My coaching practice spans years of coaching writers, artists and other creative practitioners, alongside a lifetime commitment to my own creative work. I offer safe, curious spaces that value the reach of our imaginations. Working online or in person, I’m known for my integrity, diligence and responsiveness, and seek to encourage an expansive sense of individual potential. I provide an relational and embodied inquiry that allows for open thinking and self-care.
As an ordained Buddhist practitioner and certified coach, I hold grounded, compassionate spaces for reflection, clarity, and creativity. Drawing on deep listening, Nonviolent Communication, and the principles of permaculture design, I work within the intersections of personal, social and environmental ecologies. This lens enables clients to reconnect with their values and needs, and to navigate decisions with confidence and authenticity. My practice focuses on cultivating generative and sustainable habits for well-being.
My approach is grounded in trust: in intuition, embodied wisdom, and the unfolding of process. I’m interested in patterns of thought, and the perceptions and feelings that shape our choices and direction in life. As a writer-collaborator, I recognise the power of words and silence to bring insight and transformation. Through gentle challenge, my sessions are places in which to uncover fresh perspectives, articulate what matters, and reconnect with a renewed sense of purpose and possibility.
I am holistic and intuitive – weaving mindfulness, emotional intelligence, and systems thinking to support personal and professional transformation. I work with chosen and unexpected transitions.
With over thirty years of experience facilitating creative spaces across the community – in education, the arts, mental health, and environmental sectors – I bring openness, connectivity and a deep respect for individual journeys. My sessions invite stillness, curiosity and vitality, creating the reflective space needed to act with clarity, care, and intention.
From a one-off session to a series, my coaching sessions will offer you an opportunity for analysis, reflection and action on whatever creative aspect of your life you want to focus upon. Carving out space for your own thinking-feeling around an aspect of your life can strengthen relationships with others as well as yourself, open communication channels, and increase your self-awareness and confidence.
Each session will unpack your existing skills and experiences, enabling you to touch and activate your potential.
I specialise in creative freelance practice, transitions, trauma sensitivity, neurodiversity, eco-grief, and white awareness.
Sessions can be either face to face, over the phone, on whatsapp or zoom. Inside or outside, depending on your preference.
I became an accredited coach in 2008 (PCT & RD1st) and worked as a career coach for the Flax writers and still do with other writers and creatives. Other relevant credentials include:
End of Life Doula Foundation Training (Living Well, Dying Well, 2025)
Ordained into the Order of Interbeing (2025)
Full Permaculture Design Course (The Permaculture Association, 2023)
PhD in Philosophy (Liverpool University, 2019)
Accredited Coach (PCT & RD1st, 2008)
Please get in touch if you’d like to find out more. More testimonials here.
Elsewhere I have experience of working with many different groups of people and individuals, in settings as diverse as prisons, mental health day-care, schools, adult education, undergraduates and community settings.
Fee
Fees range between £30-£70 per hour, depending on your financial situation. By you paying the higher end of the range I’m able to continue to offer subsidised rates. Pay it forward, if you can.
CONTACT sehymas [at] gmail [dot] com