From reeling to a life on purpose.
Coaching for professionals rebuilding after redundancy, divorce, retirement, loss or burnout.
Coaching for UK professionals aged 40 to 60 whose career or life has just changed shape
and who refuse to drift into whatever comes next.
Redundancy. Divorce. Retirement. Bereavement. Burnout. Whatever ended it, the next 90 days matter more than the last 20 years. I will help you rebuild them deliberately.
Six kinds of disruption.
One way forward.
Redundancy Coaching
Turning the shock of redundancy into a clear plan and a better-chosen next chapter than the one that just ended.
Divorce & Separation Coaching
Rebuilding your footing, confidence and identity when the life you built is being taken apart. Not therapy.
Coaching for Over 55s
Designing a retirement with purpose in it, so the freedom ahead feels like a beginning, not a void.
Career Coaching
For capable professionals who have lost direction or hit a ceiling. Clarity first, then momentum, with a real plan.
Bereavement Coaching
Steady, compassionate support to rebuild after a loss, at your pace. I will signpost to therapy when that is what is needed.
Leadership Coaching
For leaders carrying the loneliness of the top job. Presence, decisions and boundaries: turning pressure into purpose.
The Imperfect Life Coach
"Everything I coach,
I learned by losing everything first".
I was orphaned young. I started adult life with no parents, no safety net and no plan, and I rebuilt a life worth having from scratch, more than once.
That is why my practice is called The Imperfect Life Coach. I have no interest in perfect lives. I work with real ones, after they have been disrupted.
So when I sit across from someone whose career or world has just come apart, I am not reading it from a textbook. I have lived the free-fall, and I know the way back is not luck or positive thinking. It is a series of deliberate decisions, made in the right order, with someone in your corner who has walked it before.
That is the whole of my work.
Helping capable people rebuild, on purpose.
You are trusting someone with your next chapter. Here is why it can be me.
I have rebuilt my own life from the ground up, more than once, so I understand disruption from the inside
15 years coaching leaders, executives and entrepreneurs
20 years leading teams of up to 60 across London, recruiting CEOs and senior leaders
Programmes recommended by The Guardian and featured by the BBC and the World Coaching Forum
Built one of the UK's largest coaching programmes for isolated over-55s in the pandemic, 250 coaches, GP-referred, recommended by Age UK, saving the charity an estimated £250,000
Head of Communications for the European Federation of Road Traffic Victims, working with the UN and WHO
Fully qualified Transformational Life Coach (Dip.)
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This is for you if...
You have been made redundant, or you can see it coming, and the ground has shifted under a career you assumed was solid.
You have retired, or are about to, and the freedom you looked forward to feels more like a void than a reward.
A loved one has died, and with them the shape of the life you had built around them.
You are going through a divorce or separation, and the life you built (the home, the routine, the shared future) is being taken apart, and you do not yet know who you are on the other side of it.
You are burnt out, quietly running on empty, and you know you cannot carry on as you were.
You are capable and experienced, but for the first time you cannot answer the question: who am I without the role, the routine or the person that just disappeared?
If any of that resonates with you, you are exactly who I built The Reinvention Programme for.
100%
Client completion rate
100%
5 star reviews
15
Years coaching exp.
450+
Lives transformed
Real stories. Real reinventions.
What our clients say
"I reached a point in my life where I couldn’t see the wood from the trees, still dealing with the fallout of a toxic relationship, feeling lost with my work and my ambitions. I knew I needed to change; I just didn’t know how to build any kind of structure to get back on my feet. After a few sessions with David, the fog began to lift. It’s been amazing, having support from someone who has genuinely walked your path, someone who understands the mess and the mental noise, and knows how to cut through it. He has guided me into a much healthier place mentally and emotionally. I can see a lot more clearly; I feel more confident, like I’ve finally broken through barriers that were quietly holding me back for years."
— Adam, Award Winning Photographer & Filmmaker
"It has been a wonderful experience working with David over these past few weeks. I came to coaching feeling stuck in my life and, from our first introductory meeting, I have found David’s approach to be warm, thoughtful, inspiring and insightful. The comprehensive follow-ups to each of our sessions provide a lasting toolbox, and I now feel well-equipped to enjoy my ‘vibrant third act’. What's been brilliant about this coaching journey is that I've not only felt enabled to articulate my desires and needs across a range of themes, reflecting on helpful boundaries, but I’ve also started to implement actions to achieve them. As a result, I am feeling a real sense of freedom and possibility."
— Paula, Retired Doctor
"I would highly recommend David.
He is great at what he does and has helped guide me through a challenging period in my career. He is professional, friendly, flexible and clearly an expert in his field."
— Alex, Property Director
"When I first reached out to David, I was in a dark place, mentally and emotionally. I couldn’t see a way forward, and everything felt overwhelming. But David met me with compassion, clarity, and unwavering support.
He helped me shift my mindset and begin to see the possibilities that lay ahead. Through our work together, he shone a light on the steps I needed to take, helped me understand how to communicate my needs more effectively, and guided me toward unlocking my full potential, not just for myself, but most importantly, for my kids.
His coaching has been truly transformative. I’m more motivated, focused, and hopeful than I’ve been in a long time. I’m incredibly grateful for his guidance and would recommend him to anyone looking to make meaningful changes in their life."
— Adam, Business Owner
Free Reinvention Audit
Where you are
We start with what has changed and how it feels, in your words. No forms, no script. Just an honest conversation about where you find yourself now.
Where you want to be too be
Together, we will define what a good next chapter looks like for you and what has been standing in the way so far.
Your next step
You leave with real clarity, even if we never work together. If I can help, I will show you exactly how. If I cannot, I will tell you and point you somewhere better.
Start where you are.
Three ways to begin, in your own time.
First 90 Days - Free Download
The seven decisions that shape everything after a redundancy, divorce, retirement or loss. My free guide, straight to your inbox.
Download the guide →
A Free, Honest Conversation
A 45-minute Reinvention Audit by phone or video. No script, no pressure. You will leave clearer than you arrived.
The Reinvention Programme
The Reinvention Programme
Six months, one to one, from disrupted to deliberate, with a written plan and a money-back guarantee.
Redundant, Retired or Reeling: the 7 decisions to make in the first 90 days after everything changes.
Contact us
ADDRESS
167–169 Great Portland Street,
5th Floor,
London,
W1W 5PF
PHONE
0333 044 8000
info@theimperfectlifecoach.com
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