Therapeutic coaching for individuals, couples and business owners to protect what matters when the stakes are high

Lily Llewellyn

"Spreadsheets in the bedsheets" - is how Allison Ellsworth describes building a company with her husband. Money, love and leadership often collide and things get complicated.

You may be a family or couple in business, a solo business owner or a leader in your work. We will detangle personal and professional life so you can protect both. Our work will cover personal and business/work, to whatever extent you need it to.

I'm a psychotherapist, life and business coach, civil and commercial mediator and have over ten years experience running my own business.

My approach is holistic, systemic and relational. It doesn't fit nicely into a box.

You've clearly done something right. Now, how can we protect it and give you back some peace and calm?

For individuals and couples

Online and face-to-face in Ancoats, Manchester

The best place to start is a confidential enquiry and discrete conversation

The Essential Conversation for Family Businesses: Prompting the conversations every couple and family in business needs to have

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  • Some of the Areas I Work With

    Transitions | Relationships | Intimacy | Communication | Family dynamics | Money | Business | Entrepreneurship | Boundaries | Leadership | Loneliness

  • Who I Work With

    Individuals | Couples

    Business Owners

    Executives | Leaders

    Family Businesses

  • How I Work

    My approach is holistic, systemic and relational. It's bespoke to you and your situation.

  • Where I Work

    Online and in person in Ancoats, Manchester. Please enquire about office and home visits.

  • How Much I Charge

    Sessions start from £150

  • How Many Sessions I Offer

    I work short and long term, depending on your needs.

To learn more about sessions and my way of working, download the information pack below.

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Commonly Asked Questions

Why couples and families in business?

Family businesses often struggle not because of the business operation. In fact family-owned businesses tend to be more sustainable and more profitable than businesses that are not family owned. Instead they struggle because relationships and communication break down around them. These relationship tensions can happen for a huge number of reasons, many of which are not present in non-family businesses or with couples and families that do not work together.

Couples and families who run businesses are underserved and few professionals are trained or feel able to work with the whole family business system and the dynamics at play.

Motivated by my personal experience as a teenager in a family business, I've added my professional training as a psychotherapist, business coach and mediator with my own business experience to be uniquely specialised and qualified to help couples and families in business.

What areas and challenges do you help with?

It's a range.

I have worked with clients to help with a misalignment or tension between home life and work/business life. I also have experience helping my clients find new ways of managing succession, governance, and conflict tensions too.

The majority of my clients feel that money has complicated their life. Many want to explore what it means for them to be happy.

You're welcome to explore and work on anything that feels important and relevant to you.

All topics are welcome!

Do you offer a discovery / chemistry call?

Absolutely.

I want you to ask all your questions before deciding if I'm the right person to support you.

Talking about the work doesn't come at any cost to you.

How soon can you start?

Within a week.

Your time is important and we will not delay.

If you're curious about whether this might be right for you, the best place to start is a confidential enquiry. We'll then have a considered conversation to explore whether we are a good fit.

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