what do i mean by Coaching ecologies?

Babes, we are not simply one self.

We are multifaceted beings, each part of us having different concerns and desires and resources.

AND the ways in which we behave or frame our behaviours in different contexts emerges inevitably from what we've learned about what's psychologically or materially safe for us.

I’m Keri Jarvis. I’ve taken my…

  • coach trainings and accreditation, 

  • certificate in Inclusive Leadership Through Behavioural Science from LSE, 

  • 7 years of corporate senior management experience, 

  • 11 years in business (I started out with this one), 

  • BSc in Management (with Maths… but this part is less useful to either of us) 

and combined them with…

…my intersectional feminism, community activism, chaos gardening, reading fiction, my Irish heritage, parenting, long covid, conversations with clients, my imagination, supervision, therapy, and more

To develop an approach to coaching that meets the moment we are in.

“Finding where exactly the outside world ends and I begin—is not so easy.”

― Nora Bateson

I’d love to name people whose work has deeply influenced the development of my thinking, and my approach. (Of course, this isn’t exhaustive, and doesn’t mean I agree with everything they say about everything).

Lola Olufemi

Naomi Klein

Nora Bateson

Nesrine Malik

Barbara Ehrenreich

Rob Hopkins

Mark Fisher

Kate Raworth

Silvia Federici

Sas Petherick

Tatiana Bachkirova

Simon Cavicchia

my values

  • Keri doesn't shy away from the messiness of being a human (and a business owner), and will hold space for you to find your own answers in a way few coaches can. I trusted her when I was navigating a tricky ethical dilemma in my business, and there was no better woman for the job. She's wise, funny and a total joy to work with.

    Natalie Koussa

    Messaging Coach & Podcast Guesting Strategist

  • Keri Jarvis is the real deal. I’ve worked with her in a few one off sessions and the spaces have been perfection - full of care, compassion, insight, top level coaching skill… I came away from both feeling completely different and with a new level of clarity about some challenges I was facing. I can’t recommend her highly enough - she is brilliant at what she does.

    Gemma B

  • The spaces Keri creates are like fertile little gardens of ideas, experiences and supportive reflections, developed on rich community soil where empathy abounds.

    Louise Thomason

    Designer and marketeer

  • Keri's groups are resourcing, inspiring, hopeful spaces in which I feel deeply accompanied while navigating growth and change.

    Ruth Coates

    Psychotherapist & Therapeutic Writing Guide

  • Keri is phenomenal at holding the space and encouraging some conversations that really matter. Her ability to gently, but strongly keep the space safe and on task, whilst asking challenging and thought provoking questions and equally thought provoking and wonderfully curious reflections, has expanded my mind on countless occasions.

    Liz Moreton

    Therapeutic Coach

conversations
and ideas

 
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Beyond SMART Goals
Keri Jarvis
Beyond SMART Goals
Keri Jarvis

I have desires, I have longings, I have yearnings. They are vibrant and vague. They are more about feelings than anything else.

OF COURSE I need to give some consideration to the steps I need to take in those directions, and any number of practicalities around them. But I won't adhere to systemic norms that give us things like SMART GOALS to MAXIMISE or OPTIMISE etc etc.

Let me air my grievances with SMART goals for a bit as it's a good example of ways in which we seek to oversimplify life and treat ourselves and each other like machines...

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Refusing Consumerism, Reclaiming Wholeness
Keri Jarvis
Refusing Consumerism, Reclaiming Wholeness
Keri Jarvis

How might we navigate the festive season as our awareness of the polycrisis deepens?

I literally feel sick at the sight, even the thought, of all the stuff, and what it contains.

The cheap tat that contains the exploitation of someone’s labour. The flimsy imitations of designer goods that contain the tease- perhaps you will be worthy of inclusion or positive regard if you present yourself like this. The luxury items that contain the implication that the more we love someone the more we spend on them.

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Want Community But Can’t Stand Being With People?
Keri Jarvis
Want Community But Can’t Stand Being With People?
Keri Jarvis
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Composting with Keri Jarvis: Powered by The Portal
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Composting with Keri Jarvis: Powered by The Portal
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"We require each other in unexpected collaborations and combinations and hot compost piles. We become- with each other, or not at all." ~ Donna J. Haraway. You're invited to join us for the next quarter of this exploration.

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