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Coaching for Ecosystems of
wellbeing, engagement & Performance
“Employees are more likely to stay when they feel personally supported and professionally developed through coaching.”
Deloitte Insights 2023
Unearthing The Human Potential
behind every job title
Collaborative
A safe, confidential, non-judgemental, trusted partnership.
Space & Time
For calm, clear reflection and honest, open-minded exploration.
Insights Into Action
Fresh awareness & perspectives to support practical next steps, problem-solving, decision-making & strategies.
Learning & Growth
Supportively challenging people beyond comfort zones, stagnation or the status quo.
1:1 / Teams / Groups
Find focus, flow & creativity, flying solo or sharing ideas with others.
Flexible Delivery
Remote, onsite, or outdoors in nature - video call, phone & in-person.
- Personalised Resilience & Wellbeing Plans
- Career Wellbeing & Life Integration
- Professional & Personal Growth
- Breath Training for Focus, Flow & Creativity
- Performance Anxiety & Imposter Phenomenon
- Stress Regulation & Reduced Burnout
- Team Wellbeing Fuelled Through Leadership
- Positive Communication & Trusting Relationships
- Career Transitions & Organisational Change
Coaching New Supervisors for Self-awareness, Resilience and Team-centred Communication:
+30% Supervisors’ Wellbeing
+22% Team Engagement
-15%Team Turnover Intent
Brown, A. M., & Clarke, H. (2022)
Relationships & Collaboration
78% of Executives reported that teams led by coached managers demonstrated stronger interpersonal collaboration and conflict-resolution skills.
International Coaching Federation & PwC - 2025 Global Coaching Study.
Coaching Impact on Manager Stress & Burnout
-22% Drop in Perceived Stress & -18% Reduction in Emotional Exhaustion
Grant, A. M., Cavanagh, M. J., & Parker, H. (2022).
Cultivating Progress & Contribution
Coaching supports human learning, expansion and growth. It unearths the most meaningful answers to the challenging questions Life in Work is asking. Questions which, if left unresolved, stifle wellbeing, engagement and performance. Holding people, teams, leaders and organisations back from growing into their potential, making progress and contributing their unique vision and value to the world.
Creating Momentum to make a difference
Through coaching, the puzzles of Life in Work can be deconstructed, explored and reconfigured or reimagined. In ways that create momentum to get unstuck, to step beyond, to initiate change or even shape an alternative vision of the future. Momentum that Evolves Life in Work and supports people, teams and organisations to make their difference.
Space and Time
Two vital human-centric nutrients, often in short supply in today’s Life in Work, underpin the impact of coaching: space and time. Stepping away from the fast-paced and varied mix of tasks, meetings, multi-channel communication and deadlines enables the brain and body to regroup and recalibrate. The conditions for calm, clear reflection and thinking. Where creativity flows and fresh awareness and insights emerge. To problem-solve, plan, strategise and innovate and most importantly to prepare for taking purposeful action.
Client-Led & Flexible - Not Formulaic & Prescriptive
Connected Ape’s coaching is always client-led. The client brings the challenges that are impacting Life in Work. Our flexible and organic approach then facilitates their thinking and perspectives to evolve. Cultivating fresh awareness and insights from which the client’s own unique realisations, ideas and solutions emerge.
Our coaching is grounded in a relational partnership between client and coach. Always collaborative and supportive. At times constructively challenging…an effective “forcing function” that supports essential shifts in perspectives, behaviours and belief. Always in service of meaningful progress towards a client’s goals and the best coaching outcomes.
a Multidisciplinary toolkit
Our coaches dive deep into wellbeing, resilience and mental fitness science, research and resources. We also dig into other inter-connected fields of thinking…enabling more sustainable and systemic impacts for wellbeing, engagement and performance across an organisation’s ecosystem:
Psychology, Organisational/Leadership/Management Theory, Neuroscience, Sociology, Evolutionary Psychology/Physiology, Therapy, Philosophy & Ancient Wisdom.
We also offer:
Neuro-Somatic Coaching – Working at a deeper cognitive, physiological and emotional level, exploring and reframing the patterns of choices and behaviours that affect our careers, relationships and health. Our Neuro-Somatic Coaches are trauma trained, not just trauma informed, meaning they can work safely with every unique client. (Learn more →)
Breath Training for Wellbeing, Resilience & Performance – How we breathe directly influences and impacts how we feel, how we show up and how we perform professionally and personally. It is the only vital human function that is controlled non-consciously by our brains whilst also being fully under our control, if we choose to manipulate it.
This is good news…Our breathing is wholly inter-connected with our brain, nervous system and body’s physiology. It is something we can train in order to benefit from a range of positive outcomes. (Learn more →)
What questions is Life in Work asking?
With a coach in your corner, what differences could be cultivated for wellbeing, engagement and performance? How could the growth and potential of your team, leaders and organisation be nurtured?
- How can people be supported to feel good and function with fluency and fluidity whilst contributing the organisation’s unique vision and value to the world?
- How could the wellbeing of Managers and Leaders as well as their impacts on engagement, team climate and the organisation’s culture be fuelled simultaneously?
- How might team environments be cultivated for more cohesion, collaboration or creativity? How could this influence team performance?
- What benefits from Evolving Life in Work might be experienced by external stakeholders and systems? How could this work impact customers, clients or supply chains? How might it show up in the wider systems of community, society and planet?
Coaching the Human Ecosystem
Interconnecting Professional & Personal Lives
supporting working parents & carers
A human-centric strategy reducing organisational risk
Life in Work can feel especially demanding for working parents and carers. The continual balance of professional responsibilities alongside family commitments stretches wellbeing and can quietly erode engagement and performance. Operating at capacity at work, then returning home to support elderly parents, young children or family members with disabilities, leaves little room to rest, recharge and recalibrate — the essential time that restores energy and perspective.
The numbers highlight this strain:
73% of carers in employment find it stressful to juggle work and care (Carers UK, 2024).
46% of working parents are concerned about their child’s mental health, with 23% saying it impacts their work performance (Deloitte, 2023).
Supporting working parents and carers isn’t just compassionate – it’s commercially sound. They represent a significant proportion of the workforce and carry valuable experience, knowledge and networks that organisations cannot afford to lose.
- 75.6% of mothers and 92.1% of fathers with dependent children are in employment (ONS, 2021).
When they feel supported and understood, it signals genuine care for people as human beings first and employees second.
This approach strengthens wellbeing, retention and engagement while reducing the costs of absence, turnover and lost productivity. It builds loyalty, trust and advocacy — essential foundations for sustainable performance and organisational health.
Neuro-Somatic Coaching for Leaders & Managers
Coaching safely at depth to support Sustained Shifts
Leadership can exert a heavy cognitive, emotional and physical load. Left unchecked, this shows up as chronic stress, difficulties concentrating or making decisions, poor quality communication and relationships as well as emotional reactivity under pressure. A gradual slide towards overwhelm, burnout and even shut down. The impact is rarely confined to the individual – it has outsized impact across teams. Communication, wellbeing, engagement, relationships and performance are all at risk.
Neuro – Somatic Coaching works with the whole human at a deeper cognitive, physiological and emotional level:
- Removing deep-seated, non-conscious blockers that keep people stuck.
- Equipping leaders with self-awareness and practical techniques for navigating challenging situations.
- Building resilience, composure and clarity for high pressure decision-making.
- Enhancing capacity for communication and connection which shows up positively across teams.
Our specialist coaches are trained in EMDR, NLP and Somatics – and crucially are trauma-trained, not just trauma-informed. This enables safe, flexible work at depth, blending familiar organisational coaching with advanced approaches when appropriate.
This is not therapy. It is advanced coaching that helps leaders understand their nervous system to regulate under pressure, maintain focus on strategic goals, and create positive ripple effects across the organisation. See Why Leaders Matter
Please refer to our Talking Therapy page for more info
Breathing Life into Work
Breath Training for Wellbeing, Resilience & Performance
How we breathe directly influences and impacts how we feel, how we show up and how we perform professionally and personally.
On average, at rest, humans’ breath between 17,000 – 24,000 times every day. Rising to 29,000 – 36,000 breaths under sustained stress or anxiety. It is the only vital human function that is controlled non-consciously by our brains whilst also being fully under our control, if we choose to manipulate it.
This is good news…Our breathing is wholly inter-connected with our brain, nervous system and body’s physiology. It is something we can train in order to benefit from a range of positive outcomes. Our breathing has a direct influence and impact on:
- Wellbeing and Resilience – Regulating stress and improving rest, recovery and sleep quality. Improving mood and energy levels for engagement.
- Composure for Performance Under Pressure – Reducing emotional reactivity and increasing mental fitness, psychological flexibility and behavioural agility. Improving rational thinking, decision-making, problem solving and communication in challenging situations. Supporting positive inter-personal outcomes and goal achievement despite adversity.
- Cognitive Clarity, Calm & Concentration – Increasing levels of task focus, flow and creativity. Improving job satisfaction, engagement, productivity and performance.
Connected Ape offer breath training focused coaching sessions for individuals or workshops for groups or teams. We see breath training as an accessible and intuitive approach to supporting human wellbeing, engagement and performance. After all, we all need to breath, and we are already doing it all the time!
Real Impact, Real people, Real Life in Work
My first session with Bernadette was fantastic. I thought that I had a pretty solid understanding of my current work priorities, but working together helped me see things in an entirely new way. In particular, it has helped to bring about a big shift in terms of how I see myself professionally, which has already translated into being more proactive in reaching out to new and existing contacts and being clear around my work boundaries with colleagues.
I really can't recommend the coaching sessions enough - it's been a game changer for me and I'll definitely be carrying key insights forward in my professional life
I really can't recommend the coaching sessions enough - it's been a game changer for me and I'll definitely be carrying key insights forward in my professional life
I approached Simon as I wanted some help with growing my business whilst also managing my wellbeing carefully due to an ongoing health issue. Simon was amazing - a fantastic listener, and able to help me reflect on several behaviours and reframe so many beliefs that were ultimately getting in my way.
During our sessions I gained clarity around what I really wanted, as opposed to what I thought I wanted and was able to see things with a different perspective. Simon asked me thought-provoking questions and also recommended tools and exercises I could do myself to help me continue with the work between our sessions, all of which were incredibly useful.
Thank you so much Simon. I would definitely recommend you!
During our sessions I gained clarity around what I really wanted, as opposed to what I thought I wanted and was able to see things with a different perspective. Simon asked me thought-provoking questions and also recommended tools and exercises I could do myself to help me continue with the work between our sessions, all of which were incredibly useful.
Thank you so much Simon. I would definitely recommend you!
I had the opportunity to spend good quality thinking time with Simon in coaching and mentoring conversations. I experienced Simon as thoughtful, reflective and insightful. He is a caring and warm person and is very articulate when he provides feedback or his observations. I truly enjoyed working with him
I would highly recommend Simon as a coach. His approach is very person centred as he takes time to get to know you and really understand what you need, even though you don’t always know that yourself!
He is flexible and at times creative which really helped me. For example, I had my first experience of a ‘coach and walk’ session done remotely over the phone whilst I walked around my garden. This helped me feel one step removed from the particular problem I was trying to deal with.
By the end of the session, from a place of calm objectivity (something I had previously struggled with) I had come up with a number of ideas to address the problem. I had also gained some gems of wisdom from Simon as to what might have caused me to have this problem in the first place, and how I might avoid it in the future.
He is flexible and at times creative which really helped me. For example, I had my first experience of a ‘coach and walk’ session done remotely over the phone whilst I walked around my garden. This helped me feel one step removed from the particular problem I was trying to deal with.
By the end of the session, from a place of calm objectivity (something I had previously struggled with) I had come up with a number of ideas to address the problem. I had also gained some gems of wisdom from Simon as to what might have caused me to have this problem in the first place, and how I might avoid it in the future.
Simon has an innate lightness to his coaching which made me feel at ease to honestly reflect on my struggles with my wellbeing at work and how to regain my energy for life.
The space he created felt encouraging, motivational and supportive. He listens well and used what I was saying to inform the direction of each session. He always worked at my pace and I felt no pressure which actually helped me realise things I needed to.
Simon also nudged me with some “reality check” questions which really made me wake up and start making changes that would make a difference to my wellbeing and importantly to those around me. Thank you, Simon!
The space he created felt encouraging, motivational and supportive. He listens well and used what I was saying to inform the direction of each session. He always worked at my pace and I felt no pressure which actually helped me realise things I needed to.
Simon also nudged me with some “reality check” questions which really made me wake up and start making changes that would make a difference to my wellbeing and importantly to those around me. Thank you, Simon!
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