Clare van der Spuy

 Thinking Partner for Leaders, Executives & Business Owners Navigating Complex Lives 

 Think Clearly. Choose Consciously. Participate Well. 

 Coaching for Aspirations ® | Clare Vie ® 

Life doesn't stand still — and neither do we.

We are continually making choices, responding to circumstances, navigating relationships and participating in what our lives are becoming.

 Sometimes that happens consciously. 

Sometimes we find ourselves living with decisions, patterns or ways of working that once made sense but no longer quite fit.

And sometimes we simply need somewhere to think.

I work with thoughtful, capable people who carry significant responsibility and are navigating moments of complexity, change, decision or transition.

 My role is not to tell you what to do or who to become.

It is to think alongside you.

To create the space to step out of the noise, look more closely at what is happening, notice what might otherwise be missed, challenge assumptions, explore possibilities and make choices with greater clarity and intention.

 This is a human thinking partnership.

It draws on more than 30 years of professional and life experience, alongside my work as an ICF PCC accredited coach and registered health coach.

There are no prescribed paths and no assumption that you need fixing.

We start with you, your circumstances and what matters now.

 Coaching for Aspirations is the practice I created from a simple belief: that we can participate consciously in the direction our lives take.

Over the years, my own understanding of what that requires has continued to develop.

Clare Vie — meaning clear, bright life — is the emerging philosophy that now informs my work.

At its heart is a simple question:

  That means paying attention not only to what we want to achieve, but to ourselves, our health, our relationships, the conditions around us, the choices we make and the reality in which those choices are being made.

Aspiration gives us direction.

Clare Vie asks us to pay attention to how we participate along the way.

For me, the two belong together.

 People come to me for many different reasons.

You may be facing an important decision, navigating change, questioning the direction you are heading in, feeling stuck in a pattern, carrying too much, or simply sensing that something needs your attention before you can quite articulate what it is.

You don't need to arrive with a perfectly defined problem.

We can start with what is most present.

From there, we think.

We notice. We explore. We question. We make sense of what is happening and consider what you want to do with what you discover.

The aim is not to manufacture the “right” answer.

It is to help you think clearly enough to make choices you can consciously participate in.

If that sounds useful, you're very welcome to get in touch.

 Clare van der Spuy
Coaching for Aspirations