Helen Williams
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Helen Williams
Communication Coaching
Mindfulness
Mediation
I work in person in Wellington, and online with workplaces, groups and individuals of all ages and circumstances. My passion is to support people to live wholehearted, fulfilled and connected lives.
I see that compassionate and clear communication is fundamental to healthy relationships, the ones we have with ourselves, and others. Communication and mindfulness coaching can support you to understand what your needs and drivers are, to live in alignment with these core needs, and to communicate these to others in your world.
Legally trained, I am an accredited mediator with the Resolution Institute NZ. With over 25+ years of personal study and practice in mindfulness and meditation, training in Gabor Mate's Compassionate Inquiry Coaching Method, Non-Violent Communication, Needs-Based Coaching, yoga, meditation, and breath-work practices.
Companies and leadership that have worked with me include: TALENT International, AMP NZ, CHORUS, Carter Chung Law, NZ Law Society, FNZ International, NZ Post, Russell McVeagh, MBH Legal, Morrison & Co, Public Assembly Hospitality Group.
Working Together
Communication and Mindfulness Coaching
Are you feeling overwhelmed, burnt out, would you love support, accountability and connection?
Would you enjoy feeling supported to incorporate mindfulness practices in your daily life? Would you love to develop ways to express yourself, your needs, to make requests and to set boundaries in your work and personal life?
Or, perhaps you aren't exactly sure exactly what you want, but you are looking for someone to help you to untangle what's going on for you and to support positive change?
Coaching can support you understand what is important to you, what you would love more of in your life, what is holding you back, and investigate how it would look and feel to live more into the life you hope for.
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Individual coaching sessions start from $95
Workshops and Workplace Training
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Every workplace and every team has its unique needs and challenges. Let's work together to create bespoke courses tailored to the specific needs of your people. The workplace mindfulness and wellbeing programmes focus on providing practical tools and strategies for the circumstances your team and workplace are experiencing.
Some topics that might be included are; communication tools and practices, ways to receive and provide feedback, tools to support mental wellbeing, ways of coping with stress and overwhelm, improving communication, and team-building practices in your workplace. ​
Get in touch to support you team to thrive both inside and outside of the workplace.
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Prices start from $300
Mediation and Facilitated Conversations
Mediation is a method of dispute resolution that brings parties to a dispute or situation together to discuss, understand differences in perspectives, to brainstorm solutions, and to work towards ways forward that parties agree to.
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Mediation includes pre-mediation coaching and can include communication coaching to support preparation for mediation.
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In mediation, a mediators role is to support and facilitate dialogue, helping parties to explore solutions that work for those involved and impacted.
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A typical mediation process involves an intake call, a pre-mediation session with each party separately, then joint sessions where all parties and the mediator is in the room.
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A mediated agreement may be requested by the parties if agreement is reached.
Prices start from $265 per hour.
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Testimonials
Initially I started seeing Helen as part of a course to help with breathing for speech delivery, and came away with so much more.
I don’t enjoy being front and centre of a room so get anxious in advance, an issue around confidence not performance. We explored the why of that through self-reflection and mindfulness and I’ve discovered so much more about myself, my values, and my drivers. I now recognise when they are not being met, are being challenged, how that makes me feel, and have more tools in the toolbox to work through it.
As a full time working mum it’s easy to put yourself at the bottom of the list, that doesn’t make for a whole and happy person. I’ve learnt that you have to pay attention to what your mind and body are telling you, and recognise when you need to pay attention and put some time and effort back into you.
I continue to work with Helen, an essential contriution to my wellbeing, she’s been a gift!
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Rachel, Wellington
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Helen helped guide me through the two most important times of my life so far: pregnancy and early motherhood. Helen gently nudged to the surface a lifetime of patterns that needed tending to ahead of me welcoming a new life into the world. We did it all at a pace that worked for my growing body and slowing pace. I came away from our sessions awed and rejuvenated with new concepts and ways of being to ponder and digest. Always the right questions asked. The right line of query taken. This work, with Helen's coaching and support, has been crucial for my Matrescence, and I am so grateful that she was there for the transition.
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​Lauren, Wellington
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12 weeks ago, as an absolute novice, I joined a weekly course that Helen teaches and have not missed one since. Helen creates a wonderfully warm and safe environment, taking time to explain the “why", while effortlessly catering to individual needs.
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Elisha, Wellington
Book your 20 minute intro call
Get in touch to book in a no obligation 20 minute phone or video call to discuss how we can work together.