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Support Through Change

Coaching Women Through Transition

I’m a guide and coach who supports women through major life transitions, the in-between seasons where identity shifts, things feel unsettled, and a new phase is emerging. I bring together my background as a teacher, my experience as a mother, and my training in coaching and counselling to offer thoughtful, steady guidance through change.

Guidance

BECOMING

My work focuses on clarity, self-trust, emotional regulation, and conscious decision-making during change.

One-to-one coaching

One-to-one coaching and mentoring offers personalised guidance for women and adolescent girls who are navigating periods of transition, where life feels unsettled, identity is shifting, or the next step is unclear. For women, this may include motherhood, burnout, career change, or a deeper sense of personal reorientation. For adolescent girls, this often involves the transition into adolescence, with its accompanying emotional, social, and identity changes.

These sessions provide calm, steady guidance, creating space to slow down, reflect, build self-trust, and develop emotional awareness. For adolescent girls in particular, this work functions as a mentoring relationship — offering a supportive, non-judgemental adult presence to help them make sense of what they are experiencing and navigate this stage with greater confidence.

Sessions are offered as a structured series, delivered online or in person, and tailored to the individual’s age, needs, and pace. Parental involvement is incorporated thoughtfully and ethically where appropriate.

Small group programs

Small group programs bring together women or adolescent girls who are moving through similar transitions, offering shared understanding, guided reflection, and a sense of belonging. These programs combine reflective conversation, practical tools, and gentle structure, allowing participants to learn from one another while being supported in a safe, contained environment.

For adolescent girls, group work can be especially powerful, helping them recognise they are not alone while developing language for emotions, boundaries, and self-trust. Groups are intentionally kept small and run over a set period of time, creating space for depth, trust, and meaningful connection without pressure to perform or overshare.

Retreats

Retreats offer immersive time and space away from everyday demands, designed to support reflection, recalibration, and renewal. These experiences are created for women and, at times, young people at significant points of transition who would benefit from stepping back and being gently guided through a process of reorientation.

Retreats typically include guided workshops, reflective practices, shared conversation, quiet time, and connection with nature. Rather than forcing change, they create the conditions for clarity, insight, and a renewed sense of direction to emerge naturally, allowing participants to return to daily life feeling steadier, more grounded, and clearer about what comes next.

Compassionate Guidance

Human-Centred Work

You might choose to work with me if you want guidance that is grounded, thoughtful, and deeply human. I don’t rush transformation or offer quick fixes. I understand growth and change as processes that unfold over time.

My background in education, counselling, and motherhood means I work with nuance, compassion, and practical insight.

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I feel more like me again

“I started working with Madeline because I felt like I’d completely lost myself after having kids. I was constantly tired, snappy and a bit resentful. She helped me slow down and actually think about what I needed — not what the children needed. I feel more like me again.”

– Fiona

I’m still on the journey

“I was in the middle of fertility treatment and felt like my whole life revolved around appointments and waiting. I didn’t realise how hard I was being on myself until I started talking to Madeline. She helped me notice my patterns and respond differently instead of spiralling. I’m still on the journey, but I feel seen, heard and understood.”

– Erica

I’ve finally started

“I had this idea in the back of my mind about starting something for myself but kept talking myself out of it. Madeline didn’t push me — she just asked the right questions. It helped me get clear on what actually matters to me and what small steps I could take now. I’ve finally started, which feels scary but exciting.”

– Steph

My kids have noticed the difference

“I’m someone who always puts everyone else first. I thought that’s just what being a good mum meant. Working with Madeline helped me see that taking care of myself doesn’t make me selfish. I’ve started setting small boundaries and I actually feel less stressed at home. My kids have noticed the difference too and my relationship with my husband has improved as well.”

– Mel

Madeline genuinely understands motherhood

“Madeline really listens. I never felt judged or analysed. It felt like talking to someone who genuinely understands motherhood but also gently challenges you when you need it. Madeline always asked the right questions to get me thinking on a deeper level.”

– Ally

MOMENTS

THRESHOLD

Career

Career transitions often coincide with deeper identity shifts — when a role, profession, or path no longer fits who you are becoming. This can be unsettling, particularly for capable, high-functioning women who have built a strong sense of self around their work.

This threshold is an opportunity to pause, reflect, and realign — rather than rushing into the next thing.

Burn Out

Burnout often emerges when ways of living that once worked no longer feel sustainable. It can show up as exhaustion, disconnection, loss of motivation, or a sense of being out of alignment with one’s values.

Rather than a personal failure, burnout is often a signal that something needs to change. This threshold invites reassessment, boundary-setting, and reconnection with what matters.

My work supports women to navigate burnout with compassion — helping them understand what led them here, restore emotional and physical capacity, and make intentional choices about what comes next.

Adolescence

Adolescence is a significant threshold marked by rapid physical, emotional, and identity changes. It is a time of experimentation, uncertainty, heightened sensitivity, and growing independence — often misunderstood as defiance or instability.

For adolescent girls especially, this stage can bring intense social pressure, emotional swings, and questions about belonging, worth, and identity. Having a steady, attuned adult guide during this time can make a meaningful difference.

My work with adolescent girls offers calm, respectful mentoring — supporting them to develop emotional awareness, self-trust, and language for what they are experiencing, while navigating this passage with greater confidence and clarity.

Motherhood

Motherhood is often spoken about as a role, but it is more accurately understood as a profound developmental transition. Becoming a mother reshapes identity, priorities, relationships, and a woman’s sense of self in ways that are both meaningful and, at times, deeply unsettling.

This transition — known as matrescence — can bring joy, purpose, and connection, while also surfacing grief for former identities, uncertainty, emotional overwhelm, and a loss of internal reference points. Many women feel pressure to adapt quickly, cope silently, or “be grateful,” without space to make sense of who they are becoming.

My work supports women through this passage with care and steadiness — offering space to reflect, integrate change, and reconnect with a sense of agency and self-trust, alongside the realities of caring for others.

Season of Transition

A season of transition often arrives quietly.

You may feel unsettled, reflective, or slightly out of step with the life you’ve been living. What once felt familiar may no longer fit, yet what comes next isn’t fully clear. These moments can feel uncomfortable, but they are also meaningful.

Transitions mark the spaces between who you have been and who you are becoming. They often follow significant life changes — motherhood, adolescence, burnout, career shifts, or moments when your inner world is asking for attention. While the outside world may expect certainty and momentum, transitions ask for something different: presence, honesty, and time.

This work is for those moments.

Here, transition is not treated as a problem to solve, but as a passage to be supported. A space to slow down, reflect, and reconnect with your internal compass before taking the next step forward.

You don’t need to have everything figured out. You only need a willingness to pause and listen to what is emerging.
Support is available through one-to-one coaching and mentoring, small group programs, or immersive retreats, depending on where you are and what kind of support feels right right now.

If something here resonates, the next step is simple.

You can book a connection call to explore whether working together feels like a good fit, or explore the offerings to find the support that best meets you in this season.

You don’t have to navigate this threshold alone.

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