When life knocks you off course.
Life coaching in Phuket for setbacks, hard decisions and new chapters.
I help people find their footing again after a loss, a change, or a long stretch of pressure. We work out what is really going on, and then we build your next steps together. I see clients in person in Phuket and online.
Kyle Daniels, Life Coach in Phuket
Two-time TEDx speaker · Dual psychology degrees · Seven years of counselling experience · Based in Phuket for nine years
Is this where you are?
Something ended.
A relationship, a marriage, a job or a business. You are getting through the days, but your life does not feel like yours right now.
You are carrying too much.
Work, money, family, or all three. You are tired, you are not sleeping well, and you cannot think clearly about what to do next.
You started again somewhere new.
You moved to Phuket, or you are thinking of leaving. You are far from family, and the island can feel lonely, even when it looks like paradise.
You keep ending up in the same place.
The same arguments, the same doubts, the same patterns. You know something has to change, but you do not know where to start.
You are facing a big decision.
Stay or go, start or stop, hold on or let go. You keep going around in circles.
You do not need to have it all figured out before we talk. That is what the first call is for.
Who I work with
Athletes
For competitors who train well and then tighten up when it counts, or who are coming back from injury, a loss or a move out of sport.
Founders and leaders
For people who carry a lot of responsibility and feel the weight of it: constant decisions, self-doubt that the results do not explain, or a setback that shook them.
Teams and organisations
Talks and workshops for teams working under sustained pressure or going through change.
Why work with Kyle Daniels
Most coaching gives you motivation and a list of tools. Tools help, and I teach them. But when the same problem keeps coming back, it usually sits one level deeper, in the picture you hold of yourself. That is where I work.
My background is in psychology. I hold two psychology degrees, and I have spent years helping Olympians, business leaders and everyday people handle pressure and come back from setbacks. The principles are the same whether you are facing a final, a divorce or a business that failed.
How it works
Every person is different, but the work follows three stages.
Step 1: Understand
We talk through what is happening and find the real problem. Sometimes it is the situation, sometimes it is the pressure around you, and sometimes it is how you see yourself.
Step 2: Steady and rebuild
First we steady things so you can think and sleep and function. Then we work on the beliefs and habits that keep pulling you back.
Step 3: Move forward
You take clear steps in your real life. We review what happened and adjust, until you can keep going on your own.
Where this work comes from
I did not learn resilience in a classroom. I learned it on the Cape Flats in Cape Town, a township that was not built to produce psychologists or TEDx speakers. My school did not offer sport, and most of my friends did not finish their education.
Most of what I know about resilience, I learned by watching the people around me face losses they did not deserve. Some broke. Some came back stronger.
The difference was not talent or luck. It was what each person believed about themselves when things went wrong. I have spent the last fifteen years studying that difference in athletes, founders and leaders, and helping people rebuild it.
How to start
Step 1
Book a free 45-minute call. Choose a time that suits you from the calendar.
Step 2
We talk through what is happening. You leave with a clearer view of the problem, whether or not we work together.
Step 3
If it is a good fit, I explain the program, the schedule and the cost, and you decide.
What clients say
Coaching or counselling?
Before I focused on coaching, I spent seven years working as a counsellor. That experience shapes how I work. I am comfortable sitting with people in their hardest moments, I can recognise when someone needs more than coaching, and I know how to help them find it.
Life coaching is for people who want to understand what is happening and take action to change it. You do not need to be in a good place to start. Many people come to me in the hardest season of their life.
I am a coach with a psychology background, not a medical doctor. If I believe you would benefit from medical or clinical support alongside our work, I will tell you honestly and help you find the right person in Phuket.
If you are in immediate danger, please call 1669 for emergency medical help in Thailand, or the Thai mental health hotline on 1323.
Questions people ask
Where do we meet?
In person in Phuket, at a quiet and private place that suits you, or online by video from anywhere.
How many sessions will I need?
It depends on what you are facing. Some people need a few sessions to get through a hard moment. Others choose a longer program. We decide together on the free call.
How much does it cost?
I explain the options and the cost on the free call, once I understand what you need.
Is it confidential?
Yes. What you share stays between us.
Do I need to be an athlete or a business leader?
No. I work with anyone who is going through a hard time and wants to move forward.