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If you care deeply about making a positive impact in the world, but struggle with self-doubt, burnout, or the nagging feeling that you’re not enough—
this is for you.
Hi, I’m Sol.
I help sustainability, social change and mission-led professionals tame the voice in their head that says they’re falling short.
For as long as I can remember, two things have shaped my life: a deep hunger to do work that matters—and a harsh inner critic telling me I’m not doing it well enough.
Maybe this sound familiar.
You got into sustainability or social change because something in you said ‘this matters’. And it does. But somewhere along the way, a life that was supposed to feel purposeful started to feel like a test you keep failing.
So you try to satisfy the critic, to finally feel worthy. It doesn’t work, but you keep trying anyway.
Maybe you...
Struggle to switch off, because you’re constantly trying to problem solve, making it difficult to feel present, and you’re worried you’ll burn out.
Say yes when you mean no, and find it difficulty to speak you needs, because you want people to like you, and to see you as capable and committed- and end up resentful for it.
Don’t put yourself forward for opportunities, because you doubt yourself, and so stay safely inside your comfort zone, and regret it later.
Spend too long on tasks, perfecting them to avoid criticism, slowing your progress and potential.
Put off the difficult conversation, the bold decision, the thing that actually needs doing — filling the gap with a to-do list that’s easier to clear, hoping to avoid conflict or judgement.
Stay busy so you don’t have to sit with the feeling that it’s still not enough.
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Ways to work with me
1:1 - Mental Fitness training
— A programme for changemakers ready to build the capacity to focus on what matters, speak up with confidence, set boundaries without guilt, have the conversations you've been avoiding, and be present with the people you love. Short daily practices combined with weekly coaching sessions.
1:1 - Coaching Conversations
— For changemakers at a crossroads. Sometimes you don't need a programme — you need space to think clearly, reconnect with your why, or give yourself permission to choose differently. We'll work through it together. You'll leave with clarity and the courage to act on it.
— An online community for people doing meaningful work who don’t want to do it alone. A place to think together, share honestly, and find the kind of company that reminds you why you started — and helps you keep going without burning out in the process.
— For teams and organisations in the sustainability and social change space who want to invest in the mental fitness of their people. These sessions are practical, evidence-based, and designed to be genuinely useful- not a box to tick, but a foundation to build on.
— Not ready to commit to a programme? Start here. The publication is a place to think together — about the inner life of doing meaningful work, what gets in the way, and what helps. Free to read. No obligation.
Mental Fitness Resources
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No fluff, no fixing—just simple tools to help you see yourself (and your challenges) more clearly, and start to shift from the inside out.
1. The Voice Behind
Your Burnout
Tame your Inner Critic
2. My Mental Fitness
Morning Ritual
Unlike most routines, this isn’t about what you do, it’s about how you do it.
3. 'Power Up'
Contemplation
Unlock a current challenge.
Imagine...
Imagine your sense of worth not being tied to your output. Not contingent on how much you gave, how visible your impact was, or whether anyone noticed. Just — enough. As you are. Doing what you can.
Imagine waking up and not immediately scanning for what you failed to do yesterday. Starting the day from a place of steadiness rather than deficit.
Imagine caring deeply — and still being able to close the laptop, be present at dinner, sleep without a running commentary on everything that’s still undone.
Imagine saying no without guilt. Putting yourself forward without the weeks of second-guessing that follow. Having the difficult conversation — and finding it was nowhere near as catastrophic as the version you rehearsed in your head.
Imagine finishing something and thinking that’s good instead of immediately cataloguing everything that could have been better.
This isn’t about becoming someone who doesn’t care. You’ll still care. That’s not going anywhere. But the care will feel different — less like a weight you’re carrying, more like a current you’re moving with.
The work doesn’t have to change. But your relationship to it does. And that changes everything.
My Approach
This isn’t therapy. It’s not positive thinking, and it’s not about replacing your inner critic with a highlights reel of affirmations.
It’s mental fitness — which means training, not fixing. The same way physical fitness builds your capacity to handle physical demands, mental fitness builds your capacity to handle the internal ones. To notice the voice without being hijacked by it. To act from your values rather than your fears.
I’ll give you a map of the internal patterns that get in your way, and a practical method for weakening their grip.
But a framework alone doesn’t change anything. What changes things is practice — small, consistent, and woven into the life you’re already living. Not a weekend retreat you return from energised and then slowly forget. Not a course you complete and file away. A genuine shift in how you relate to yourself, over time.
The work is honest. Some of what comes up will be uncomfortable. But it’s also — and this matters — kind. There’s no part of this process that asks you to be harder on yourself in order to get better. Quite the opposite.
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Hi, I'm Sol
For me, this work is personal.
I spent years trying to satisfy my inner critic, convinced that if I just worked harder, showed up better, gave more — I’d finally feel like enough. It didn’t work. What changed things wasn’t pushing harder. It was learning to recognise the voice, understand what it was trying to protect, and gently, persistently, stop letting it drive.
That’s what I want to help you do. To live from your Centre.
I’ve spent over two decades at the intersection of education, facilitation, performance, and wellbeing.
I’ve designed social action and sustainability programmes across London, worked in some of the most challenging educational settings, and helped build the world’s largest online student community- leading a global programme of events, and mentoring an international team of facilitators.
I've trained at two of the UK's leading mindfulness institutions: the Sussex Mindfulness Centre (an NHS Foundation Trust) and the Oxford Mindfulness Centre, aswell as Shirzad Chamine's Positive Intelligence (PQ) Coaching Programme.
I've also trained in complementary disciplines such as Breathwork and Non-Violent Communication.
Since then, I’ve trained hundreds of people, from students to senior leaders, to build the mental strength to perform under pressure without burning out.