
Why Coaching Matters in Times of Transformation
Coaching for Staff, Leaders & Changemakers Committed to Justice
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In times of collapse and complexity, leadership is not about control - it is about capacity. The capacity to listen deeply, to hold power with care, and to make decisions that align with both values and systemic realities. At Relate & Transform, we see coaching not as a luxury or an individual fix, but as a deeply relational and political act. Coaching is one of the most powerful tools we have to bridge the personal and the structural, the inner and the outer, the now and the not-yet.
Whether you're navigating a holding leadership in a change-resistant organisation, you are confronted with freeze state within yourself or your organisation or reckoning with your own privilege and impact - coaching can offer space to realign, reflect, and regenerate.
Our Coaching Stance: More Than Performance. A Practice of Integrity.
Our coaching is rooted in anti-oppression, trauma-awareness, somatics, and systemic insight. It is designed for people who are not just asking “how do I cope?” but “how do I thrive and show up differently in the systems I am part of?”
This is coaching that honours both personal transformation and collective responsibility.
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This is not coaching for optimisation. This is coaching for transformation. For depth. For dignity.
For the futures we’re longing for and working to build.
Our Coaching is Ideal For:
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Staff and leaders yearning for emotionally attuned spaces where they can be heard, seen, and valued without judgment. Spaces to ground and nourish and be resourcing and help to regulate own fears, uncertainties or shame.
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Teams seeking to cultivate collective emotional intelligence and mutual care as foundations for sustainable action
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(NGO) Leaders working through legacy dynamics of saviourism, hierarchy, or burnout
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Workers in humanitarian sectors navigating moral distress, cultural dissonance, or institutional contradictions
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White leaders committed to transforming complicity into responsibility
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BIPoC professionals carrying the double burden of performance and resistance
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Movement and collective leaders seeking to deepen their leadership beyond perfectionism
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Leaders and staff members who wish for spaces for orientation, reflection and action learning in times of rising fascism, backlash
Ready to begin your coaching
journey?
We offer a complimentary consultation to explore fit, clarify goals, and co-design your coaching process.
Our coaching offers are available online or in person in Berlin or London.
What We Offer Through Coaching
Individual Coaching for Leaders & Changemakers
Led by Timo-Lia & Jamie, our coaching supports:
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Professionals navigating the weight of leadership within unjust or extractive systems
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White and/or institutionally privileged individuals engaging with accountability and unlearning
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BIPoC leaders facing burnout, invisibilisation, tokenism or extractive “representation” in global institutions
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Staff members, e.g. social or humanitarian workers in high-stress contexts seeking to sustain their values under pressure
Each coaching journey is an invitation to build the muscle of discernment, so you can lead from a place of alignment, not anxiety; with clarity, not collapse.
Relational Coaching for Pairs & Teams
In collaboration, Jamie & Timo-Lia offer team or dyadic coaching for colleagues navigating breakdowns in trust, especially where race, gender, or power are at play. We support:
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Teams stuck in conflict shaped by systemic dynamics
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Staff pairings (e.g. BIPoC and white colleagues) needing support to move beyond defensiveness toward repair
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Organisational leaders ready to confront harm and build toward relational integrity
These are not superficial team-building exercises. These are facilitated, courageous spaces for repair, growth, and reimagining what trust and power-sharing can look like.
Why Coaching, Why Now?
In the context of anti-oppression consulting and organisational transformation, coaching plays a crucial role. It ensures that:
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Change is embodied, not just designed
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Leaders are equipped to hold discomfort without retreating into defensiveness
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Internal culture shifts are sustainable, not performative
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Accountability becomes a practice, not a punishment
As we hospice dying systems and cultivate just beginnings, coaching becomes a vital companion - a space to metabolise complexity, locate integrity, and act with intention.