I’m so glad you’re here.

I’m Anouk, a somatic life and career coach, and this is the Slow Down Club: a space for sensitive, ambitious women who are ready to stop pushing and start listening to what their body already knows.

I work with women in the messy middle of a transition (new motherhood, a career crossroads, midlife, entrepreneurship) who are ready to stop staying small and step into their most alive, creative and whole selves. My approach is trauma-informed and nervous system-led, blending somatic awareness, slow feminine practices and grounded coaching. I offer one-to-one coaching and small group programmes, in person in London and online.

My story

Ten years ago, it probably looked like I was “successful” from the outside: a stable job at Google, a new house, two young daughters, a partner. I’d ticked all the milestones.

But on the inside, I was running on adrenaline and had been for years. Chronically tense. Disconnected from myself. Overgiving in every direction.

My body had been giving me subtle, and then not-so-subtle, cues for a long time, but it took a full-on burnout for me to pay attention.

The turning point

After trying so many different therapies and modalities, it was somatic work that led me back home to myself.

Instead of trying to think or fix my way through the tension, which I’d been doing for years, I was guided to feel it. To notice where it lived in my body. To stop overriding what was there, and start listening to it and moving with it instead.

For the first time, I understood what it meant to be in my body rather than just in my head. And from that place, I was able to access my real desires, my creative aliveness and my inner knowing.

Life now

I live a relatively slow life in a big city: cycling everywhere, getting into the forest whenever I can, family dinners most nights, and making room for connection, movement and rest. I’m fuelled by long conversations, dancing in the kitchen, swimming in the sea, and getting lost in new places with my family. I love dark chocolate and a good book.

Background and training

I have a background in community and programme management across startups, charities and, most recently, Google. After leaving Google, I trained in leadership coaching with Helen Sieroda at Wise Goose, and later in feminine embodiment coaching with Jenna Ward at the School of Embodied Arts.

Work with me

If any of this resonates and you’d like to explore working together, I’d love to speak with you. My coaching container, Embodied Confidence, is one place to begin.

START HERE: simply answer a few questions and I’ll be in touch to set up a time to talk.