CAREER COACH AMSTERDAM
CAREER COACHING FOR THOUGHTFUL HUMANS WHO ARE QUESTIONING their work or WHAT SUCCESS means IN CAREER & LIFE
It can feel a little uncomfortable to be questioning your next career chapter... Especially when, from the outside, it looks like you 'should' have it all sorted and laid out.
I'm Hannah Ray - a native English-speaking career coach based in Amsterdam. I hold space for thoughtful professionals, leaders, founders and expats who care deeply about their work, but have started to feel like something in it, or about it, needs re-exploring.
Maybe something specific brought it on: a restructure, a promotion that felt a bit overwhelming, a new life phase, burnout creeping in. Or maybe it's a more subtle niggle that won't go away, a feeling of loss, or that the version of success you've been following doesn't quite fit anymore.
Searching for something different in your career and work, or considering a career transition, doesn't mean you're not ambitious, competent or confident. It means you care about your work, about your life, and about how the two connect.
This is career coaching space to untangle it. To take a proper look at what's going on, reconnect with what actually matters to you, and create a way forwards that feels more intentional, honest, and much more you.
WHAT IS CAREER COACHING?
Career coaching is a thinking partnership. A dedicated space away from office politics, other people's expectations and the noise of being inside it all to actually turn inwards and look at what's going on.
I'm not a career coach that's here to tell you what to do. I'm not a recruiter, a consultant, or someone who's going to hand you a five-step plan to your best career. (We go deeper than that because work is about more than work and is deeply personal.)
What I am here to do is be WITH you - witnessing, hearing, inquiring, untangling, thinking alongside. Supporting you to find your own answers, trust them, and work out how to act on them in a way that actually fits who you are.
My approach is holistic as well as practical, because career decisions are never made in a vacuum. Your energy, your identity, your relationships, your history with work all feeds in and is very welcome - the messy, uncertain, honest and secretly sure.
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WHO IS CAREER COACHING FOR?
Career coaching is for thoughtful professionals who know it's time to do some thinking about their career, and want to do it in a more intentional and honest way.
You might be (but not limited to):
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A professional or leader who's inner compass has become a bit quiet, disconnected or needs recalibrating for the next chapter
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A professional who wants to deepen their confidence and competence to move in to a promotion, role or next career chapter
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An expat navigating a new role in a new country or culture and is working out who you are in it
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Someone coming out of burnout, redundancy, or a significant life transition and getting their feet back on the ground with work
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Someone looking to improve their work life balance and manage their energy better
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A founder or freelancer untangling expectations from genuine wants and needs (you chose to work for yourself for a reason, right?!)
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Someone who knows that something needs to shift but hasn't yet found the language for what or how
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Someone in the middle of or wanting to make a career transition, career pivot, or career change
If any of that feels familiar, you're in the right place. Say hi and let's talk.
Hannah's coaching sessions were truly inspiring and life-changing. The tailored approach during our sessions, along with Hannah's remarkable ability to identify areas that need more focus, helped me develop resilience and emotional intelligence that significantly improved my work and personal life. Additionally, the venue provides a safe space for sharing. I always left my sessions with Hannah feeling lighter and very positive about making the changes I needed. I 200% recommend Hannah's coaching sessions to anyone who, like me, is struggling with work-life balance.
- R. S.
WHAT DOES A CAREER COACH DO?
A career coach works as a thinking partner to help you more deeply explore + decide how you want your career to work, how you want to approach your career and how you want + need your career to work with and for you.
I can support you with things like:
Career Development COACHING
Even if you are in the same career your whole life, you will likely experience different phases, acts, and chapters of it. Or maybe a new phase, act, or chapter is exactly what you're trying to create! This work can feel subtle, so working with a career coach can help you locate, unpick, and untangle all the little threads that you need to pull on to get moving.
Career Change COACH
If you've reached the point of no return, and know that change has to happen, it's a good time to find a career coach to support you in figuring it out and making it happen. Sometimes the change is external (a new industry, job, or role), sometimes the change is internal (different beliefs about yourself + work, different ways of showing up). Wherever you are, we will explore everything driving the need for change, what you want to do with it, and how you can do it.
CAREER DIRECTION, Vision + Goal Setting
What's the end game? Where do you want to go? What are you committed to experiencing next? Vision + goal setting doesn't have to be all tangible KPIs and defined results. It can be those things if they are helpful to you. But it can also be more feeling- or intuition-based. It can be just as powerful to imagine your ideal life in 3 years in a more abstract way. We can explore how you want your career to feel, what sensations you want to experience on a regular basis, and explore what you could do and what steps you need to take in order to make it a reality.
*THOSE* Tricky career Conversations
We've all been there. The apple in the throat. The trying to be a rational adult when you want to explode. Letting someone down. Asking for the promotion (and the pay rise that should go with it!). Overcoming our own conditioning that society, culture, history, and/or gender has given us in order to ask for what we want and are worth. My career coaching services can help you navigate these conversations and show up for yourself in the way that feels right and good.
WORK-RELATED Stress AND BURNOUT COACH
If you're struggling with things like imposter syndrome, over working, people pleasing, burnout or anxiety, working with a career coach can introduce you to a wealth of tools that can help you manage and move with or through it. Career counselling may be a better route for you if it is having a deeper and wider impact on your mental health, but I see in many clients, and have seen in myself, how coaching tools + exercises can alleviate the pressure, widen your perspective, and really help you manage things better.
IMPROVING WORK-LIFE BALANCE AND ENERGY
Whether we've just started our career journey, have been embedded as a senior leader for a long time, figuring out how we want to move through the middle layers of work, or running or leading a business, there can be a variety of reasons that our work-life balance can get out of harmony. Perhaps it's work-related, home- or life-related, or something you can't put your finger on yet but that just doesn't feel like you anymore. Creating space to discuss things like boundaries, play, values, expectations, rest, environments, personality, strengths vs demands etc can be a great place to start figuring out how to improve your work-life balance.
Hannah is an excellent coach and I would recommend her to anyone looking to get "unstuck" in their career and their mindset. She created a truly safe space where I didn't have to be filtered which meant I could start processing how I actually feel quite quickly. She's got practical exercises that helped me discover things both with her and ij my own time. I had space to process and put things into my own context and then time to have her push me on my assumptions. Hannah also just has GREAT energy. Even on my downer days, I really looked forward to our time together. She has a genuine vibe and she's an automatic mood boost. her energy helped me to put me into my most effective headspace and I'm enjoying my work life a lot more since working with her. 10/10, 5 stars, worth every penny!
- B. O.
WHY WORK WITH ME AS YOUR CAREER COACH IN AMSTERDAM?
When you're looking for a career coach, it's important to find, not just someone who's experience you find relevant, but someone who you feel you can talk to and share with.
As someone who has had 10 years experience climbing the creative corporate ladder, made their own career change, and now runs 3 strands of work under one larger career /business theme, I get it!
I have explored, and continue to explore, what my career means to me and therefore how I need to shift + manage things in order to make it work in the way I want it to.
My greatest learning, is that it is different for everyone. Although we may face similar challenges + opportunities, we all have our own very unique ways of dealing with it. There is no one size fits all.
Which is why the most important part of my process is listening to you. Without jumping to conclusions, without judging, and without expectation.
I am here to help you connect with your own unique wants, needs, strengths, challenges, desires + contexts. I believe that helping you explore + align with this is what will allow you to create your own version of career success.
I offer discounted intake sessions. Say hello, let's have a chat, and you can see if I'm the right career coach for you.
DO I NEED CAREER COACHING SESSIONS?
There are many amazing friends, career mentors and managers who can help you with great advice. However, you are your greatest source of self-knowledge. You are your greatest resource to create a career that serves you. Sometimes we just need a bit of help accessing, trusting + actioning it. This is where career coaching sessions can come in handy.
You might think "I need a career coach!" if you want help with:
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Navigating the politics of a career in your industry's culture
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Making a career change
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Navigating, preventing or coming back from burnout
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Developing greater self-belief and self-esteem in your career
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Managing work-related stress
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Developing healthier processes that support you + your productivity
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Managing or leading people
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Creating a greater sense of wellbeing, energy and balance in relation to your work
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Articulating your career vision and setting goals
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Connecting with your creativity
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Feeling more like yourself in your career
THE BENEFITS OF HIRING A CAREER COACH FOR CAREER DEVELOPMENT, CHANGE OR BURNOUT
There are many advantages of a career coach in your life.
Imagine having someone who is there to listen - without industry judgement, without office politics, without personal/professional bias and without expectation.
Someone who hears and collects all the things about you that feed in to your career and life, then reflects them back to you in a way that allows you to make more informed opinions and conscious decisions about where you're going and how you can go there.
Someone who's role is to facilitate you discovering and creating your own version of success, in whatever form that needs to be, now and next.
That's career coaching!
Here's a list of benefits career coaching can offer:
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Support without agenda or pressure
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Increased self-awareness + perspective
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Navigating industry, career or office politics
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Understanding what success means to YOU
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Taking control of your career, vs. it controlling you
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Opening your mind to what opportunities you have
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Managing various career-related anxieties + stresses
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Increasing confidence in what your strengths are + using them
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Learning new ways to approach situations
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Increasing day-to-day satisfaction in your work + career
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Developing performance for a current, desired, or new role
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Exploring + nurturing your motivation / creativity / vision
And more...
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CAREER COACHING PRICES & PACKAGES
FLEXIBLE
12-month-valid packs
from 1200€ + BTW
For ongoing coaching support you can book whenever you want or need it.
Often used as top ups for past clients who want to continue with lighter touch or maintenance support, or new clients who want a more 'go with the flow' or flexible approach to coaching.
Includes:
+ 45-min sessions
+ Options of 6, 8, 12 blocks, starting at 1200€ + BTW
+ Blocks are valid 12 months from date of first booked session
- most chosen -
FOCUSED
4-5 month container
2100€ + BTW
A focused season of growth, creation & change; for challenges, questions and transitions that desire space for deeper exploration & experimentation, more hands-on support and a holistic reset of your inner compass.
Longer and more spacious sessions, prioritised booking, homework & support for practicing, experimenting and integrating things between sessions, and an intentional pace.
Includes:
+ 1x 2hr deep dive kick off session
+ 6x 75-min coaching sessions
+ 1x 45-min follow up session (bookable up to 3 months later)
+ Reflective worksheets to open and close the journey
+ Consistent cadence of sessions every two weeks, with prioritised booking
+ Bespoke tools, methods, exercises and homework in and between each session
+ Access to between-session support via Whatsapp or email
FLOURISH
9-12 month container
4200€ + BTW
For if you know in your gut you are going to be making a big, juicy move and want coaching not just through the exploration and creation, but also the wider integration and momentum as you take it forwards.
Solid and deep support through multiple cycles of evolution so that you can continue layering and building on your new foundation and flourish in your next chapter with more courage, confidence and resilience.
Includes:
+ 1x 2hr deep dive kick off session
+ 16x 75-min coaching sessions
+ 1x 45-min 'progress check' session
+ 1x 45-min follow up session (bookable up to 6 months later)
+ Sessions every 2 weeks to begin, with the option to change pace after the mid-point 'progress check' session
+ Everything else from FOCUSED
*All options can be paid in full or in monthly instalments.
Employees - Check if your employer's L&D or training budget can contribute to coaching.
Founders - Coaching can be expensed against your business along with VAT.
I take on a limited number of clients to ensure you get the best quality of attention and focus from me. It is a committed investment, so please do so intentionally.
Curious? Interested? Raring to go?
I offer discounted 45-min try out sessions to explore how we could work together, make sure we're a match and decide how you want to proceed.
€75 incl. BTW
Interested in GROUP Business Coaching?
See TEND: the 6-Month FOUNDERS Group Coaching Circle HERE (next groups Sept 2026)
My work usually is a tailored blend of multiple types of coaching, depending on your own unique goals, as I work holistically and integratively, and decisions aren't made in a vaccum.
HOW my CAREER COACHING services WORK
Say hello!
Let's introduce ourselves + have a discounted first chat about your situation.
Ask any questions about how I work, how I can help, and any more practical things.
Deep-dive Intro session
(2-hr)
A 2-hr session to explore everything that's going on for you and your goals.
You'll complete a reflective worksheet beforehand.
This session creates the groundwork for our work together.
Holding session / Another block /
One off sessions
Once you finish your block, you may feel happy with where we get to and choose to wrap it up.
There is also the option for:
a) Holding Session-
We review + note down the insights, tools + other things that will keep you on track
b) Another Block-
Coaching can be like a ball of string. You may want to keep unravelling something and keep up the work
c) One Off Sessions-
If you'd like to dip back in every now and then, I offer one off sessions to work or move through anything on your mind
Ready to get things moving?
See coaching options and packages.
Regular (75-min) sessions
Depending on your goals + situation, you can sign up for 3 or 6 months of bi-weekly sessions.
The content + approach is tailored to you + your needs.
Perhaps interactive tools in session, journaling exercises between sessions, or simply talking.
I'm always here
for you!
You're always welcome to reach out to me in the future.
Sometimes a 6 or 12 month break is nice before another stint of coaching work.
I am happy to work with you over as short or long period of time that is right for you.