Welcome
Insider Innovator
You're an experienced professional, leading change within established systems - whether that's transforming healthcare delivery, reshaping corporate culture, or pioneering new approaches to education.
You may be confident in the value of your professional expertise, but you're feeling the weight of creating change within established systems that resist doing anything differently.
Pushing against the system is challenging and while you've still got the drive and desire to keep doing the work, you're ready to find a new way that continues to build impact without compromising your wellbeing.
The world needs experienced professionals like you to evolve our struggling systems. The Embodied ChangeMaker programme helps you reconnect with your natural power to create change, working with your body's intelligence rather than against it.
Your passion to serve should not be the pathway to burn out!
THE EMBODIED CHANGEMAKER PROGRAMME
A 12 Session High Performance Coaching Journey for ChangeMakers ready to Lead.
To be embodied is to be deeply connected to yourself so you can recognise symptoms of overwhelm - both yours and others - early enough to course correct and find more empowering ways forward.
Integrating Certified High Performance Coaching and my expertise as a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner working with individuals, teams and communities around the world, the embodied ChangeMaker Programme will take you through 12 transformative sessions to teach you to lead with your whole self.
We’ll use a mix of coaching, neuroscience, teaching and mentoring on the programme and instil the Six Habits of High Performance as the foundation of your transformation.
IS THIS FOR YOU?
Are you...
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Leading transformation in healthcare, education, government departments or corporate environments.
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Navigating complex stakeholder relationships while trying to stay true to your values and vision.
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Seeking ways to leverage your deep experience without depleting yourself.
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Noticing that traditional leadership approaches aren't serving you as well as they once did.
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Ready to bring more of your authentic leadership style to your role.
Then the Embodied ChangeMaker Programme is for you.
CERTIFIED HIGH PERFORMANCE COACHING
and the Six Habits of High Performance
Certified High Performance Coaching is the highest rated coaching process in the industry consistently rated 9.7 out of 10 across more than 100,000 third party evaluated sessions.
High Performance means succeeding beyond standard norms consistently over the long term.
Certified High Performance Coaching is a programme designed to embed the “HP6”- the six habits that matter most in achieving longterm, sustainable, positive life changes, as identified in a 3 year research study of high performers worldwide conducted by the High Performance Institute.
CLARITY
Make decisions that feel deeply right and aligned with your vision.
ENERGY
Work with your natural rhythms to sustain peak performance.
COURAGE
Move forward from genuine strength, not forced willpower.
PRODUCTIVITY
Work with your natural rhythms to sustain peak performance.
INFLUENCE
Inspire change naturally through authentic presence.
NECESSITY
Find the emotional drive that brings meaning to your work & purpose to your life
"Darren has been my performance coach for a year, providing trusted expertise and insightful guidance. His coaching has demonstrably improved how I regulate my most stressful moments, improved my onstage presence and is helping me get the very best performance from my leadership team. I highly recommend him for senior leadership development."
JOCELYN ZANASI, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT & GENERAL MANAGER, UK & IRELAND, PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, SALESFORCE.COM
About the Programme
Through 12 High Performance sessions totalling 20 hours of coaching in a time period that suits you, we'll heal past wounds, rediscover your authentic power, and cultivate the self-leadership essential for making positive change in your life, your community and the world around you.
WHAT'S INCLUDED:
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1 x 3hr Goal Setting Session.
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1 x 2hr Commitment Session.
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10 x 90min Certified High Performance Coaching Sessions,
incorporating Brainspotting if required.
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Deeper dive worksheets for each High Performance Session
so you continue working between sessions.
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Session audio recording for you to download and keep.
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Full session notes provided within 24 hours of each session.
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WhatsApp and email support between sessions.
PROGRAMME OUTLINE - A TASTER...
SESSION #1
GOAL SETTING We’ll be setting the scene by identifying goals for the road ahead, discovering your level of focus, agency and current habits that might be holding you back. We will define Success on your terms and design a pathway to achieving it.
SESSION #2
CLARITY You’ll be identifying where you are right now, getting clear about the values, principles and practices that support your journey to leadership.
SESSION #3
ENERGY You'll be discovering how to generate the power needed to keep moving and achieve your goals, without burning out.
HOW MUCH DOES IT COST?
The Embodied ChangeMaker Programme for Seasoned Innovators can be paid in two or three instalments, or in a lump sum for £100 discount.
If for any reason you are not finding the sessions beneficial you can cancel at any time and get a full refund of any sessions not yet taken.
£4500
Add 6 Hours of Deep Dive sessions to address any resistance that might come up during the programme. This is an intensive process that can uncover deeper blocks that we can't address in the High Performance sessions, so it can be useful to have extra time to focus specifically on those issues and clear them outside the structured programme.
+ £500
Darren is an amazing and skilled practitioner who guided me on a journey of self-discovery and healing. It was totally unexpected and I have learnt a great deal from working with him. I've left our process with greater clarity, purpose and confidence.
AMANDA MITCHELL,
CHOIR LEADER
Working with Darren has enabled us to clarify our vision and take bold steps towards our goals. While sensitively guiding us towards clearer thinking, his positive energy and can-do attitude ensure a thoroughly worthwhile and enjoyable experience. I would not hesitate to recommend him.
KIRSTY WITHER,
ARTIST & GALLERY OWNER
Darren changed my life. I was in a state of transition personally and professionally, and there was a
pandemic going on! Not only did he help me work out what career move to make next, but by session 4, I was already being paid to do work I love!
ADAM BATES, FOUNDER
PEOPLE AND PLANET CONVERSATIONS
ABOUT ME
If you're looking for someone who truly understands the ChangeMaker's journey you've come to the right place.
My path to becoming a High Performance Coach and Mentor for ChangeMakers has been anything but conventional.
As a former opera singer who performed on international stages from the Royal Opera House to Teatro Communale di Bologna, I learned early on about the profound connection between body wisdom and peak performance. This understanding has shaped everything I do.
Since 2014, I've been privileged to guide fellow ChangeMakers through their own transformational journeys, combining my expertise as a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, Certified High Performance Coach, and trauma specialist. But perhaps more importantly, I walk this path alongside you. Every year since 2014, I've recommitted to my own High Performance journey, experiencing fresh insights and deeper transformations each time I take this programme.
This isn't just work for me - it's a way of being that continues to evolve and enrich my life.
Through The Human Hive, which I co-founded in 2015, I've worked with ChangeMakers worldwide, supporting them to create regenerative projects while maintaining their wellbeing. As someone who has designed and delivered transformative programmes from corporate boardrooms to refugee camps, I understand the unique challenges of leading change while staying true to yourself.
HOW WE'LL WORK TOGETHER
My approach is grounded in the belief that your body holds the wisdom you need to lead with impact while staying deeply well. Together, we'll create a safe, nurturing space where you can explore this wisdom, supported by my unique blend of therapeutic expertise, coaching mastery, and lived experience as a multi-passionate ChangeMaker.
I believe that the best guides are those who never stop growing themselves.
When you work with me, you're not just getting a coach - you're gaining a committed ally who understands the complexity of your journey and holds space for your full potential to emerge. Together, we'll discover how your body's wisdom can guide you to lead with greater impact, authenticity, and joy.
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