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About Debbie Thomas Coaching

I know what it's like to hide work that matters

Hi, I'm Debbie, and I've spent over 20 years helping organisations become more visible and accessible - working across law, government, education, finance, and pharma in digital transformation and content leadership roles.

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I've led teams, navigated restructures, and supported professionals through change. I understand professional environments, career transitions, and what it takes to show up confidently when turning the page to a new career chapter.

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But it took me the longest time to make my own meaningful work visible.

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During those same 20 years, I kept my creative writing hidden in notebooks, in files I never shared. I told myself I'd publish "one day" (if at all). What I was actually doing was keeping what mattered most invisible, because staying hidden felt far safer than risking being seen (and judged).

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Recently, my first short story was published in a literary journal 🎉, and I'm putting the finishing touches to a novel I have been delaying for years. It took coaching to help me understand what the hiding was really about, and to finally make progress.

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This experience has taught me something really important: the gap between being ready and being seen is rarely about skills. It's about getting comfortable with the vulnerability of being visible.

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Now I help professionals like you who are at a transition point to bridge that gap  whether you're returning to work, pivoting to something new, stepping up for a promotion, or finally launching an idea or project that's been gathering dust in the I'll-do-it-at-some-point pile.

Why I do this work

I understand the emotional reality of career transitions. The waiting to feel ready. The endless preparing. The fear that you're not quite "there" yet, even when you are.

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I help people show up for what they are ready to do.

My coaching approach

My work is grounded in a calm, reflective space, that goes deeper.

 

Together, we’ll:

🟢 Understand what the hiding is really protecting
🟢 Shift the stories that have kept you waiting
🟢 Build your ability to take action (even when fear sets in)
🟢 Navigate the vulnerability of being visible 

 

I'm in this alongside you; present, engaged, and holding space for what emerges.

Experience

I'm a professionally trained and accredited coach. I know what it's like to reinvent yourself professionally and what it takes to show up confidently.

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I volunteer as a coach with Smart Works, supporting women preparing for job interviews and career transitions as they re-enter the world of work.​

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Based in London, I work with clients across the UK and internationally, both online and in person.

Credentials 

  • EMCC Global EIA - Senior Practitioner (European Mentoring & Coaching Council)

  • Diploma in Transformative Coaching – Animas Centre for Coaching

  • Certified Transitions Coach – Navigating Transitions (NBHWC / Coaching.com)

  • Postgraduate Diploma in Law (PGDip Law)

  • Professional memberships:
    EMCC UK
    Association of Black Coaches UK

  • Freelance writer and content specialist for professional publications, digital tools and online services.

  • My short story Escaping the Scar Tissue - published in No More Margins

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