Executive Coaching for Experienced Women in Not-for-Profit Organisations
Helping experienced women stop second-guessing themselves, trust their judgement and make confident decisions.
You have spent years building your career, earning the respect of colleagues and taking on increasing responsibility because you care deeply about making a difference. Yet somewhere along the way, making decisions has become harder than it used to be. You find yourself thinking things through more than once, wondering whether you have missed something, or seeking reassurance before acting in situations that once felt straightforward.
Every week I speak to experienced women who tell me they have "lost their confidence." I rarely believe that is what has happened.
I believe they have gradually stopped trusting their own judgement after years of navigating organisational politics, competing priorities and the unspoken expectations that so often accompany senior leadership.
My role is to help you rebuild that self-trust so you can lead with clarity, quiet authority and confidence in your own decisions.
Why This Happens
You haven't become less capable.
If anything, you have become more experienced.
You have managed change, led teams through uncertainty, balanced competing priorities and continued to deliver for your organisation, often whilst navigating significant changes in your own life.
For many women, midlife can also bring caring responsibilities for ageing parents, changing hormones and a growing awareness that simply working harder is no longer the answer.
Over time, these experiences can subtly change the relationship you have with yourself. Rather than trusting your own judgement, you begin analysing every decision more carefully, preparing more thoroughly than feels necessary and looking to others for reassurance before moving forward.
From the outside, you remain highly capable.
On the inside, making decisions can feel far more complicated than they once did.
Why I Understand This Work
Before establishing my coaching practice, I spent twenty-five years working in not-for-profit organisations, including twenty years in senior leadership roles.
I understand the complexity of member-led organisations because I have lived it.
I know what it feels like to balance competing stakeholder expectations, navigate organisational politics and make difficult decisions whilst knowing that every choice will be viewed from multiple perspectives.
Most importantly, I understand what it feels like to quietly question yourself whilst everyone around you assumes you have everything under control.
That experience shapes every coaching conversation I have.
I don't coach these environments from the outside.
I know them from the inside.
How we work together
My coaching is built around one simple belief and that is confidence is rarely the starting point. Self-trust is.
Using my Self-Trust Method, we'll work together to help you:
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trust your judgement again
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make decisions with greater clarity
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navigate organisational politics without losing yourself
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speak with quiet authority
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establish healthy professional boundaries
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lead in a way that is sustainable for both your career and your wellbeing.
Ways to Work With Me
Whether you're looking for personalised executive coaching or prefer to begin with guided self-reflection, there is a pathway designed to meet you where you are.
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The Midlife Reset Series - short online experiences
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The Empowerment Pathway™ - online coaching programme
You don't need to become a different leader and you don't need another leadership programme. You don't need someone to tell you how to be more confident and you don't need to read another self-help book or listen to a podcast.
You simply need to reconnect with the judgement, wisdom and leadership that have been there throughout your career.
If that resonates with you, I'd be delighted to have a confidential conversation to explore whether coaching is the right next step.
With warmth and encouragement,
Louise
Founder of Empowered Midlife Coaching
"Working with Louise has been life-changing. I went from feeling stuck and invisible to finally having clarity and confidence about what I want. The Empowerment Pathway programme gave me the space to dream again—and the support to make those dreams real."
- Sarah, 52
"I didn’t realise how much I was holding myself back until I started coaching with Louise. She has this incredible way of listening deeply and gently guiding you to your own truth. Every session left me feeling lighter, stronger, and more in tune with myself."
Jacqueline, 47
"The Empowerment Pathway programme helped me reconnect with the woman I used to be—and the one I want to become. I’d been so focused on everyone else for so long that I forgot I mattered too. Now, I’m making changes I never thought possible."
Anita, 55