I’m Claire Whittaker, founder of Your Launchpad to Freedom. For nearly three decades, I’ve worked with individuals, teams and organisations navigating change — from personal turning points and periods of uncertainty to leadership development and large-scale organisational transformation.

My professional background is in HR, organisational change, coaching and development. I’m a Chartered Fellow of the CIPD and an experienced coach, with additional training in Goal Mapping, Somatic Breathwork and specialist recovery and addiction coaching. I’ve coached individuals and leadership teams and led complex change across large organisations, including the Fire and Rescue Service, AMEC Nuclear and the Environment Agency.

But Your Launchpad to Freedom wasn’t created from professional qualifications alone. My work is also shaped by lived experience — of trauma, chronic pain, periods of overwhelm and the coping strategies we sometimes develop simply to keep going. That combination of professional experience, specialist training and lived experience is central to the way I work.

I don’t believe in telling individuals what they should do or pretending there is one right answer. I help you understand where you are now, what may be keeping you stuck, and what might help you move forward — using Coaching, Goal Mapping and Somatic Breathwork where appropriate.

Whether I’m working with an individual, a community group or an organisation, the aim is the same: to create greater clarity, build confidence, and open up more choice about what happens next.

Start where you are.