Personalised Coaching That Starts With You
12 sessions over three months. Each one completely yours — no agenda, no advice you didn’t ask for, and no judgement. Just the space and skilled guidance to help you find what you already know is there.
Who Is This For?
- You're experiencing burnout. You're a professional who has pushed hard — perhaps for years — and the tank is empty. Coaching creates the space to understand why, reset your priorities, and move forward differently.
- You're navigating a major life disruption. Divorce, a career upheaval, relocation, or a complete reset — and you want to move through it with intention, not just survive it.
- You're successful on the surface — but not fulfilled. You have the career, the security, the life that looks right from the outside. But something is missing, and you're struggling to name what it is.
- You want to understand yourself, not just improve yourself. Not just habits or routines — but your actual values, motivations, and what you really want, independent of what anyone else expects of you.
- You're ready to find the answers yourself. Coaching is client-led. If you want someone to tell you what to do, that's mentoring. If you want the space and support to figure it out yourself — this is for you.
What Coaching Actually Looks Like
A note before we go further. Coaching is offered fully independently of the hypnosis services on this site. They are separate disciplines with different methods, different aims, and different professional standards. Choosing coaching does not involve hypnosis at any point — and vice versa.
Professional coaching is built on a simple but powerful premise: you already know your life better than anyone else ever will. My job isn’t to give you answers — it’s to ask the right questions so you can find them yourself.
- Active listening, not instruction: Every session follows your lead. There's no curriculum, no worksheet to fill in. We go where the session needs to go.
- Positive psychology frameworks: Sessions are structured to be forward-focused and evidence-based. This isn't talk therapy — it's a science-backed approach to thinking clearly about your life and where it's going.
- No unsolicited advice: I don't tell you what to think or what to do. I'll share my own experience only if you ask for it. The insight has to come from you — that's what makes it last.
- Accountability that means something: Because every goal you set comes from you, the motivation to meet it is genuine. Having someone hold that space with you every week makes a difference that a book or course simply can't replicate.
What is ICF Coaching?
The International Coaching Federation (ICF) is the global gold standard for professional coaching. It is the body that defines what good coaching actually is — the ethics, the conduct, the practice frameworks, and the markers of quality work — and it is recognised worldwide across business, professional, and personal coaching contexts.
ICF-standard coaching is forward-focused, client-led, and rooted in evidence-based practice. The coach doesn’t direct, advise, or interpret. The coach asks the questions that help you find your own clarity. It is a discipline, and certification reflects hundreds of hours of practice plus ongoing peer review.
How a Coaching Session Works
A clear arc — from contracting, through reflection, to action you can carry forward.
The Contracting
We start by getting everything out of your head and onto the table. We untangle, prioritise, and lock in what you most need from this particular session — so by the time we go deeper, both of us are clear on what success looks like for the day.
The Reflection
You’re encouraged to unpack your thoughts and examine them honestly — not to perform insight, but to actually meet yourself in the context of the problem you’ve brought. This is where the patterns, the hidden assumptions, and the real blocks come into view.
Planning, Action & Conclusion
We put it together. We take the learnings back into the real world, explore how they apply, and identify what support or accountability you need to keep going — so the work doesn’t stop at the end of the call.
Coaching Built on Positive Psychology
Part of my coaching is grounded in positive psychology — specifically the PERMA model, developed by Dr Martin Seligman. PERMA identifies the five elements that, when nurtured together, allow people to flourish rather than just function. The work isn't about diagnosing what's broken — it's about deliberately building what's working, across all five dimensions, not just one.
Positive Emotion
Coaching that helps you notice what's already working — building gratitude, optimism, and the moments that genuinely feel good. Strengthens resilience and improves decisions under pressure.
Engagement
Coaching that helps you find your flow. We identify the activities that fully absorb you, then design more of them into how you spend your time.
Relationships
Coaching that strengthens your connections — at work, at home, and with yourself. Quality connection is the strongest long-term predictor of wellbeing.
Meaning
Coaching that connects what you do to what matters. Articulating what you actually care about and aligning your time with it.
Accomplishment
Coaching that honours what you've achieved and what's next. Goals that are genuinely yours — not boxes someone else expects you to tick.
The aim isn't a quick mood lift. It's flourishing — a life that's genuinely good across all five dimensions, not optimised for one at the cost of another. Clients leave with stronger relationships, clearer purpose, more flow, more accomplishment, and a more reliable baseline of positive emotion.
Why Work With Me?
I’m Martin Pavion — ICF trained coach, clinical hypnotherapist, and NLP master practitioner. But what informs my coaching as much as any qualification is what I’ve lived through.
Over the past decade, I rebuilt my life from circumstances that would stop most people cold: male domestic abuse, wrongful imprisonment, a difficult divorce, and the collapse of a business I’d built from nothing. I know what it feels like to sense that everything needs to change — and to be frightened to admit it, let alone act on it.
I work with everyone, but I have a particular resonance with men navigating serious disruption. I won’t judge, I won’t project, and I won’t push my story onto yours. I’ll ask the questions that help you find your own way through.
“Nothing gives me greater joy than hearing from a client who’s begun to see their life differently.”
Why You Can Trust This Process
ICF Trained
Trained to International Coach Federation professional standards — ethical, rigorous, and grounded in evidence-based coaching practice.
15+ Years in the Industry
Over 15 years in NLP, hypnosis, and the self-improvement industry — and a personal journey of rebuilding from scratch. The understanding I bring isn’t just professional.
Forward-Focused Approach
Sessions use positive psychology frameworks to stay evidence-based and solution-oriented — not dwelling in the past, but building towards where you want to go.
What a Session Feels Like
Stories From the Session Room
What Clients Say
Choose Your Coaching Package
Twelve sessions over three months. The work itself is identical across every package — each session held to and reviewed against ICF coaching markers. What changes is what’s included alongside the sessions, and the price reflects where I am in my accreditation journey: I’m currently logging the 100 paid coaching hours required for full ICF accreditation, which is why the introductory rate exists.
Original
£199
- 12 × 30-minute sessions over 3 months
- ICF coaching framework
- AI-generated session summaries
- Additional resources where appropriate (worksheets, checklists, planners)
Promise
£319
- 12 × 30-minute sessions over 3 months
- ICF coaching framework
- AI-generated session summaries
- Additional resources where appropriate (worksheets, checklists, planners)
- Performance Promise — every session is reviewed against ICF coaching markers; if quality falls short or you don’t benefit, additional sessions at no charge.
Premium
£444
- 12 × 30-minute sessions over 3 months
- ICF coaching framework
- AI-generated session summaries
- Additional resources where appropriate (worksheets, checklists, planners)
- Premium time slots — early morning, evening & weekend bookings
- Weekly payment plan — £37 × 12 instalments
- Performance Promise — every session is reviewed against ICF coaching markers; if quality falls short or you don’t benefit, additional sessions at no charge.
A Little About My Coaching Journey
Common Questions
Is this coaching connected to your hypnosis work?
No — coaching is offered fully independently of the hypnosis services on this site. They are separate disciplines with different methods, different aims, and different professional standards. Coaching follows the ICF framework. Choosing one doesn't involve or commit you to the other.
How long are coaching sessions?
Each session is 30 minutes, scheduled weekly across 12 weeks. The shorter format keeps each session focused — we work on one issue per week, you act on it between sessions, and we review next time.
How is coaching different from therapy?
Coaching is forward-focused — we work with where you are now and where you want to go. Therapy typically focuses on resolving past issues and emotional healing. If during coaching it becomes clear that therapy would serve you better, I'll say so directly.
Do I need to know what to work on before we start?
No. The first session is largely about establishing what would make this work worthwhile for you. Many clients arrive feeling stuck without quite knowing why — finding the right question is often half the work.
What if I don't feel I'm making progress?
That's exactly when we re-contract. After every session I review the work against ICF coaching markers. If you feel you haven't had benefit — or if I judge the quality hasn't met the standard — I'll offer additional sessions at no charge. The Performance Promise applies to the Standard and Elite packages.
Can I switch packages mid-way?
Yes. If your circumstances change or you'd like more flexibility, we can move you to a different package. The work itself doesn't change between packages — only the surrounding support and pricing.
How does the weekly payment plan work?
The weekly plan is available for the Elite package: £37 each week for 12 weeks (£444 total — same as the lump-sum price). The plan is set up via WP Simple Pay before sessions begin.
Still Unsure?
Book a free 30-minute clarity call and we can talk through what you’re hoping to work on, answer any questions, and see if we’re a good fit — no pressure, no obligation.
Questions? martin@pavion.net