ABOUT PHILIP

Helping people reconnect with who they truly are — in life and in work.

For more than 40 years, I've explored one question: "what allows human beings to feel more fully alive, authentic, and connected — both to themselves and to one another?"

LAW TO DRAMA TO HUMAN CONNECTION

From rules to roles, from intellect to embodiment.

I began with a degree in Law before training at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. That movement shaped much of what would follow. My background in drama became more than performance training — it became a lifelong study of identity, communication, emotional truth, presence, and the stories we unconsciously live inside.

Over time I found myself drawn toward the deeper dynamics beneath leadership, organisations, and relationships — not simply how people perform, but how they connect, how they communicate, and how they become more fully themselves.

    The throughline

    Many worlds, the same fascination underneath.

    At first glance these fields may seem unrelated. But underneath them all has been the same question: how human beings hide, adapt, perform, protect themselves — and how they rediscover what is most real within them.

    First chapter
    Law

    A degree in Law — the world of rules, argument, and structure.

    Training
    Drama & acting

    Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. From rules to roles — a lifelong study of identity, presence, and embodiment began here.

    Building a career
    Advertising & storytelling

    Narrative and behavioural change work with organisations, learning how stories shape belief and action.

    25+ years
    Executive coaching & leadership

    Working internationally with leaders and teams — including more than 25 years alongside The Mind Gym — on behavioural psychology, cultural change, and sustainable transformation.

    Alongside it all
    Yoga & somatic awareness

    A parallel practice of embodiment and breath, deepening the inner half of the same enquiry.

    Today
    Coaching, yoga & voice

    A way of working that is both psychologically deep and deeply human — helping people move beyond performance, conditioning, and disconnection, toward authenticity, clarity, and connection.

    A HUMAN-CENTRED APPROACH TO CHANGE

    Throughout my career I've worked internationally with leaders, organisations, and teams seeking more honest, meaningful, and human ways of working together — including collaborations, through narrative and behavioural change initiatives, with organisations such as:

      Disney · HBO · UNICEF · ASDA · Fortune 500 companies

      Plus more than 25 years working alongside The Mind Gym on behavioural psychology and cultural change

        It's not about becoming someone else. It is about uncovering what has always been there beneath adaptation and self-protection."

        ON STORYTELLING, PRESENCE & TRANSFORMATION

        THE HUMAN ELEMENT

        Transformation begins when people feel genuinely met.

        Not managed. 

        Not fixed. 

        Not reshaped into an ideal. 

        But seen.

        Much of modern life pulls us away from ourselves — toward performance, image, speed, and disconnection. When people reconnect with themselves more truthfully, everything changes: how they lead, communicate, relate, and live.

        Reflection

        Honesty

        Emotional awareness

        Embodied presence

        Deep human connection

        WHAT SHAPES MY WORK

        i.

        Executive coaching

        ii.

        Psychosynthesis

        iii.

        Behavioural psychology

        iv.

        Story telling and narrative work

        v.

        Drama & embodiment practices

        vi.

        Yoga and somatic awareness

        vii.

        Decades of leadership & organisational development

        viii.

        A lifelong, personal enquiry

        BEGIN THE CONVERSATION

        If any of this speaks to where you are right now,
        I'd love to hear from you.

        Coaching, yoga, and voice work — all rooted in the same longing for authentic BEING.