Ellipsis coaching

Hi! I’m Tanya. I help socially responsible entrepreneurs and purpose driven founders to overcome feeling overwhelmed, so that they can reconnect with their spark and have real impact!

You began with a fire in your belly and a mission to make a difference. Somehow some of that got a little lost along the way and I want to help you find it again.

I’m driven by having a positive impact and the way I do that is by supporting others who are also trying to have impact - be that socially, environmentally or ethically.

The people I work with have a strong values based drive to what they do. You give a ****!

You are purpose led and passionate about making a difference. You are smart, innovative, creative thinkers, with high standards, high levels of integrity, you care and you want to make a difference.

But 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻.

You have finite resources, particularly of time and energy. And sometimes when those resources get depleted, your spark, that passion you began all this with, it dims a bit.

Which worries me, because right now, we need as many socially responsible entrepreneurs out there making a difference as we possibly can have. 💚

Individual 1:1 coaching packages start from £860 GBP for 6 sessions.

Want to talk a bit more about how I can support you?
📆📞💻 Book in for a free consultation call. Booking link in comments👇

What can actually change in 45 minutes? More than you might think…

I received this feedback from a startup founder following a one-off coaching session (part of a charity event where I donated my time):

"𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 - 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘹𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘦... 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱𝘴 𝘢𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥, 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘶𝘳𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦 - 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳."

As a coach working with socially responsible entrepreneurs, feedback like this energises me. In just 45 minutes, this founder went from feeling overwhelmed to having clarity and momentum. That's the power of having someone in your corner who understands both the practical and emotional challenges of running a purpose-driven business.

This kind of impact - helping passionate founders reconnect with their spark and move forward with confidence - is exactly why I do what I do.

📆📞💻 Want to experience this kind of clarity for yourself? Book a free consultation call - link in comments.

Its like you are throwing peas at a wall…

I love it when I learn a new saying.

This one about throwing peas 🟢🟢🟢 is a Russian saying.
Given to me by a client to describe how she was feeling.

It really speaks to me about wanting to have impact and putting in lots of effort.
But coming up against some big immovable object. 🛑

Perhaps it resonates with you too?

That desire to make a difference.
That passion to build your socially or environmentally responsible business.
That wall that we often hit.

Perhaps it is time to stop throwing peas and seek some support? Reach out and talk to a friend, fellow business owner or family member who can empathise and knows what it is like? 🟢🟢🟢 Even if your challenges are not the same as theirs, it can be helpful to share, have a new perspective or just the sense of not being alone.

📆📞💻 If you’d like to talk to me about how can help you overcome feeling overwhelmed, why not book in a free consultation call with me? Booking link in comments👇

Need some space and time to think?

Got some difficult questions on your mind?

I'd like to help you with them!

📆📞💻 Why not book a free consultation call with me? Link in my profile.

What's it like working with me?

In the words of one client:

"𝘐’𝘷𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘵 ...𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘴𝘢𝘺, 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘩𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘢 𝘣𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦… 𝘐𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦, 𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶 !"

📆📞💻 If you would like to talk to me about how I can help you overcome overwhelm, so that you can have impact and fun, why not book a free consultation call with me? Link in my profile.

I stand for quiet purposeful change ✨

The kind of change you get when you show up every day, taking small but significant steps towards your vision of positive impact.

It’s a hard kind of change to market. Slow, steady and incremental doesn’t sound so sexy.

But here's what I've learned from working with socially responsible founders: real, lasting change rarely arrives in dramatic breakthrough moments.
Instead, it builds gradually through:

✨ That extra conversation with a team member
✨ The boundary you set and maintain
✨ The pause you take before responding
✨ The 'no' you say to protect your energy
✨ The small win you remember to celebrate

These seemingly minor shifts compound over time. Like water wearing away at stone - patient, persistent, powerful. 💧🪨

When my clients look back after six months of our work together, they're often surprised by how far they've come. Not through grand gestures or heroic efforts, but through showing up consistently, making intentional micro-adjustments, focusing on progress over perfection.

This is what sustainable change looks like. This is what creates lasting impact.

And this is what I stand for - supporting the quiet revolutionaries who are changing the world, one small step at a time.

What kind of change are you working on right now?

📆📞💻 Want to chat about how I can help you with the change you are seeking? Book a free consultation call - link in comments.

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"𝘐 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘴𝘩*𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦!" 💥

That's what my client said when I asked what she wanted from coaching.

We both smiled and then started laughing - and suddenly everything shifted.

Here's the thing about purpose-driven entrepreneurs: you don't lack passion or purpose.

What you struggle with is staying connected to the IMPACT that originally lit you up.

You start with a spark ✨

You begin building something meaningful 🏗️

Then somewhere in the spreadsheets and operational chaos, you lose sight of why this all mattered in the first place 😕

Sound familiar?

In my latest blog article, I dive deep into what I call "𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘹" - why the very thing that drives you (creating change) can become a source of frustration when progress feels invisible.

I share four foundations that help you reconnect with your original spark:

🧭 Connection to values (your entrepreneurial compass)
🌱 Growth mindset (learning your way to impact)
🎯 Joy and play (the overlooked resilience tool)
🔗 Integration and legacy (the bigger picture)

Plus real client stories (including the "𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘴𝘩*𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦" entrepreneur!) and practical tools you can use immediately.

This is the final piece in my Founder's Resilience Toolkit series - and honestly, it might be the most important one for mission-driven entrepreneurs.

Ready to reconnect with your spark?

👆 Link in comments to read the full article

That felt like magic.

My client arrives and tells me about a situation he found himself in that has left him feeling lost.

He’d taken on a series of projects - they were exciting and he felt he was making good progress.

He then received some unexpected negative feedback from a key stakeholder. They felt he wasn’t doing very well and that nothing was getting completed.

He was taken aback.

The feedback shifted him from feeling he was doing well to feeling he was doing badly.

On reflection, he felt the feedback was fair.
But it left him a bit lost and unresourceful.

He came to me with the question of wanting to understand how he’d gone wrong?
Asking why had he said yes to so many things?
Why did he think things were going well when from another’s point of view they were not?

The answer was - it is completely understandable he said yes to all the things and it felt good.

He loves prototyping.

It sits there as one of his core values. He is entrepreneurial, creative and highly skilled at it. His skill of prototyping is highly valued by others and he is very well paid for it. He feels energised and alive when he is doing this. To be involved in prototyping, creativity and innovation is his measure of success.

He was right in his assessment that things were going well.

However, the stakeholder had a different measure of success to my client's one. They were measuring it against a measure of projects being completed.

The focus of this story is not about the missed opportunity for clarity around success criteria, but about what our values based conversion did for my client.

It halted him in his tracks.
He shifted from feeling fed up and lost.
He stopped being so down on himself.

Suddenly he could look at what had happened with compassion and give himself some grace.

It is understandable that someone who loves prototyping says yes to all the opportunities to do this!

This was a bit of an ‘aha’ moment.
He became energised again and shifted to a problem solving mode, focusing on how to move forward and learn from this.

At the end of our session he asked me how I did that? How did I create this change?

It felt like magic to him.

I’d like to claim I’m magic, but my own core value of integrity won’t let me. The answer is really - it is all about understanding your ‘why’ or your core values and using this tool to help with getting a new perspective.

That perspective can be catalytic and give you much clarity. It can feel magical, but really it is quite logical. Another one of my core values is logic - and all the tools I use in my work are logical and evidence based.

Sharing a little of my own ‘why’; I am a creative thinker, value empowering others and having impact. It is hugely motivational to me to be able to share tools with socially responsible entrepreneurs that empower them and expand their positive impact.

Are you interested in getting some perspective and clarity on some of your current challenges?

📆📞💻 Why not book a free consultation call with me so that I can explain how I might do that? Booking link in comments👇

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🕒 "𝘐 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺!"

Sound familiar? As a coach working with busy founders, I hear this a lot. But here's the thing - what if you could have more impact without needing more time?

I've created a practical tool that helps purpose-driven entrepreneurs identify their peak performance patterns. It's already helping founders:

💥 Match high-priority work to their most effective times
💥 Stop fighting against their natural energy flows
💥 Make strategic decisions about when to tackle different tasks
💥 Increase their impact without working longer hours

One founder recently told me:

"𝘐'𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘰𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦. 𝘐𝘵 𝘬𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘬𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘶𝘱 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘸𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘧 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘵. 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘺 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘐'𝘮 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘭 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘢𝘵 𝟣𝟣𝘢𝘮 (𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘦 !) - 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘐 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐’𝘷𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘴 𝘐’𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦."

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Hi! 👋

I'm Tanya and I work with socially responsible entrepreneurs (or as I sometimes phrase it - people who give a ****!) to help them overcome feeling overwhelmed, so they can reconnect with their spark and have real impact!

Based in North East Scotland near the beautiful Moray coast, I support purpose-driven founders globally through their entrepreneurial journeys. Having founded or co-founded six businesses myself, I understand the rollercoaster ride of entrepreneurship - both its thrills and challenges. 🎢

My mission? To help you not just achieve your goals, but genuinely enjoy the journey of creating positive change.

📆📞💻 Want to chat about working together? Book a free consultation call - link in comments.