One-to-one coaching
Work out what you need right now, and make the call that's right for you. We start with The Reset, a 90-minute session, then three or six months if it's useful.
One-to-one coachingWho am I, now?
a baby · a redundancy · a new career
Self-awareness you can use.
when the old answers stop fitting.
Most of us accepted the way we work without ever consciously choosing it. But work shapes who we are and what success looks like, so when something shifts, we start to question everything.
That's usually when people find me: a big decision ahead, and not much trust in their own judgement.
- Do I stay or go?
- Can I even afford to leave?
- What's in my control right now?
fieldwork on your own life.
Social scientists learn about people by watching what they do. I teach you to do the same with your own life.
Who you are keeps moving, so there's no answer I can give you. You leave with a handful of rules you can use in your own life instead.
"What makes me happy?"
too big to answer
"When was I happy this week?"
something you can write down
"We spent time designing systems that bring out my best to use when I'm at my worst."
what people say.
“The actual issue you helped me unpick was not treating this as a work problem, but recognising that this was a point of tension held in the many aspects of being [me].”
“As a result of working with Ella, I was able to confidently negotiate a 4-day week, on the same pay, with only one day in the office.”
“There are no vague affirmations or encouraging you to simply ‘follow your passion’. Ella is all about the specifics.”
ways to work with me.
Field guides
Start with self-trust, free: a short guide to trusting your own judgement again.
Field guidesFor organisations
Talks and workshops for people coming back from caregiving leave or a sabbatical: who they are now, how that fits the job, and the relationships that make it work.
for organisationsfree field guide
rebuilding self-trust.
"When did I like myself most today?"
Study yourself for two weeks. One question every day for a week, and then one tiny thing to do like it's your job for the next.
Hello, I'm Ella
Social scientist and coach, based in Lisbon. Over a decade in behaviour and culture change before I set up on my own. I think you can be good at your job and a human being at the same time, and most of my work is finding out how.
"Ella combines razor intellect with social intelligence."