THE SCHOOL OF SOMATIC LEADERSHIP FOR WOMEN™
Welcome.
You can exhale here.
Whether you've arrived seeking support for your own journey, or wanting to deepen the work you offer others, you've found a place where transformation begins with the body, and the wisdom you seek is already within you.
Our Vision
At The School Of Somatic Leadership For Women™, we envision a world where women feel empowered to express their voice authentically, and to break the internalised narratives that are keeping us feeling stressed, burnt out, doubting ourselves and playing small.
We believe that there is a gentler way for women to thrive within their families, communities and workplaces without sacrificing themselves.
We guide women back into their bodies to reconnect with their innate wisdom, resilience, aliveness and power, and embody the vision they have for their life.
This transformational journey is a personal path and a movement. It leads us to reimagine what is possible not only for ourselves, but also for generations of young women to come.
Hi, I'm Isabelle
I’m the Founder of The School Of Somatic Leadership For Women™ and Creator of The Wisdom Within™ Somatic Practitioner Training.
Several years ago, after years of striving, I experienced a very severe burnout. My life came crashing down. My mental and emotional health plummeted. My anxiety reached such a level that the smallest hurdle in my day sent me into a downward emotional spiral.
It very nearly broke me.
It became my doorway into this work.
I founded my coaching practice in 2017, after spending 20 years in the corporate world. While my burnout shattered my life and my sense of self, left me feeling broken and wondering how I could move forward - it also served as a catalyst to reorient my life, my purpose, my work, and the impact I’m choosing to have.
My life's work is to gently dispel the imprints and inner narratives keeping women feeling stressed, burnt out, doubting themselves and playing small. Within the spaces I hold, I invite women to soften into wholeness, reclaim their voice, embrace their brilliance, become leaders of their own lives, and realise their sacred legacy. I believe feminine leadership is a regenerative force that begins within and ripples outward into the world.
Perhaps you are here because you are being presented with a doorway too?
How I’ve Prepared to Hold this Work
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Accredited Senior Practitioner with EMCC (the European Mentoring and Coaching Council)
ICF Accredited Trauma-Informed Somatic Coach & Somatic Positive Psychology with The School of Trauma-Informed Positive Psychology
IICT Accredited Trauma-Informed Somatic Coach & Educator For Women
Somatic Regenerative Alchemy, with Dr. Sarah Coxon
ICF Accredited Certificate in Embodiment Coaching with Embodiment Unlimited
ICF Accredited Advanced Coaching with NLP, Mindfulness & Transactional Analysis, with the NLP School (accredited by ANLP)
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Certificate in Foundations of Women-Centred-Coaching (The Institute for Women Centered Coaching, Training & Leadership)
Certificate in Women-Centred Group Coaching (The Institute for Women Centered Coaching, Training & Leadership)
Certified Coach in the unSTUCK Method and the CLEAR Way with Shira Gura
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Brainspotting therapy practitioner Level 1 & 2 with Dr. Max Grixti, Brainspotting UK
Certified Trauma-Informed Breath Coach with The Wholehealth Project
Trauma-Informed Trauma Resilience, Embodied Yoga and Social Impact with The Golden Mandala (accredited by Yoga Alliance UK)
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Daring To Rest Facilitator and Rest Coach with Daring To Rest
Wild Medicine Practitioner with The Wild Roots Guide
Compassionate Mindful Resilience Teacher Training with MindfulnessUK
Integrating Mindfulness & Compassion with MindfulnessUK (Level 4 certificate, accredited by CPCAB)
Yoga Teacher Training (accredited by Yoga Alliance UK)
Impacting Leaders with Michael Neill
My Approach
My Beliefs
I’m passionate about empowering women to claim our rightful place, and release the self-sacrificing and self-limiting patterns that prevent us from living our fullest life.
I want us, women, to trust our worthiness so fiercely, that we no longer rely on external validation to calibrate our intrinsic worth and flourish.
I believe that leadership is broad and unbounded. It isn't confined to a particular job title, corporate headquarters or organisations. We are all leaders in our unique ways. Our way of being is a way of leading.
I believe that the world needs more women to reclaim their worth, their inner authority, their calling, their space, their impact and their sovereignty to move towards greater harmony for all.
The Work
The School Of Somatic Leadership For Women™ is the culmination of years of coaching women through these challenges, and many more years of experiencing them personally.
When we work together, our approach beautifully weaves together nature-inspired women-centred somatic coaching, parts work, somatic positive psychology, mindfulness, self-compassion, and embodiment.
As women, when we stop outsourcing our self-worth, our energy, our identity, and become deeply rooted in our own enoughness, we meet and touch the world differently.
Our wellbeing improves, our life expands, our impact grows organically and a new story of power begins to emerge.
My Journey
The Doorway
I know first-hand how easy it is to get caught up in the race of life. Endlessly striving to do more and be more in the hope that it will lead you to feel whole, fulfilled and happy.
On the surface, you appear together, highly organised, always willing to help and in control of your life. You perform highly at work and your career is 'on track'. You seem to have an incredible ability to juggle the demands of your role with those of your everyday life.
You have it all.
But it comes at a cost.
Underneath the well-kept appearances, you may be fuelled by an under-current of stress and anxiety. Your mind is whirring relentlessly. While a part of you is enjoying the success and accolades you rightly deserve, there is also a part of you who feels exhausted, depleted and unfulfilled.
Self-doubt and anxiety become constant companions as you wonder when you will be found out.
Keeping up the perfect facade and working so incredibly hard in every area of your life to be seen, appreciated and valued is eroding your sense of who you are on every level: physically, mentally and emotionally.
Perhaps you feel disconnected. From yourself and your life. Your emotional struggles might be starting to affect your health too. You realise that the path you're on is no longer sustainable.
Your desire for more is a doorway…
If you have a deep scar, that is a door. If you have an old, old story, that is a door... If you yearn for a deeper life, a full life, a sane life, that is a door.
— Clarissa Pinkola Estes
How I Can Support You
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Tending the Self
A 3- or 6-month somatic immersion for women on the edge of burnout who are ready to pause, replenish, and return to themselves.
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Wisdom Within™ Training
Deepen your impact as a practitioner by integrating nervous system-informed, body-centered approaches into your work with women.
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Unhurried
A 7-week self-paced journey to slow down, restore your energy, and reconnect with your radiance through rest.
What to Expect When Working with me
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Gained not only from my personal, lived-in experiences but also from the multiple, in-depth trainings, certifications and accreditations I gained from reputable sources.
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A safe, non-judgmental, trauma-informed space to invite awareness and change, where you are welcome just as you are.
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Clarity on why certain behavioural patterns keep repeating themselves, and the confidence to create change.
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A deep inner resilience and sense of self-worth, wholeness and sovereignty that will forever change the way you live and lead, enable you to step more fully into who you truly are and expand in every area of your life.
What Women Are Saying
Ready to begin.
If something in you is saying "yes" - to support, to transformation, to deepening your practice - I invite you to book a complimentary discovery call.
We'll explore where you are, what you're longing for, and whether working together feels aligned.