About Jane Gilham: Coach | Advocate for Women’s Wellbeing & Leadership | Grief Educator in Training Jane Gilham is a coach and mentor for high-achieving women who’ve spent years carrying responsibility, pushing through overwhelm, and quietly losing pieces of themselves along the way. She helps female leaders, executives, and professionals reclaim clarity, meaning, andemotional freedom, without burning out or abandoning their own needs. Her work is deeply rooted in her own story, decades of high performance, caregiving and navigating complex relationships. The grief of losing her father and the gradual erosion of self that can happen when you’re endlessly strong for everyone else. These experiences shape her compassionate, grounded approach to coaching, one that welcomes the whole human, not just the polished parts. She supports clients through challenges such as self-doubt, over-responsibility, imposter feelings, grief (in all its forms), work-life imbalance, and the pressure to hold everything together. Her coaching blends emotional resilience, psychological flexibility, values-led growth and nature-based reflection to help women reconnect with who they are beneath the expectations. Jane is currently completing her Grief Educator Certification with David Kessler’s 2025 Fall cohort, expanding her work to support individuals through the many forms of loss, not just death, but identity shifts, life transitions, and the quiet, unnamed losses that shape us. She is the founder of Awareness Coaching, where she offers 1:1 coaching, workshops, and reflective spaces for women who want to live intentional, meaningful, and healthier lives. Her leadership background, alongside years of mentoring and advisory work, gives her a unique ability to ask courageous questions and guide others through periods of change. She is also a volunteer youth coach. When she’s not coaching, you’ll find her walking in nature with Woody, her cocker Spaniel, studying or spending time with her family. Jane is a member of the Association of Coaching, Dare to Lead™ Trained and part of the Henley School for Coaching Alumni. About the Episode:In this episode, Melissa pulls back the curtain on what it really takes to build grounded confidence and live courageously. Melissa is joined by Jane Gilham for a rich, honest conversation about the vital role values play in our lives and businesses. While many of us can list our values, Jane and Melissa dig deeper into the difference between simply professing them and actually practising them—especially when life gets hard. In a vulnerable and powerful discussion, Jane shares her personal journey of identifying her core values—Compassion, Curiosity, Family, Health, and Nature—and how they have served as an essential anchor during a season of profound grief and physical challenge following the loss of her father. Key topics explored in this episode include: From "Fixer" to Curious Observer: How leaning into the value of Curiosity helps coaches avoid the trap of "fixing" and instead build a 3D context for their clients.Values as a Compass: How values like Nature and Compassion can guide difficult decisions and daily habits, even in the midst of trauma and loss.The Hard Work of Alignment: The reality of living into your values when they are being tested, including managing boundaries and avoiding emotional enmeshment.Grounded Confidence: Using values to filter out the "noise" of the world and stop worrying about what others think.Whether you are new to values work or looking to deepen your existing practice, this episode offers a moving real-world example of how values support us to be courageous with our clients, our businesses, and our lives. Jane's Links: www.awarenesscoachinghr.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/jane-gilham-8765a32b/ Go Deeper with The Courageous Coach Program If these conversations are resonating, you might be ready to go deeper. The Courageous Coach program is designed for qualified coaches in the early years of building their independent practice. If you want to coach with more courage, clarity, and humanity and grow a business that truly reflects who you are, this is for you. You can find all the details here: https://www.melissahague.com/courageous-coaches Connect with Melissa Come and find Melissa on LinkedIn. Whether you have questions about the program, want to share what resonated from this episode, or just fancy a chat, she'd love to connect. Support the Podcast: Follow & Subscribe: If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe so you don't miss what's coming next.Share with a fellow coach: Know someone who could use a little courage boost? Pass this episode on—courage is contagious, after all.Thanks again for listening. Until next time, stay curious, stay human and keep choosing courage.
