Mike Guilmant-Cush
Life Coach
Remarkable conversations.
Deep, lasting impacts.
The change you want is waiting for you.
Are you ready? I’ll help you create it.
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"Mike is an absolutely brilliant life coach. He does amazing job of creating an environment that felt totally safe and relaxed. I felt comfortable bringing any problems to the sessions, however big or small. Mike's guidance, encouragement, and insights were invaluable and have had a huge impact on several areas of my life. I really couldn't recommend him enough!" OC
I create safe, creative thinking spaces where insight, discovery, clarity and inspiration all happen.
It’s not magic. But when my clients achieve breakthrough moments, they say it feels like it.
What do you want to do? I can help you to
Uncover and connect with your values
Live with greater authenticity and purpose
Define and reach important goals
Overcome barriers or self-sabotage
Unlock your full potential
Create the change you want
Change your perspective
Navigate life transitions
Here’s the good news: you're already 'whole', you're creative, and you're resourceful. And you’re an expert in your own life. You’re not broken. You’re just stuck.
Let's start your own remarkable conversation.
"Working with Mike has been really transformational for me. His non-judgemental approach has meant I've felt free to bring any issues I've been struggling with to our weekly sessions, and I always leave armed with a host of practical solutions and feeling so motivated to enact them. My productivity has pretty much doubled and I feel so much more in control! The strategies we've worked on even helped me to secure a promotion and feel really confident to take on the new role. I've loved our sessions and would encourage anyone to give coaching with Mike a try!" BP
Inquiry
Come ready to be honest, creative, to dig deep, and be open to receiving what you discover. It’s up to you where we start and where you go. I’ll open and hold that thinking space for you, be fully present for you, listen deeply and be curious about what you say.
Insights
I’ll reflect back what I hear and see without bias or judgement, to evoke and raise your awareness and understanding. I’ll ask powerful questions that unpack what matters, challenge your assumptions, and help you reach the truth.
Invitations
Every insight is an invitation: to reflect, to take action, to change, to grow. I'll help you explore what each insight means and offers you. But I’ll always let you choose how you respond, and where we go next. Together, we’ll clear a path towards the outcomes you want.
Intentions
Our coaching sessions will create insight, clarity and possibilities. What will you do with them? I'll help you focus your intentions to create a clear action plan backed up with the commitment, resources and accountability you need to create the deep, lasting change you want.
About
I'm trained in humanistic, person-centred, transformative coaching. My coaching also integrates elements of:
Positive psychology
Mindfulness
Transactional analysis coaching
Cognitive behavioural coaching
Compassion-focused coaching
Acceptance and commitment coaching
Three values shape my coaching: kindness, integrity and curiosity. I apply these in every session to help my clients to rediscover their authentic self, challenge their assumptions and remove obstacles to having the clarity, capability and confidence to create new possibilities and a better future.
I’m neurodivergent and help clients living with their own neurodivergence to discover their own way to thrive, identifying their strengths to uncover solutions that help them make the most of their unique way of being in and experiencing the world.
Act now
Let's talk. You're one conversation away from unlocking new possibilities.
A discovery call is free and will last around 30 minutes. Book yours today:
FAQs
Who do you coach?
Anyone over 18 who seeks positive changes or wishes to uncover new possibilities.
How many sessions will I need?
Coaching will usually involve between 3 and 9 sessions.
How often do we need to meet?
Weekly coaching works well because it allows time to put ideas into practice while maintaining momentum. But I also coach some clients once a fortnight once we have made initial progress.
How much is it?
A block of three 60-minute online coaching sessions is £270.
How is coaching different to therapy?
Coaching is about possibilities: it explores the present in order to create a different and better future, while therapy is about resolution: it unpacks and resolves the past in order to create a better present. In practice, there’s a little overlap: coaching might explore the origins of unhelpful belief systems and learned behaviours, for example, but only in order to open up new possibilities. Coaching helps you to understand how your current beliefs, values and feelings shape your responses and actions, to reframe your thinking and create a more fulfilling or successful future.
I won’t be able to help you to unpack and resolve any past issues or traumas. I will let you know if our conversations suggest that therapy might be the better choice for you (although clients usually can recognise this themselves), but I am unable to recommend a therapist.
How is coaching different to mentoring?
Mentoring assumes that the mentor has wisdom or experience they can pass down to the mentee. In contrast, coaching assumes that each of us is able to find our own solutions when supported in a safe, creative thinking space. My experience with clients is that this is true! Coaching is client-led and non-advisory, and you are the expert in your own life. I won't tell you what to do.
What happens in between coaching sessions?
That’s when you put into practice the action plan we agreed to create the change you want. I may also suggest some exercises or reflection tasks that might be helpful. These are optional, not homework.
How do we agree to stop coaching sessions?
In our discovery call we’ll agree how many sessions to start with. I’ll check in with you to see how we are doing and whether you feel that more or fewer sessions would be better. You can bring our coaching sessions to an end whenever you wish, but do please read the terms and conditions in the coaching agreement I will ask you to read and sign before we begin.
How do I pronounce your name?
It's 'Gill' like on a fish, 'mant' sounds like 'Mont' in 'Mont Blanc' and 'Cush' rhymes with 'bush'.