Ruth Shearer
Somatic Depth Coaching
You've built a successful life.
Now imagine feeling fully alive in it.
You've achieved so much. You know how to make things happen, take responsibility and get things done.
But when was the last time you felt genuinely excited by your own life?
Not just productive or successful. But energised, connected, free to express yourself, and deeply in touch with what you want.
My work is about helping you reconnect with the whole of yourself. To experience more pleasure, connection, confidence and personal power - and create a life that doesn't just look good - but feels extraordinary to live.
Two decades in global business. A deeper understanding of what it means to thrive.
The Body Knows What The Mind Has Talked Itself Out Of
You Know There's More to Life Than This
Maybe you've achieved much of what you set out to do, yet still feel there's something missing.
You're brilliant at managing responsibilities, but struggle to find energy or time for the things that actually light you up.
You might recognise yourself in some of these moments:
• Everyone relies on you, but when someone asks what you want, you're not entirely sure
• You find yourself saying yes when something in you wants to say no
• You understand your patterns, but keep catch yourself repeating them
• You feel disconnected from your body, desires or your capacity for pleasure
• Long for deeper intimacy, connection, creativity - or simply to feel more alive
Or perhaps nothing is particularly wrong. You simply hjave a sense that there's more joy, connection, pleasure and freedom available to you than you're currently experiencing.
You don't necessarily want a different life. You want to feel more alive in the one you have.
When Thinking Isn't Enough
You can understand yourself deeply and still find yourself repeating the same patterns.
You can know exactly why you do something, yet still struggle to change it.
That's because much of what shapes how we feel, behave and make choices operates outside our conscious awareness. These unconscious patterns can continue to influence us, even when we recognise them intellectually.
We can spend years making sense of our experiences without necessarily getting closer to what we truly want.
Somatic depth coaching offers a different way in.
Why The Body?
Because the body can give us access to what lies beyond conscious awareness.
Your mind can explain, rationalise and make sense of almost anything. But your body can reveal what you may have learned to ignore.
The tension you carry. The emotions you hold back. The moments you contract or come alive. The desires you may have learned to silence.
Through embodied experience, we can work with deeply ingrained patterns and begin to develop new ways of feeling, acting and being.
The body isn't separate from your mind. It is part of how you know yourself.
What Changes
This work can create change in ways that are both subtle and profound.
Imagine feeling clearer on what you truly want, and better able to make choices to go after it.
Being able to express your needs and desires without second-guessing yourself.
Feeling more present in your relationships, with more depth of connection and intimacy.
Reconnecting with pleasure, creativity and the sense of genuine aliveness.
Having greater capacity to experience your emotions, without feeling controlled or overwhelmed by them.
Feeling more at home in your body, and more fulfilled in your life.
More freedom to be the fullest version of yourself. More capacity for life - and you feel more fully in it.
Somatic depth coaching is a different kind of coaching. It works with the whole of you - your body, mind, emotions, nervous system, desires and deeper sense of self.
My approach is grounded in VITA™ Coaching, a desire-led methodology developed by Layla Martin, integrating somatic embodiment, neuroscience-informed practices, breathwork and emotional exploration.
This is an active, experiential process. Depending on what you want to explore, we might use breath, movement, body awareness, visualisation or emotional expression to help you connect with feelings, desires and parts of yourself that have been difficult to access.
We begin by getting clear on what you truly want. From there, we explore what might be getting in the way, while developing your capacity to feel, express yourself fully and make different choices.
Through working with the body, we can begin to uncover unconscious fears, beliefs and protective patterns that may be influencing your choices and keeping you stuck in certain areas, even when you consciously want something different.
The aim isn't simply to understand yourself better. It's to experience more of who you are, and live from that place.
What Somatic Depth Coaching Is
What I particularly appreciated was her emphasis on moving beyond intellectual understanding and into the body.
The Work, In Their Words
I found the final session particularly powerful and came away with a real sense of internal shift.
It was a wonderful experience of deep exploration that has already led to some meaningfull and practial actions.
About Ruth
For two decades, I worked in senior finance, leading teams, navigating demanding environments and carrying significant responsibility. I knew how to achieve, perform and make things happen. I had built a successful career, and, from the outside, a successful life.
But increasingly, I felt I was living in two different worlds.
There was the version of me that could excel in a high-pressure environment, and another part of me that longed for something more. More freedom, more connection, more pleasure. More life.
What I hadn't fully realised was how much of my own energy, creativity and vitality I'd learned to hold back. I was capable of so much, yet there were parts of myself I wasn't fully experiencing.
Through breathwork, embodiment and deep inner work, I began reconnecting with parts of myself I'd lost touch with.
I began to feel more of myself again.
It's been a journey of rediscovering my energy, my pleasure, my power, and the freedom to be more fully me. And it's a journey that continues.
Today, I bring together my leadership experience with the depth of somatic embodiment and my training in VITA™ Coaching, creating space for others to explore their own path towards greater freedom, connection and aliveness.
My work is about helping you reconnect with more of who you really are, and discovering the freedom to live from that place.
If that speaks to you, I'd love to hear from you.
Curious to Explore What's Possible?
A Journey, not a one-off session
Meaningful change takes time.
Our work together creates space to explore what you truly want, connect more deeply with your body, emotions and desires, and work with your nervous system to create meaningful, embodied change.
I offer three private coaching journeys, tailored to your goals and the depth of transformation you're seeking.