Natural Direction Career Coaching
Change your career, enhance your life!
Career Coaching in the Wild
North Yorkshire
Let’s jump straight to the point.
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You are not currently happy or fulfilled in your role and are looking to change careers or organisation.
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It's probably been playing on your mind for quite a while, and it's only now that your situation is playing out the way it is, that it feels the right time to create change.
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There's this pull for something more purposeful, whether motivated by your values and a desire to be part of the solution to societies big issues, or motivated by a sense of being too busy and disconnected in your life, and looking to create a better alignment with what matters to you most.
You know your life is worth more, than the feelings you have right now when it comes to work and life and some sense of balance or equilibrium.
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Let me guess. Feelings of frustration, self-doubt, anxiety and stress. Perhaps a knock to your confidence or worth that leads you to feel hopeless, overwhelmed or confused. Even angry or sad.
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It leads you to complain, be impatient or miscommunicate with those that matter most to you. Withdraw from your true self and well, lets talk about that self-talk shall we. The volume is probably turned-up to max on those self-deprecating and scrutinisng narrative I bet!
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That imposter syndrome doesn't rest either!
Maybe this leaves you sleepless, restless, tired, procrastinating and all sorts of other self-destructive and misaligned behaviours and feelings. Resenting and with a little less ‘sprite’ in that big heart and wild mind of yours!
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Whilst I'd love to say, you found me sooner.
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The reality is that most people I work with, find themselves motivated by this discomfort or forced into the decision due to redundancy or a break-down in work relationships.
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Yet with too many decisions and plenty of self-doubt, you are looking for a place to get clarity, take next steps and feel confident and concise on your skills and the roles the world is calling you to do!
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There are loads of reasons why you might be looking to change your current employment.
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Just some of the reasons the people I coach share with me, include:
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Lack of fulfilment or falling out of love with their role.
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Poor team dynamics or management relationships are impacting your happiness and health.
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You’ve gone as far as you can go in your role and are looking for a new challenge.
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Life adversities such as health or personal changes in circumstances mean the role no longer fits your personal needs.
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You realise the job role/sector just doesn’t fit your talents and personality and you want to redirect your options.
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The work you do is compromising your values and your current employer feels unethical
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Your work load and expectations in the role are unrealistic and there is no change insight.
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You feel unimpactful or are struggling to feel your work is of value.
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You feel you could make more impact ‘going it alone’ and becoming self-employed.
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You’ve found your calling and are excited for new opportunities.
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You took a direction for convenience a while ago and now realise you'd like to change course.
The people I coach with career change all have one thing in common.
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Creating this change really matters to you. Because its not just about work stuff, but about a quality of life too.
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One that enables you to live more simply and better connected to people you love and experiences that enrich your life.
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This vision in your mind, comes with a few key things that all relate to the confidence to be yourself, the time and energy to show up in the world for the people that matter and a clear focus that the purpose you have at work contributes to fulfillment and purpose in your personal life too.

If you’re looking to change career where you can work, work, work but never have time for joy.
I am not your coach.
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If its all about status and wealth. Contributing to extraction, capitalism and fear.
I am not your coach.
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If you want me to tell you what to do and how to do it. Without activating change within yourself.
I am not your coach.
HOWEVER
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If you are looking to redefine your life and career for a role that is purposeful and impactful or enables you to have more time to contribute to good in the world.
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Hey, nice to meet you.
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If you want to align your values and work for meaningful causes and planetary health and happiness at a local or global level.
I want that for you too!
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If you want to share your talents with the world, to make it a better place.
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I am already your biggest fan!
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If you see the inter-connection between your health and vitality and a purposeful career.
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Let's work together to make the good stuff happen!
The good news, seeking out a purpose-led life doesn’t mean you have to be skint. It doesn’t have to be ridiculously hard. Though it may have twists and turns of unexpected adventure.
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When you choose to align yourself, your worth and your uniqueness things happen in wonderful ways. Opportunities open up.
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Discover more about me, JK - Coach and Founder of Where the Mind Grows here

Purposeful Career Coaching!
Living purposefully doesn’t mean you have to quit everything and live like a hermit in the woods off grid. (unless that's the dream of course!)
I’ll offer you a holistic and 'self-centred' approach to finding new career opportunities and reaching those goals.
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Not selfish, no!
Starting from your unique self and helping you figure out next steps, choices and decisions and a map of how to get there.
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Strategies, actions and intentions that support you in the vision, design and creation of a beautiful and enriching life and career - starting from our first session.
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I've created a career package that works alongside you through the change
- Initial Planning and Vision
- Personal Development
-Holistic Well-Being and Psych-Education to maintain vitality.
-Beliefs & Confidence
-Preparation & Application
- Support & Adaptation should you secure a new position while we work together.
Having coached a vast array of people changing their career. I know that what is important to reaching your goals and finding your purpose, is helping you know and be yourself with more confidence, clarity and self-acceptance so that you can explore and discover a role that offers added value and doesn’t lead to mayhem and misery.
I’ll help you to be clear on what is already a skill or option for you, and we’ll explore together where you need help or support and how to get that.
Coaching provide support for the ‘messy middle’ of confusion, self-doubt, where next, can I? Should I? What if? And WTF!
Opening out hearts and minds to your true potential.
Remembering not to leave the important and simple needs for well-being behind.
I offer a pragmatic and direct approach to help scrutinise and consider your plans and the beliefs that hold you back.
We’ll dream big and start small.
Coaching outside in nature at my woodland near Ripon OR online.
We live in a complex world.
We need people with big hearts and wild minds to transform the future of work and business.
Are you excited? I am too!
Our package together is based on 8 sessions over 6-12 months.
With an option to pay in full or PAYG
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We will meet at the woods, or online or mix it up depending on your circumstances and our mutual schedule.
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With ongoing light touch support via WhatsApp during our coaching together.
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Where might things end up?
The Career Stuff
Whilst everyone is different in their career coaching journey. Here are some of the opportunities and outcomes:
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Changing Lanes - Clarity and confidence on a short and long term plan to change careers or return to studies to support different goals. Looking at income generation options during this time.
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Purposeful Pathway - A new or continued route into career options, using existing skills but working for a company or organisation that better aligns with your values. Help to create a ‘job search’ plan of action and support to handle inner personal development and well-being needs to help support these opportunities. With a focus on work/life balance.
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Start Up Adventure - Support to explore and plan options to go self-employed with health and well-being of life, work and business at the heart of decision making and confidence. *Not business coaching*
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Staying Rooted - Coaching together might actually determine your role and organisation is a great place and you just needed some additional strategies to deal with short term challenges.
The Inner Stuff
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Clarity of what’s important
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Confidence in making choices and taking action.
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Self-Satisfaction and enhanced well-being.
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Self-Acceptance and celebration, with more freedom to be yourself.
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Habits, hobbies and ways of being and doing that align to values
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Increased nature connection.
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Sustainable and ethical choices.
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Deeper connection and communication with others.
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Calm & Content
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An income that supports an abundant life.
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A sense of achievement and excitement
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Time and energy for yourself.
Working Together
What's Included?
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A free discovery call (20-30 minutes) online together via zoom to explore the package options and ensure its a great fit for your circumstances and my style and approach is what you are ready for.
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A welcome pack with an online registration form to help us focus on the coaching journey.
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Eight Session Career Coaching Package - in the woods or online- agreed at the start. Each session lasting 90 minutes. (Two hours in the woods for your initial session).
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Ongoing support by email and WhatsApp between sessions limited to JK’s in work hours (reasonable limitations of this will be discussed when we begin together).
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A package tailored to you. No off the shelf step-by-step approach that tries to squeeze you to fit it. The registration form supports us in identifying your needs, from practical job searching skills, to the ‘deeper stuff’ around who you are and who you want to be in the world. Exploring options that fulfil a happy, healthy life too. Full of joy and purpose. Because we are all real life humans, in a very complex world. The approach ensures we cover not just the light, but the shade of changing careers and redesigning your life too. Resilience strategies for challenges, failure, learning and unexpected change.

Investing in yourself & OUR FUTURE...
Option A: Eight Session Package Paid for Upfront with sessions over 6-8 months.
(£1195)
Option B: Pay As You Go (£159)
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All clients need to complete a discovery call before commencing to ensure we are a great fit for each other.
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What People Say!
'I got the Job' (T)
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'All three roles have offered me the job and I've been able to negotiate salary's with all options, following our conversations in coaching around confidence. In the end I chose the one I knew was most aligned to my values as the sessions helped me see how important this was to me and my life' (F)
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'My mind is so much clearer exploring this out in Nature' (R)
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'I just said the F word out loud Freelancer' (J)
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'What you mean I don't have to stay put working for a corporate d*ckhead!' (R)
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'Now that I am in the right setting, I realise I don't have to drink to hide my feelings about myself.. I've just entered a 10k too!' (A)
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'JK...I get to work with nature...ALL DAY ...And NICE PEOPLE!' (B)