Trauma-informed Leadership Coaching
Where high-performing ‘Good Girls’ trade armour for embodied Boundaries, Self-Trust and Joy.
Where high-performing ‘Good Girls’ trade armour for embodied Boundaries, Self-Trust and Joy.
For senior leaders in Tech, success often comes at a cost...
You've built an extraordinary career. You’re “successful on paper” but privately running on empty. You lead well, yet still second-guess your tone, your needs, or where to draw the line.
Porous, if any, boundaries, make work and leadership feel more like survival than anything packed with fun or meaning. You've become highly skilled at being agreeable, reliable, and self-sufficient, even when it costs you.
On paper, your life and career look successful; inside, you're often braced, tired, or quietly resentful. Somewhere along the way, performance became self-protection. You started self-editing -- your tone, your truth, your needs -- to earn belonging.
This is survival: practiced, past its expiry date, and expensive. It costs you joy, authenticity, and the freedom that drew you to leadership in the first place.
~ Embodied boundaries and rhythms that protect your energy and attention.
~ Calm presence, even under high-stakes pressure.
~ Decision-making that flows from clarity, not reactivity.
~ Self-trust that earns team trust. Because you’re anchored and resourced.
~ Your authenticity and spark.

My trauma-informed leadership coaching partners with you -- the person, not the problem -- to build capacity in your nervous system, foster a growth mindset, and cultivate the foundations of self-leadership. Together, we'll explore what trips you up, like your blind spots, beliefs, and patterns, and evoke insights and creativity that you can turn into tangible actions.
You'll develop the tools to lead from agency, build self-trust, and experience psychological safety. You'll strengthen empathy, resilience, and creativity -- key leadership qualities that drive innovation and human-centered success. You lead with clarity instead of self-monitoring, and your boundaries feel natural -- not harsh or apologetic. Joy stops being something you earn after success and becomes the force that fuels it.
It's time to stop contorting to fit the systems you've mastered and start leading from wholeness instead!

"I am the kind of person who has a hard time expressing her feelings. I often keep things inside, and it can sometimes get me into trouble. I was struggling with this when I met Avril and after a few conversations, I was convinced that she was the right coach to help me with my goal of public speaking at work too, an issue that I've been struggling with for years.
Avril listens carefully, asks insightful questions, and is empathetic which helped me open up more easily. I could finally say what I wanted to say without feeling uncomfortable or nervous, and ultimately understand things that I couldn't before.
Avril's coaching approach is unique as she uses a combination of NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) and coaching techniques. She knows what she's doing and does it well! I would highly recommend Avril to anyone who wants to work with a highly professional leadership coach."
---------- Ms. AM, Senior Leader, Education
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