MEET Selina // OUR HEAD COACH
MEET Selina //
If you’ve read the Free Range Humans book, you’ve already felt Selina Barker’s influence. Selina was key to developing many of the approaches in there (and co-runs all Free Range Humans courses with me).
Regularly quoted in places like Psychologies, Grazia and more, Selina was co-founder of Careershifters.org, and went on to run her own coaching practice with executives from places like Google, Apple, UN Women, A-list music artists and other leaders among her clients.
Today she dedicates her time to helping people who are feeling fed up with a traditional ‘job’ and want to find work that is meaningful and fulfilling (and fits the life they want!).
Selina has an uncanny ability to help you spot what really makes you come alive and show you how to make that the focus of your life and work (often when no other coach has been able to).
WHO IS SELINA THE BEST FIT FOR?
With a knack for quickly getting to the heart of what really matters and finding practical solutions (even if you’re spinning with things in your head), Selina is particularly good for my fellow perfectionists and over-thinkers!
She’s also great for those that feel called to do something else, if only you knew what that something else was.
Whether you have ‘no really-right ideas’ OR are trying to figure out how to break out of always-researching-but-never-moving-forward mode (and finally getting on your way to somewhere you love)…
Selina has a well-deserved reputation for being the coach to go to when you have been thinking about this for a while but are hitting a wall.
WHO IS SELINA NOT SO RIGHT FOR?
- If you are already clear on what you want, have started, and just want some strategy advice
- If you are wanting to pivot within your own industry
- If you are looking for someone to just talk about change (Selina will get you out of your head and taking action, not forever thinking and planning!)
Selina specialises in smart-but-stuck people. If this is you, come on in!
WHAT SELINA’S COACHING DOES:
Takes you from stuck in analysis paralysis, to cutting through the noise and finally clear what will really work for you and finding practical ways to bring that to life!
Selina’s clients often say that the work they do with her has greater results than years of thinking or reading about this.
(And that it not only changed their career, but also their whole outlook on life).
WHAT SELINA’S COACHING DOES:
Takes you from stuck in analysis paralysis, to cutting through the noise and finally clear what will really work for you and finding practical ways to bring that to life!
Selina’s clients often say that the work they do with her has greater results than years of thinking or reading about this.
(And that it not only changed their career, but also their whole outlook on life).
SOME FACTS ABOUT SELINA
Location: UK
While she has travelled the world with her business, today Selina lives a life she loves with her partner and their young son in London.
She works with clients from around the world.
Personality profile
Myers Briggs: ENFP
Wealth Dynamics: Supporter
Superpower
Chatting!
I always think she isn’t someone who can be fully captured by words on a page: talk to her and you’ll see how Selina has a knack for connecting in a real way and zooming in on exactly what you need to move forward.
If I’m stuck she is one of the first people I want to call and many Free Range clients feel the same.
And also…
Selina has co-founded several businesses in the last decade, co-hosts a podcast with 250,000 downloads, created a journal in shops around the country…. and above all has done this despite not being a ‘business type’ (and in a way that suits her personality!)
She loves helping people find ways to do things in a way that fits who YOU are (and what you need).
WHAT SELINA WOULD LIKE TO SAY TO you:
WHAT SELINA WOULD
LIKE TO SAY TO you:
It is not asking too much to want to have a career you love.
You haven’t left it too late.
And yes, making a big life change like starting your own free range thing, or changing career, does feel scary, particularly at the beginning.
But you can do it.
You do have what it takes. (And it isn’t unrealistic for you).
I know because I’ve been helping people successfully do this for over a decade.
Thousands of people.
People with families, mortgages, burnout… people running themselves into the ground to do work that doesn’t bring them the joy other people think it should.
People who started out feeling lost, confused and frustrated and who said to me ‘I bet you’ve never coached someone who was THIS stuck before?!’.
Often your future career emerges in the first session. Certainly the core ingredients are there right from the very beginning. It can just be hard for you to see them as you’re so close to this.
And that is why, 11 years after I began helping people change career, I still LOVE it every bit as much as I did at the start.
It still feels magical to me to see people going from feeling totally stuck and not believing there is a career that will make them happy, to seeing them, just a few months later, looking alive and excited with a clear path ahead of them and the confidence that they now know how they are going to make it happen.
That is what you get in a personal 3 month ‘free range’ career change journey with me.
For 3 months you have me by your side as your personal career change coach, helping you figure out what it is you want to do and how to make it happen.
OVER THE 3 MONTHS WE WILL:
- Get clear on what core ingredients you need to feel happy and fulfilled in whatever work you do.
- Come up with different career or free range business options that get you excited
- Try out a shortlist of ideas on a small scale to see which suits you best
- Discover the different ways you can transition from the job you are currently in into your new path
- Overcome the fears that will try to hold you back from making the change (and learn how to manage any issues in the future!
- Apply the unique ‘project process’ that has helped thousands of people grow successful careers and businesses over the past 11 years (including Free Range Humans and my other business, Project Love!)
- Come up with your own personal ‘free range’ change plan
- And learn how to do it all from a place of love and self-care (no burning out on my watch!)
By the end of the 3 months your career change will already be under way, you’ll be clear and excited about the direction you’re headed + have a roadmap to bring it to life.
“Selina has profound insights above and beyond what I have encountered from professional mentors. She was able to help me suss out priorities from an endless string of nagging ideas, projects and hobbies.
I highly recommend working with her”
– Brian Kemler, Google, USA
“THANK YOU SO MUCH! How to tell you how much happier I am and how different my life is now? Where to begin?
I think I might actually be a whole other person…
The guys have been asking me how you helped me quit and make a plan and actually go through with it all and I know there was quite a lot of magic and general witchcraft involved, but mostly an amazing talent for what you do.
– Dr Cariad Findlater, UK
“Selina has the amazing ability to distill confusion and bring clarity to the table. She cuts out the noise, providing you with the space to re-align with your true purpose…
Time with Selina is true gold-dust. You owe it to yourself”
– Sarah Dembitz, Executive Director, UN Women
Everyone is different, so I tailor the journey so that it suits you, while offering you guidance and support along the way, so you have me by your side throughout. Having this 1 on 1 support really is life changing.
If something you read here speaks to you and you’re keen to finally figure this out and make things happen, let’s chat!
(PS: If you have any questions for Selina there’s room to ask those in the application form so go right ahead!)
(PS: If you have any questions for Selina there’s room to ask those in the application form so go right ahead!)
Application form – coaching with Selina Barker
Application for coaching with Selina Barker
Fill in the below to apply, and Selina will get back to you ASAP!
Note we take finding the right fit for you seriously and for that reason are selective about individual coaching clients. If Selina doesn’t think this is the right fit, she will be always upfront and we’ll make our best suggestion.
However should your application be accepted you’ll have a chance to hop on the phone with her to find out more, get your questions answered and if you’re then 100% happy – we’ll make this happen!
(We take time over each application so please only apply if you are serious about investing in sorting this out).
Any technical issues with this form just email marianne [at] mariannecantwell.com instead.