Claire is a qualified Wellbeing Life Coach with over 30 years professional experience as an entrepreneur and theatre creative; performer, writer, director, producer and teacher. Using proven, effective tools and resources as well as her innate empathy and experience, Claire will guide you to the heart of the matter from where you can chart your course to genuine wellbeing and reach your goals.

In a Nutshell: Born and raised in Sussex, lived as a professional in London. I spent some 20 years of my married life in France, my grown-up sons now reside there. I have navigated divorce and moved country as a single mother as well as survived cancer. My unruly but exciting career began as a child performer in the West End and over the course of 40 years has included running my own dance school in France and working as a Marketing Manager on my return to the UK.  I am now a Theatre Creative, a Wellbeing Companion (having supported the care sector during the pandemic) and am a qualified Wellbeing Life Coach and Mentor.

The Longer Version: I’ve been lucky enough to survive a life threatening illness that struck over 20 years ago. I don’t feel defined by it because I have had many life experiences and they all act to define us in some way.  And I’m not sure how I feel about the term “survivor” either, I mean, if we’re here at all, we are a survivor by definition. However, the experience has definitely been life-defining for me. Not that I didn’t already perceive life as miraculous but my brush with death deepened and enriched my experience of life. One has a choice following a devastating illness or life-event and that is to either live in fear, or find the courage to reject those fears and embrace love.

Life is mind-blowing and I can’t help but take it all in. I just love that other wordly moment when suddenly I can see things from a totally fresh perspective. I love learning and am relentlessly inquisitive yet I’m not that interested in long drawn out explanations. I prefer to cut to the chase. Get to the heart of the matter. Change it, embrace it, assimilate it or let it go. At the same time I process things fairly deeply. And I like nothing more than getting out in nature and letting my mind free wheel. I throw it all into the pot and trust what brews. Deep down we know what’s what. It’s all about getting into the right frame of mind by asking the right questions, setting the right intention and then sitting back and making your favourite beverage.

I have led a full and varied life in two countries, speak two languages, and worked on the interface of three cultures, raised a family, been an entrepreneur, overcome serious illness and had my heart broken and pieced it back together. I have been actively and passionately involved in the arts since childhood, working both in front of and behind the scenes and always driving projects forward. In order to thrive economically, I have frequently reinvented myself and so my career is a vibrant and suitably unruly patchwork of roles and achievements. During the pandemic, I left a marketing managerial job and salary for the care sector. No regrets. I needed to make my soul happy again. And I’m excited to combine my passion and experience with my Life Coaching skills to work with you on your journey, wherever you’ve been and wherever you wish to go.

Qualified as a Wellbeing Life Coach. Fully insured and a member of the Association of Coaching and validated by the AC, NCIP and CMA.

I bring my knowledge, passion and experience of facilitating creative projects and promoting artistic expression over many years to begin working with individuals and groups in a broader coaching context. I am particularly interested in helping clients to reconnect to their heart and purpose, finding their flow to a more free and authentic self-expression and discovering achievable steps that bridge their dreams to reality. Using visualisation, intuition, somatic awareness and mind-set exploration we get to the heart of the matter and move beyond the obstacles and onwards to achievement.

I’m trained in a co-creative, client-led style of coaching. Together we create a safe space that acts as a unique and unburdened sounding board, sometimes moving you to the edge of your comfort zone, where imagination and possibility know no bounds. Life coaching is not counselling and is not therapy. Together, we create tangible steps towards achievement.

I am currently working part-time with people living with dementia as a wellbeing companion and homemaker at Huntington and Langham Estate. This is rewarding and challenging work. What happens when the story breaks up and disintegrates? Well the nature, the feelings and the music remain. There is only one way forward and that is to live directly in the now.