I’m Francesca - an Integral coach, facilitator, and trainer. I support people to create growth and fulfilment for themselves and others through the power of resilient relationships.

"It is in the shelter of each other that the people live.” - Celtic proverb

Change starts with you.

All you need to get started is your curiosity, and the courage to explore new ground.

Resilient relationships are the currency of change, the foundation of innovative and productive organisations, and essential for a fulfilled life.

I build capacity for radical new ways of leading and creating resilient relational cultures through powerful facilitation, training and coaching that supports people to create what matters most to them.

I am an Integral Development Coach and Lewis Deep Democracy Instructor and Facilitator. I have trained extensively in Conflict Mediation, Systemic Coaching, the Enneagram, and Integral Team Coaching. I weave all these skills into unique, holistic support that creates swift, transformative and lasting change.

My vision is a world where curiosity, perseverance, responsibility, honesty, compassion and courage are foundational qualities at work and in all relationships.

Support makes change possible.

So please be in touch. I would love to meet you and begin our work together.

Work with me

For Individuals

  • Integral Development Coaching is grounded in a developmental psychological model which attends to the holistic nature of being human: your emotions, cognition, behaviour and body, culture and language, spirituality, surrounding system, and relationships.

    Through our work together, you will:

    • Work over a set period of time to facilitate deep personal transformation on your specific coaching topics and goals.

    • Develop deeper awareness of your behavioural patterns, your values, your resources, and how what you are doing is serving your highest potential.

    • Receive support in navigating challenges with relationships, and learn how to improve the quality of your relationships in an ever changing world - including your relationship with yourself.

    • Receive a personalised development plan tailored to your specific challenges and opportunities.

    • Look at root causes of what’s arising for you, and explore what exactly you are up to and how that is serving your intentions in life.

    • Encounter more fully the unique strengths and resources you have to offer yourself and others.

    My coaching is warm, insightful, and resourcing. Ultimately, my job as your coach is to create space for you to clearly see who you are, connect to your values and resources, and move forward with self-trust and clarity.

    If this sounds like the right coaching approach for you, let’s connect.

  • The Enneagram is one of the most powerful and dynamic systems in existence for seeing and understanding our unconscious inner experience, behavioural patterns and motivations. It is also a system that unlocks your capacity for deep empathy and compassion - for yourself and others.

    It is not about putting people into rigid boxes. In fact, it’s the very opposite.

    Personality is just a complex strategy for getting your instinctual needs met.

    The Enneagram is less concerned about this rigid way of navigating in the world, and more concerned with being an open window through which you can dis-identify with your unconscious behaviour, see clearly your motivations, and become more freely who you are.

    It not a static system, in fact, it has a growth model integrated within it.

    You will benefit from Enneagram coaching if:

    • You are just starting to explore the Enneagram and want to understand the system and begin to explore what your type might be.

    • You have self-typed and want support confirming the type or wish to explore it more deeply.

    • You want to dive deeper into the Enneagram and understand more about its layers such as: Wing, Instincts, Trifix, The Centres of Intelligence, Object Relations, and Resource lines of stress and integration.

    • You are a coach and want to learn more about the Enneagram to decide if you wish to do further training in the Enneagram to expand your practice in support of your clients.

    • You are a leader of a team or organisation, are curious about how the Enneagram can support your organisation to mature and build a better relational culture.

    • You want the support of the Enneagram to work through current relational difficulty in your life.

    Get in touch to set up an exploratory session.

For Groups & Pairs

  • I support teams create cultures of high performance and high trust.

    In a bespoke team coaching process, you will develop as a team by:

    • Practicing new ways of taking responsibility, communicating candidly, and expressing appreciation.

    • Creating space to learn from past projects and how to apply this learning to future action.

    • Connecting to team purpose, values and resources.

    • Establishing responsibility and commitment to team purpose, values and outcomes.

    • Enabling participative decision making that weave in diverse points of view.

    • Creating the safety to share views that enable honest conversations and breakthroughs.

    Get in touch to discuss bringing team coaching to your organisation.

  • I offer facilitation in a wide array of different relational and organisational contexts. My facilitation style works with group dynamics, enabling diverse views to surface, and supporting groups to engage with difference in order to generate creative solutions together and establish responsibility and buy in from all involved.

    Participants will learn by experiencing practical facilitation tools that they can begin to apply themselves in their day to day contexts, creating more innovative, dynamic and participative conversations that positively impact their systems and create the work that matters most to them.

    Get in touch to discuss how facilitation can support your team or group.

  • If you find yourself stuck in conflict, I can support you to navigate through it towards growth and new opportunities for living, working, and relating together.

    Mediation is a structured process which allows time and space for listening to both perspectives, understanding the core of issue or challenges, clarifying where there is divergence and commonality, and making decisions together based on these insights.

    I offer support to:

    • Colleagues, team members, leaders

    • Business parters

    • Friends in conflict

    • Partners or family members in conflict

    Get in touch if you have a stuck issue or relationship conflict that needs transformation.

Deep Democracy

  • Lewis Deep Democracy is a social technology based on participative dialogue and conflict transformation.

    In this training programme, you will learn powerful and adaptable skills you can start integrating immediately across your life that equip you to navigate complex interpersonal dynamics and polarisation (and support others to do the same).

    You will learn how to:

    • Work generatively with difference, difficult behaviour, conflict and tension.

    • Create spaces where conflicting views can be expressed and heard, fostering high trust, participative, innovative, and respectful cultures.

    • Read the dynamics of a group, recognise early signs of resistance, understand the root causes of conflict and polarisation and how it manifests within group dynamics.

    • Manage your own views and opinions while authentically encouraging others to share their own (even if they are different to yours).

    • Deliver simple, key statements that address “elephants in the room”.

    • Make decisions that gain buy-in and establish responsibility, while weaving in diverse points of view. Understand the wisdom in the “no”.

    • Shift how you relate to tension and conflict, and understand the creative possibility conflict offers, as well as it’s potential to strengthen relationships.

    • Understand the obstacles to good communication and develop new ways of speaking and sharing views that enable a culture of understanding.

    • Skilfully diagnose and intervene in situations where people are stuck.

    • Resolve relational and group tension or conflict instead of allowing anger and blaming to bubble away or escalate.

    Get in touch to explore bringing this training to your team, group, or organisation.

Testimonials

  • "I have been fortunate enough to attend regular group supervision sessions with Francesca and this has been an extremely enriching experience. Also, on several occasions I have participated in coaching circles she has facilitated. Francesca has a fantastic ability to create an environment of trust and growth, actively listening and asking thought-provoking questions that guide us toward our collective or personal goals. The group dynamic is truly transformative, and I leave each session with a deeper self-awareness, a sense of calm and a clear path for personal and professional development. Thank you, Francesca."

    Beth, Team Coaching Client

  • "Francesca challenges your thinking in a way that fosters learning and growth. She helps you to see yourself and others from different perspectives and can help you see the world with new eyes. She has an excellent way of framing things that surfaces that which is hidden and gives language to something you knew instinctively but couldn’t quite articulate. She is transparent, so you understand the process and the meaning behind different activities and practices. She is generous with her time and energy whilst modelling boundaries. This gives permission for others to set their own boundaries and be open about them. Her warmth and composure give you a sense of ease, making it feel comfortable to step out of your comfort zone and try something new."

    Tamsyn, Deep Democracy Training Participant and Colleague

  • "Deep Democracy has provided me with a new lens in which to view both day to day work situations as well as larger challenges. Applying the principles and practices has fundamentally shifted how I approach working with people, leading to deeper engagements from groups and more insightful solutions. Francesca's knowledge and passion of this subject were pivotal in my learning and I value her thoughtful and compassionate facilitation throughout this process."

    Sharon, Deep Democracy Training Participant and Colleague

  • "Francesca is an exceptional facilitator and teacher, with a very natural ability to read the room, and follow the group. This is enhanced by her warmth and compassion and willingness to learn and grow. She is both technically strong and intuitive. It was a privilege to be a part of her accreditation and training."

    Jenny, Deep Democracy Supervisor

  • "Francesca cultivated a rapport and trust within our supervision group. She is open, honest and authentic in her persona, and she brings a very calm, gentle, and curious approach, which aids in bringing about valuable, respectful, and inclusive group discussion. Francesca frequently signposts our supervision group to useful psychological information and educational resources and references, which augment our supervision sessions. I would not hesitate to recommend her."

    Lindy, Team Coaching Client

  • "Francesca holds the space so beautifully, her style is soft, compassionate and inclusive. She delivers content with ease and expertise. The learning space she creates is free from judgment and allows participants to practice in complete safety. I would highly recommend."

    Nina, Deep Democracy Training Participant

  • "I thoroughly enjoyed Deep Democracy with Francesca. Francesca shared her knowledge and skill in Deep Democracy in a way that was digestible, using personal stories to bring the content to life. Francesca brings a genuine appreciation for the tools and techniques that spreads an energy in the room that made the sessions fun, interesting and engaging. Her warmth and encouragement made it easy for me to step out of my comfort zone, trying out new techniques in a space that felt safe to me. The tools and ways of thinking I have taken from this training have already been incredibly useful giving structure to how I navigate my way through different group processes, decision making and dynamics."

    Lucy, Deep Democracy Training Participant and Colleague

  • "Working with Francesca was my first experience with the Enneagram. She was a brilliant guide and teacher, providing a gentle introduction and grounding for our conversations, and for my personal reflection and practice outside of our sessions together. Francesca created a safe space to explore some tender questions, and the process she facilitated helped me to gain new insight into myself and my relationships. I would recommend Francesca to anyone interested in learning more about the Enneagram, building greater self-awareness, and finding routes for growth and connection."

    Maddie, Coaching Client