrate your wins.
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I'm not here to fix you, judge you, pity you or let you talk in circles. I'm here to help you move forward, inward, and outward into the life you want.
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No one client ever has the same sessions, I work with you to discover your unique needs and way. Mixing approaches to help them fit to you, not you fit to a programme.
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If I don't sense we'll work well together I'll help signpost you else where. Getting a coach that feels in alignment is an important part of achieving the change you want.
How it works?
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1. Free discovery call a relaxed 20-minute conversation on Zoom or phone. We talk through where you are, what you're looking for, and whether we're a good fit. No obligation.
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2. Choose your package we'll find the right option together. You can also browse packages in advance if you like to do your research first. You'll review the agreement and complete a registration form.
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3. Initial Session we create a clear picture and get started straight away. You'll leave with change from this first session.
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4. Ongoing sessions each future session builds momentum, with space between to absorb what's shifting and fit sessions around your life.
5. Review and celebrate at the end of your package we reflect on the experiences, you'll complete a feedback reflection and have a chance to acknowledge how far you've come, and look at what's next.
Joe
"I ditched a lot of unhelpful and toxic beliefs about myself and work, then recognised how much that held me back."
Ciaran
"No BS, fun, lightness and being nudged when I needed to go a bit deeper. I arrived overwhelmed with what needed to be done but left with full permission to ease the pressure and treat it [my goal] as a fun experience for me as well.. JK really helped me put the joy back into my work rather than it feeling like something I HAD to do.
PHIL
I gained clarity and perspective on my current professional situation using my values to guide/check alignment with those values, and most importantly, feel greater agency over my situation and future plans...Thank you JK for providing highly skillful coaching to help me make real, tangible progress.
Meet JK your coach and facilitator
It won't take long for you to realise that I LOVE NATURE. Even outside of work, I’m usually doing something connected to nature or off on an outdoor adventure. It’s been something that has enhanced my own health and happiness and I love to share this approach with clients, too.
Its not all woo-woo stuff here. Instead, I 'geek out' on neuroscience and how our brain works, sharing this knowledge with you in a real-life, accessible way. I’m a therapeutic coach and advanced IEMT practitioner – meaning, if you have identified a situation you want to change that’s impacting your mental health, or you’ve experienced trauma or traumatic loss, there’s a coaching space for you here.
I help you to discover more about yourself and the world. We’ll create choices and opportunities that will help you feel confident, clear on where you are heading and with a plan of how to get there.
If you like an open, relaxed, yet direct coaching style, and you’re ready to change with Nature as your backdrop, say hello. Or, if you’re a bit curious, you can read more about me and my experience here.
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R [Client]
"I hadn't realised how heavy the guilt of not being good enough was. I feel lighter, clearer"
S [Client]
" You seem to have 'got me' in a matter of minutes. Its taken me my whole lifetime"
D [Client]
“I've realised its possible to trust myself and stop over-thinking everything"
P [Client]
" I can't believe I waited so long to get started, I felt like things had changed after one session"
R [Client]
"Being in Nature made the impossible, possible for me...It never felt like there were spaces for men like me...until I came to the woods"
H [Client]
"Where else can you climb trees, listen to the birds and also sort your head out, thanks JK for letting me find my wild again. ... Being a carer and a dad is something I cherish but its not been easy for me. "
Questions, Questions
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I’m not sure if now is the right time for coaching – I’m too busy and overwhelmed.
Remember that overused but very true saying “the best time to plant a tree was yesterday. The second-best time is now?” The same goes for your wellbeing. You’ll know deep down when the right time is, and that right time could be now.
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How do I know whether I need coaching or therapy?
Therapy is more regular and is usually longer term, and is a space to talk. Coaching is more focused on solutions and change instead of talking over your problems and figuring things out. Coaching helps you to learn for yourself whereas therapy is carried out by someone who is qualified to use certain psychological therapies such as CBT. If you aren’t sure, get in touch. I'll explain the differences in relation to your circumstances, and a discovery call is the best place to chat this through to ensure you are in the right place.
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I just want to get started, do I have to book in a discovery call?
It’s great that you are eager to get started. A discovery call is a really integral part of getting started. It ensures that we are a great fit to work together, allows you to ask any question and clarifies that the package approach will be best suited to your needs.
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What if I need to change a session time later – can’t I just book one session for now?
To keep the momentum it's good to book all sessions at once but you can change the date and time of the sessions later if you need to. Things pop up, life happens. You’ll get a booking link to help you so you don’t even have to ask to rearrange.
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Is this just for white, straight MIDDLE-CLASS men?
Glad you asked. Absolutely not! I want to see more men in the global majority taking up space as leaders and pioneers of a kinder, happier world. I work with a range of AMAZING GUYS with men in relationships with men, men separated, single or cohabiting as well as those who self-identify as male or non-binary. From working class to wealthy upbringings, self-made-wealth to humble-earners. Research shows that certain demographics are less likely to access nature, and that pisses me off. I want to help change that, will you help me be part of that change?
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Do I have to go to the woods in the depths of winter?
During winter we don't weather the wild at the Little Seed Field, from December to March I can meet you in a public place for walks and talks, or online.
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What if the weather is bad?
There’s a shelter in the woods we can go in if it rains unexpectedly, and I always do a weather check the day before our session. If we need to cancel due to storms or extreme weather, we’ll rearrange the session or you can have it online.
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I live far away from Yorkshire but like the sound of this approach, what are my options?
Beyond the 3, 6 or 8 session package we also offer immersive session packages lasting a half day or longer - where people can stay over onsite. As well as group retreats. I also have limited online session spaces too. Book a discovery call and I can help you decide the best-fit approach.
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