YOU'VE SPENT A LIFETIME DOING WHAT
WAS EXPECTED OF YOU.
It's time to discover
the woman beneath
the expectations.
I am Anna.
I work with professional women in midlife who feel there's more to them
than who they've been so far. And they want to discover what becomes possible when they bring more of themselves into the world.
As a somatic coach, I involve the body in the coaching process, helping my clients go beyond their thinking to create change that lasts.
YOU MAY BE HERE BECAUSE...
You’ve spent years building the life you thought you wanted. But something has changed in you. Something no longer works and you don’t know what to do about it.
You're tired of putting everyone else's needs ahead of your own, yet you still struggle to say no without feeling guilty.
You are so used to making decisions based on what everyone else thinks, that you find it hard to know what you want, let alone make choices that reflect it.
You hold back from speaking up or sharing your opinions for fear of judgement or conflict. And you miss opportunities to have the impact and influence you know you're capable of.
You have a growing sense that there's another version of you - freer, bolder, cheekier, more joyful - waiting to emerge. And you're afraid you might never give her the chance.
If any of this sounds familiar, you're in the right place.
MAYBE YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'VE HAD ENOUGH.
Midlife has a way of making certain things impossible to ignore.
The masks you've worn for years, the ones that helped you succeed, have become too heavy to carry.
And you know there is a bit of you that has stayed hidden behind them.
There is more to you than the woman you've been so far.
IMAGINE IF YOU COULD...
Know what you really want and make more space for it in your life.
Make choices based on what matters to you, even when others want something different for you.
Feel free to speak up when you have something to say and ask for what you want, without letting the fear of judgement or disapproval stop you.
Set clear boundaries without spending the rest of the day feeling guilty about it.
Know you're good enough, and feel it in your bones, without needing anyone else to tell you so.
Drop the masks and give more expression to the parts of yourself you've held back: your creativity, boldness, power, ambition, playfulness, irreverence…
A BIT ABOUT ME
I spent almost 30 years working as a strategist in advertising. I know something about the expectations placed on women, at work and in life, and the ways we learn to adapt to them.
I know what it means to hold yourself back and yet feel that there is so much more in you that wants to come out.
My desire to discover that 'more' in me eventually led me to somatic coaching, and to a very different understanding of how we become who we are and how we can change.
I now help other women discover their 'more', and live it.
WHY SOMATIC COACHING?
Somatic coaching brings the body into the coaching process.
We talk a lot about mindset, beliefs, the stories we tell ourselves and the power of our thinking. But our history lives in our whole body, not just our head. We may unconsciously shrink when scared, pull back when challenged, or contract when facing conflict.
Our ways of being are deeply embodied. Changing them requires more than just changing how we think.
You may struggle with boundaries, for example. You may have worked on your belief that being accommodating makes you valued and practiced the best words to use to say ‘no’. Yet when the moment comes, the fear of disappointing someone shows up in the body, and it takes over. And you say yes, again.
Somatic coaching helps us recognise how these patterns live in our bodies and practice new ways of responding, so we build the capacity to make different choices.
WAYS TO WORK WITH ME
A space for deep transformation.
Together we explore what you want, uncover the patterns that keep getting in your way and begin making the changes that feel right for you.
We work with your thoughts, emotions and body, to help you build the capacity to make different choices in your everyday life.
1-2-1 COACHING
GROUP WORKSHOPS
There is more to you.
ONLINE - 10 NOVEMBER - 6-8 PM UK
You've spent years being sensible. What if the ideas you keep talking yourself out of finally deserve a proper hearing?
Join me for two playful hours exploring what you want more of in your life, and how to begin making room for it.
£47 - Just 8 places
What sets Anna apart from other coaches is her somatic approach. She showed us that while we can understand something in our minds, it’s not until we feel it in our bodies that we really know how to let go of, and start to change, negative thought patterns.
ANNA CHAPMAN
Book a free Discovery Session
For the coaching relationship to work it is not enough to have a great coach, you also need to find the right one. So if you are curious about coaching and intrigued by what I offer and my type of coaching, book a free 45-minute introductory session with me. Then you can ask all the questions and see if working with me feels right.