LIFE COACHING, CAREER COACHING
& BUSINESS COACHING
IN AMSTERDAM OR ONLINE
TAKE Coaching
Hannah Ray
ICF-certified coach, mental health first aider, & yoga therapist.
Welcome! I offer life coaching, career coaching and business coaching in Amsterdam and online.
We can lose ourselves, our sense of direction or meaning for many reasons. It can happen gradually or suddenly, and make us overthink, self-doubt, lose our energy or feel stuck.
I hold space for you to re-explore + re-connect with who you are, your unique strengths and energy, what's important, and how you live and work, so that you can create YOUR version of success.
I offer judgement-free and experienced coaching support to speak from the heart and get honest. My approach has been described as considered, warm, intuitive and practical.
The most you parts of you, your work & life are welcomed. Let's have an good chat, dream big, and get you making moves that are aligned, meaningful and enhancing of YOU.
ONE spot left to start in 2024!
Some companies I've coached people from:
COACHING SERVICES
with a therapeutic and holistic coaching touch.
What areas do you need support with?
Because you want to explore some kind of transition, change, or improvement in your life.
Because you want to hire a professional coach to coach your employees on confidence, competence and wellbeing.
Because you want to change how you work, find more harmony, step up you leadership, or change careers entirely.
Because you want to explore what's going on for you in a more integrated + body-based way.
Because you have or want to create your own business, and want support managing it in the way that's best for you.
Because you want specific life + business coaching for being a small business owner.
MY APPROACH TO COACHING
Life is always changing, as are we. And for a whole range of reasons, we can gradually or suddenly get out of alignment, feel trapped, like we can't keep doing it like this; stuck. We can't pretend or perform anymore. I have personal experience of this feeling, having moved countries and changed careers whilst finding my way with myself, overcoming who I thought I should be and do to be successful vs what it *actually* meant to me.
I want more people to feel more self-knowing, self-trusting, and resourced, more of the time. So, my mission is to reconnect you to your resourceful, resilient + trusting self so that you can adapt, feel well and find a way in life + work that feels like you once again.
I hold confidential space for you to find a sense of freedom, momentum and courage; exploring ideas, ways of thinking, expressing and being - so that you can hear your own voice (again, or for the first time) and remember what matters and what you are and can be capable of.
COACHING METHODS
Every coaching journey is different because everyone is unique. I completely tailor the journey and structure of our work together to you, drawing on different methodologies and approaches depending on your goals, challenges and process.
My coaching approach is practical at heart, and also has a therapeutic nature due to the blend of training I have done along with the methods I research and am inspired by. My tool box includes:
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Deep listening + reflecting
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Nancy Klein's 'Time To Think' theory
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CBT-informed coaching
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Yoga therapy + somatic/embodied inquiry
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Positive psychology + mental wellbeing
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Gestalt techniques for coaching
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Journaling + drawing
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Guided visualisations with influences from meditation and Nidra
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Neuro-linguistic programming
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Transactional analysis
why might you want to find a coach?
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Listen to + trust yourself, your opinions and decisions more, instead of living by 'shoulds' and expectations
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Find out what your wants, needs and likes are
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Explore how you approach your work so that it, and your relationship with it, becomes more satisfying + aligned
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Stop playing yourself down, staying small or dimming your voice; start taking yourself seriously and building the courage + confidence to make new moves
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Become more aware of how you deal with things and experiment with new ways, so that you have a greater sense of choice and confidence to choose
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Explore new ideas, exercises, mindset, rituals or systems that enable more confidence, creativity and flow
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Feel empowered and confident to respond with skill and discernment to choices in your life - so that your resourcefulness continues beyond our work together
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Take space to figure out what's really important to you, what you value + what you're going to do about it
Sound like something you might want to explore?
PLENTY OF life, CAREER AND BUSINESS COACHES IN AMSTERDAM.
WHY CHOOSE ME AS YOUR COACH?
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You want a coach who makes space and time to get to know your own unique and complex mind (hello, 2-hr kick off session!)
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You want a coach who actually listens to you and will adapt their approach and tools to you as the process develops, so that you can create things the way YOU want them to be (rather than prescribing a pre-set process and telling you 'the best' thing to do)
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You want a coaching experience that has a therapeutic nature and includes a more holistic sense of you and your life - looking at how different areas of life will be playing in to or affecting the goals and challenges you want to work on
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You want the space to think, explore and rewire longer threads of thoughts and patterns, so that change is deeper and longer-lasting
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You want a coach who is gentle and warm, but will also get real and honest with you, and sit firmly with you in the 'less shiny' moments
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You want an experienced, deeply and broadly trained, accredited coach, combined with someone who has been through similar work and life related changes, so can also relate
Are we on the same page? I'd love to hear your story.
WHAT IS A LIFE coach AND CAREER COACH with a therapeutic touch?
Not to be confused with therapy, therapeutic coaching is a style of coaching that allows space for us to explore the holistic emotional, mental, and physical influence of career, business and life on your relationship with yourself and your world.
We follow the principle of coaching that asks: 'What do I want to do with this information? How can I move through it/forwards?' (VS. 'Why am I like this? How can I make sense of how my past has shaped me?' like in therapy).
Clients often ask me if they're allowed to open up about emotions, experiences, physical sensations or feelings in sessions, or talk about other stuff in their life that's connected. You are *absolutely welcome* to. Coaching shouldn't feel robotic or overly rational.
Making plans and changing behaviour can be a deeply human and individual process that taps in to your mental wellbeing, values, insecurities, thinking patterns, energy levels, relationships, identity etc. Integrating this in to the coaching process and being present with it, is what makes the coaching therapeutic. It allows us to make changes and adopt strategies that go deeper & wider in to our make up; and are therefore more sustainable and impactful.
Alongside being an accredited and experienced coach, I am also trained in mental health first aid, yoga therapy, somatic (bodily) processing and CBT tools for coaching so that I can hold this space safely for you and in full awareness of the boundaries of coaching.
It can be effective to work with a life coach and career coach alongside working with a therapist as you can bring insights from that in to the more 'action-oriented' coaching space.
I do not diagnose or treat mental health. If you are in the grips of a crisis or severe anxiety or depression, coaching is likely not appropriate right now. If this is you, please consult with your therapist or GP.
See my experience, training and qualifications HERE->
WHERE DO COACHING SESSIONS TAKE PLACE?
Coaching sessions are either online, so you can work with me from anywhere,
or in-person at my practice.
Wednesdays are at Stories, Sarphatistraat
Other days are at Stories, Keizersgracht in Amsterdam.
COACHING TESTIMONIALs
DARYNA
MARKETING ANALYST @ BOOKING.COm,
CURATOR OF GROWTH ANALYTICS COURSE @ PROJECTOR
“Hannah and I did 5 sessions of Life + Career Coaching. We worked on my values and goals to improve my productivity at work (at Booking.com) & focus my personal projects.
It was a great pleasure to share my ideas and thoughts with Hannah. She helped me to look at things from different angles and see things I wouldn't notice myself before.
Hannah is an attentive listener and created a very safe space for me to be honest. She prepared me some practices that made my thoughts & ideas feel easier and more structured.
After our cooperation, I will move forward with a clear vision of what I want and a loving attitude towards myself to enjoy the journey."
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What is a Life Coach?Life coaches provide a safe space for you to explore where you are, where you want to go, what is holding you back, and what you can work on to get there. The main purpose is to be a thinking partner for you to explore + facilitate your own creativity + answers so that you can take your next step.
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What should I expect from a Life Coach?A life coach helps you explore + reconnect with your own sense of self and resourcefulness. You should expect to be deeply listened to, asked questions, have someone reflect yourself back to you, and engage with tools, exercises etc. that help you find your own answers and figure out what you want to do with them. You should expect complete confidentiality, non-judgement, and unconditional positive regard. You can expect to have regular check ins about what is working or not working, and how you can keep moving forwards together.
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Why might I need a Life Coach?Often people wait until they're in a sticky situation, or things have gotten a little too bad. If you're in this place, then you might need a life coach to help you explore what got you here, and how you want to move through + out of it. Working with a life coach is also great when things feel pretty good, too. Life coaching can take your life from fine or good, to extra exciting, calmer and more content, or more fulfilling.
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What are the benefits of hiring a Life Coach?- Navigating or making changes in career, work, business or personal life - Developing self-awareness, self-trust, self-belief, and self-esteem - Managing anxiety and stress - Setting + managing boundaries - Replenishing sense of wellbeing, energy and balance - Developing visions and setting goals - Exploring and articulating ideas, thoughts or feelings - Connecting with your creativity - Creating strategies, structures + frameworks for (sustainable!) action