MEET
Claire Standen
These days, I help people embed healthy organisational cultures at work. I also help women who look like they’ve got it all together… but inside are running on empty.
I work with the ones who are done with performing, done with people-pleasing, and done with wondering if “this is just how life is now.” Together, we slow everything down, get honest, and bring them home to themselves.
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It wasn’t always like this.
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For years I lived in survival mode. I’d ticked off all the “shoulds” - marriage, children, a steady job - but inside I was anxious, disconnected, and losing touch with the parts of me that used to feel alive. My energy went into holding everyone else together. I thought that was love. I thought that was my worth.
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The turning point came in my living room, of all places - trying to get my two-year-old to bed, tag-teaming with my then-husband as we both ended up shouting in frustration. I remember thinking: Something has to change. I can’t keep mothering like this… and I can’t keep mothering myself like this.
Now, I bring that same depth of transformation to the individuals and organisations I support.
That moment set me on a path of deep personal work - therapy, training in NLP, hypnotherapy, breathwork, embodiment practices. I learned that there’s no rule in the universe that says you have to do anything at all. That we are always, in every moment, at choice. That our nervous systems tell the truth long before our minds do.
And slowly, I rebuilt.
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I left the job that drained me. I learned to parent without the shame spirals and constant anxiety. I started listening to the quiet wisdom in my body. I stopped living by other people’s rules and started living by my own.
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Now, this is my work: creating spaces where women can put down the armour, meet the parts of themselves they’ve had to exile to survive, and remember who they really are.
If you’re here, maybe you’re ready for that too.
If you're looking for glossy perfection, I’m not your coach. But if you're ready for honesty, integrity, and deep transformation -you're in the right place.
Founder of EmbodimentUK | Trauma-Informed Coach | Nervous System Specialist
I haven’t always lived the way I do now, with clarity, self-trust, and a deep sense of inner steadiness. For years, I was outwardly coping but inwardly overwhelmed. Burning out. People-pleasing. Pretending I was fine.
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I’ve walked through divorce, single parenting, financial uncertainty, and the invisible weight of generational patterns that told me to keep going no matter what it cost me.
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I trained as a hypnotherapist and NLP practitioner out of necessity, I needed tools that worked. But it wasn’t until I discovered trauma-informed, body-led coaching that something truly shifted. I stopped performing resilience and actually became resilient. I stopped fixing everyone else and learned to tend to myself. I stopped spiralling, overreacting, numbing… and started living differently.
Parenting differently. Working differently. Loving differently.
Now, I bring that same depth of transformation to the individuals and organisations I support.
I’ve worked with veterans, NHS professionals, educators, charity leaders, and small business owners. I’ve guided over-functioning women back to their intuition.
I’ve helped overwhelmed teams shift from burnout to balance, not through gimmicks or shallow strategies, but by addressing the root cause: disconnection from self.
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I believe we don’t need more surface-level solutions. We need brave, honest spaces to feel what we feel, understand what’s driving us, and finally come back into right relationship with ourselves.​ Whether you’re here for personal change, or looking to support your team’s mental wellbeing, you’re in the right place.
This is where the revolution begins.
Credentials & Approach
Why this work is different and why it works.
I’m trained in evidence-based, trauma-informed modalities -and I use them with care, creativity, and deep respect for the human experience.
My qualifications include:
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Hypnotherapy Diploma
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NLP Practitioner Certification
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Counselling & Psychotherapy Studies Certification
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Certified Mental Health First Aid Instructor (MHFA England)
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APPLIED Suicide Intervention & IEMT practitioner
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Breathwork Facilitator & Teacher
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Advanced training in Nervous System Regulation, Attachment Theory & Parts Work
But this work isn’t just about credentials.
It’s shaped by years of lived experience and work as a practitioner. I’ve worked with NHS staff, army veterans, teachers, leaders, creatives, and coaches - guiding them out of survival mode and into deeper self-trust.
TESTIMONIALS
What some of our clients are saying.
I’ve felt a powerful sense of freedom simply by speaking up more and allowing myself to say what’s true for me in the moment. Instead of bottling things up or silencing myself to keep the peace, I’ve started honoring my voice - and it’s made a massive difference.
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Choosing honesty, even when it feels uncomfortable, has been a release from patterns that once chipped away at my mental health.
