The Groundwork
Eco-Somatic COaching for the Times We’re In
£200 a month
The world is cracking. What will you grow in its place?
The Groundwork is for people who want to meet collapse with clarity and compassion, not just cope.
For those who are done with fixing and striving, and ready to build something rooted in relationship, resourced by embodied wisdom, and responsive to the world as it is.
This is eco-somatic coaching for the slow, foundational work of reconnection to your body, your values, your communities, and the living world.
Together, we’ll tend to what’s underneath, so you can move through these times with courage, care, and conviction.
So many of us are caught in an exhausting cycle of striving:
trying to be more, do more, prove more, just to feel okay.
Underneath it all is a hunger to make a difference, to live with meaning, and to be more human. But in a world that’s burning out people and the planet, it’s easy to feel like nothing is ever enough.
We inherit patterns of perfectionism, overthinking, control from systems that reward overwork and disconnection. We've been trained to pave over our instincts and our embodied knowing. You’ve tried the hacks and the self-help. You’ve read the books and done the mindset work. But something still feels stuck.
Your inner critic tells you to try harder, even when you’re running on empty. You long for clarity and freedom, but feel anxious loosening your grip. You crave a life that’s aligned with your values, but the noise of the world keeps pulling you off course.
And if you’re honest, you’re also carrying your grief for genocide, for ecocide, for climate disasters, for the relentless pace of life and consumerism, for the parts of yourself you’ve had to push down just to get by.
Change is possible. We can generate a different future.
Authenticity isn’t about performance. Resilience isn’t about pushing through. This work is about unearthing your humanity, and learning to move from a deeper centre, one rooted in connection, compassion, and choice.
This is where The Groundwork begins.
is this you?
Eco-somatic coaching is for purpose-driven individuals ready to step away from perfectionism and self-brutalisation and into a way of living and leading that feels authentic and regenerative.
It’s for creators, solopreneurs, coaches, and changemakers who are tired of chasing ‘more’ and ready to embrace what is truly theirs to do and live in integrity with what really matters.
It’s for the people who are trying to meet the ecological, political, and personal uncertainty of this moment without losing themselves in despair or denial.
It’s for recovering perfectionists, overthinkers, and overachievers who:
Hear their inner critic urging them to try harder and be better, even though they’re already running on empty.
Feel stuck in a cycle of overthinking and self-doubt, constantly second-guessing their decisions.
Long for clarity and self-trust but feel untethered and anxious in the face of uncertainty.
Crave freedom and flow but are afraid to loosen their grip on control.
Want to live in alignment with their values but feel pulled off course by life’s demands.
Yearn for a way to live and work that honours their whole selves.
This is for you if you’re ready to lay the Groundwork for how you want to show up to meet these times with courage, authenticity, and maybe even ease.
Rise Rooted with An Embodied Framework for Self-Leadership
The Groundwork is a bespoke coaching journey designed to meet you where you are; it adapts to your unique needs and goals. Each session is a space for reflective exploration, where you’ll uncover insights and practices to integrate into your daily life. With a toolbox rather than a fixed curriculum, each session is a co-created space where we tend what is emerging in service of actionable, embodied change.
You can read more about how I work here.
What's Included
1:1 Coaching Calls: One 60-minute session tailored to your current goals and challenges.
On-Demand Coaching: Stay connected between sessions with voicenote coaching using Signal and email support for real-time insights and reflections.
Exclusive Client Portal: Access session summaries, personalised tools, and space for reflecting on your practices.
Tending Practices: Draw on resources like the Inner Needs Compass, nature connection practices, self-regulation tools, and embodied decision-making, all tailored to your needs, to support your unfolding.
Unlimited cheerleading and someone to call you out with care: Sometimes you need someone to remind you of your excellence and celebrate your wins. Sometimes you need someone to call out the bulls**t that's holding you back. I'll do both with love.
The Seeds We'll Nurture
Through The Groundwork, you’ll cultivate a deeper connection to yourself and your innate wisdom. I want to help you:
Nurture Resilience: Learn tools to manage stress and navigate life’s uncertainties with confidence and grace.
Trust Yourself: Make decisions with clarity and confidence, free from overthinking or doubt.
Navigate Uncertainty: Cultivate the emotional flexibility to embrace challenges and adapt with grace, clarity, authenticity, and purpose.
Lead From Your Values: Strengthen your relationship with yourself and align your actions with what truly matters to you.
Gain Perspective: Work with a coach who will listen deeply, celebrate your wins, and gently call you out when you need it.
Reclaim Your Agency: Show up fully, with confidence in who you are and what you stand for.
Your Investment In Yourself
£200/month subscription
Minimum commitment: 3 months.
This coaching journey includes personalised sessions, ongoing support, and a suite of tools and resources designed to empower you in your self-leadership journey.
Unlike traditional coaching packages, the subscription model allows for ongoing support that adapts to your evolving needs, offering an unfolding at your pace without a rigid timeline.
I care about who i work with
I work with a limited number of 1:1 clients so that I can walk my talk and invest in our coaching relationship. I only take on two new clients a month.
Will you be one of them?
and that’s not all…
You might be delighted to hear that I’m not going to abandon you after 3 months to figure it out by yourself.
Nor do I expect you to keep working with me forever.
That’s exactly the kind of all-or-nothing thinking this work helps us move away from.
Like all good groundwork, this work benefits from seasonal tending. Having created a solid foundation together, you have the option of continuing to meet together for a Seasonal Check-in once every three months. This ritual pays tribute to the bigger cycles at play in our lives and offers you space to reflect, compost what’s no longer needed, and re-seed what wants to grow next.
“The ultimate purpose of inquiry is that it allows us to pause.
In the space of a pause, truth can shine through.”
— Tara Brach
“Vix's experience and practice cover a huge spectrum from head to heart-based work and living. She encourages exploration of the whole person, enabling us to access all that we might be capable of.
I had been stuck in my head for a long time, missing out on body-based feeling and emotional literacy for both myself and my coaching clients. My sessions were often on the edge of my comfort zone - and rightly so! I also found them fun, revelatory and energising.
I’ve now incorporated embodied practices into my daily routines, which is allow me to respond to what my body is telling me in the moment in day-to-day life.”
— Jacqueline Hill, Leadership Coach and Change Mentor
Are You Ready to Begin The Groundwork?
If you're ready to stop circling the same questions, and start laying the foundation for a way of being that can hold you in these times and the ones to come, let's begin.
Simply send me an email, tell me a bit about yourself and what draws you to this work
What Clients say
“I was finding it challenging to maintain a balance between the different areas of life. Vix helped me become more skilled in listening to my body and whole self and to find more of the balance I was seeking. I now have a stronger sense of integrating a range of approaches to a situation, including being able to have a lighter touch.
I absolutely love working with Vix. Her approach feels like a wonderful marriage between intuitive and pragmatic. I feel that in our sessions I really connect with my core and work from there.
I highly recommend working with Vix. She will listen with her whole self to your whole self. In her, you'll find a knowledgable and wise practitioner who will work with you with both kindness and an excellent BS radar!”
— Rowena, Coach and Facilitator
“Vix really listens.
She is smart and feels exactly which way to go in in a conversation, so you end up at the core of the issue. She doesn't judge at all and everything of you is welcome with her. If you are looking for someone who wants you to feel heard, seen and understood so you can hear, see and understand yourself, Vix is your woman.
You will get no quick fixes but I think you will get real changes, even though they might look differently than you originally expected - sometimes the problem is not where you think it is.
Vix is a master at seeing the whole picture of you. Real acceptance, curiosity and a genuinely loving approach are very rare and Vix offers exactly that. 100% recommend!”
— Luca Cornelisse
Why Me?
I’m a recovering perfectionist too, so I get it. I’ve been there : doing all the right things, ticking the boxes, and wondering why it still felt hollow.
I’ve spent years in high-stress environments, from conflict zones and boardrooms to the quiet trenches of self-doubt. I’ve burned out, recalibrated, and rebuilt more times than I can count.
That makes me an experienced companion who knows a thing or two about navigating rough terrain.I’ll walk alongside you, bringing practices drawn from eight years as a certified coach, and shaped by my past lives in the military, international development, and inclusive leadership.
My work is rooted in resilience, relational presence, and learning to work with your natural patterns, not against them. The Groundwork brings together everything I’ve learned about how we reconnect with ourselves, each other, and the world, and how we begin to grow something different in the cracks.