Human Intelligence Coach

Human intelligence is the way I describe coaching that works with your whole system — your brain, your body, your relationships, your environment, your history, and the world you're operating in. Most coaching focuses just on thinking. My coaching brings wider context in, because how you feel, sleep, breathe, use your time and move changes how you think, decide and lead. The world is increasingly shaped by artificial intelligence, which makes it more important than ever to understand what makes us human — and how we give ourselves the best chance to lead and live well.

Physical intelligence is one of the methodologies I draw on in my human intelligence coaching work. It's the science of how the chemicals in your body - hormones and neurotransmitters - shape your performance, your decisions and your relationships. It's not about fitness. It's about understanding why you react the way you do under pressure, and learning practical techniques to manage your own chemistry so you can think more clearly, recover more quickly and lead more steadily.

I'm a certified Physical Intelligence coach and use Bodysmart, an assessment tool that measures the impact of this work on energy, stress, burnout and thinking under pressure.

Physical intelligence sits alongside other approaches I bring to my coaching - emotional intelligence, neuroscience, organisational development experience and 25 years of leadership context.

You'll probably feel it before you can fully articulate it. Common signs: you're trying to work out the way forward and can't quite get to the root of it. You're at a crossroads - a change of role, a shift of identity, a life transition - and you want to make choices with intention.

You've outgrown old patterns but haven't built the new ones yet.

You want to feel more like yourself again, clearer and more resilient. You're ready for change, and you want to navigate it with a thinking partner.

Training gives you knowledge. Mentoring gives you advice from someone who's walked the path. Coaching gives you clarity, insight and lasting behavioural change tailored to you. Coaching is the right choice when you don't just want answers - you want to understand the real problem in context, build habits that last, and work at the level of mindset, identity and meaning, not just skills.

Choosing a coach is a personal decision - you're choosing a partner for an important phase of work, not buying a service. Look for someone you can be honest with and feel safe with. Someone with real depth of experience who can navigate complexity, not just ask questions. Someone who can explain how they work and what the journey might look like. Someone who can challenge you with care. Someone you feel a genuine chemistry with. And someone who can show you evidence of impact, not just testimonials.

A typical engagement starts with a free chemistry conversation. Then a kick-off session - for organisational clients, this often includes a three-way meeting with your manager to align on goals.

We use feedback, profiling and Bodysmart assessments to build a clear picture. Then a series of coaching sessions with practical work in between - building habits, testing approaches, iterating.

For organisational clients, we have a three-way review with your manager partway through. The work usually runs across six sessions of 90 minutes each.

I'm based in Leeds and work with clients in person across Yorkshire and London. I work with clients across the UK and internationally online. The format we use is shaped by what works best for you.

Pricing depends on whether you're funding the work yourself or your organisation is sponsoring it. Get in touch and we can discuss the right approach for your situation.