Private mentoring.
See the pattern that’s been running your decisions, relationships or career, and finally move through it.
Private mentoring.
See the pattern that’s been running your decisions, relationships or career, and finally move through it.
You’ve had this conversation before. Not this exact one but one just like it. The same tightness in your chest, the same words that didn’t come out, the same replay on the drive home.
It might be a relationship. It might be a decision you’ve made and unmade more times than you can count. Or it might be something quieter, like a habit of going silent at the exact moment something needed to be said.
You’ve already noticed the pattern. You’re not someone who misses these things. What you haven’t found yet is the distance to step outside it.
The good news is there's nothing wrong with you.
Most repeating patterns aren’t a personality trait. They’re a program, something that made sense to learn once, in a specific place, at a specific time, and never got updated. People-pleasing, self-abandonment, staying silent, over-responsibility – these all started as a way of keeping something or someone safe.
They don’t stop running just because you’ve noticed them. They stop running once you understand where they came from and build a new way of choosing.
Hi, I’m Madelaine.
Mentor, speaker and advocate whose work explores how unconscious patterns shape individuals, relationships, family dynamics, friendships, organisations and institutions. For more than 30 years, I have worked with individuals, couples, families and young adults; as well as senior and emerging leaders across Government, Nonprofit and Private sectors.
My advocacy work draws on decades of coaching experience alongside my own engagement with regulatory and legal systems. I contribute to conversations on leadership, accountability, governance and meaningful reform.
There's no set script because no two sessions are the same.
Typically we start with what’s most present for you: the thing that’s been sitting in the back of your mind or showing up again and again. From there the work moves toward understanding the pattern underneath it, why it keeps happening, what’s driving it, and what’s available to you that you haven’t been able to see.
Sessions draw on more than one lens at once: practical business and life experience, intuitive insight, and where it’s useful, timing and patterns drawn from astrology.
You don’t leave with more to think about. You leave with the pattern named, a clear read on what’s driving it and something specific to do differently. That could be a conversation you’re finally ready to have, a decision you can make with more certainty, or language for something you haven’t been able to put into words.
Where this helps
- Career. Decisions that keep stalling, work that no longer fits, or the sense that you're playing smaller than you're capable of.
- Relationships. Patterns that repeat across different partners, friendships, or family members, even when the people change.
- Family. Old roles and dynamics that were set decades ago and still quietly run the way you show up today.
- Life direction. A sense of being at a fork, without a clear read on which path is yours.
- Health. The link between what's happening in your body and what's unresolved in your thinking or your emotions.
- Home environment. The atmosphere you're building or absorbing at home and whether it reflects what you want.
Most of what’s out there for working through a repeating pattern falls into two camps: read about it yourself or talk about it in general terms with someone who doesn’t know your specific situation.
This is different because it combines three things at once: real business and life experience, an intuitive read on what’s driving the pattern, and where it’s useful, the added layer of timing and perspective that astrology brings. That combination tends to get to the root of something faster than working through it alone, and it’s more specific than a general coaching conversation.
This isn’t a substitute for therapy, and if what you’re carrying needs clinical support, that’s worth having alongside this work, not instead of it. What a session offers is a different lens on a pattern you already know is there, and a practical way through it.
Client reviews
“Thank you for helping me see the situation from a different angle. I feel so much better.”
HL, Business Leader, Australia
“I could not have reached this stage of empowerment without your support and aligned guidance. I am so grateful for that.”
KP, CFO, Australia
“I honestly don’t know how you do it. Once again you nailed it in how you read the situation. I was able to get my point across in a way that was next level.“
GS, LT Executive, Australia
The shift...
The pattern finally makes sense. Instead of repeating on autopilot, it becomes something you can see, name and choose differently.
You get the next step, not just insight. A session doesn’t end with “that’s interesting.” It ends with something practical you can act on that same week.
You stop carrying it alone. Someone is properly looking at your situation with you, bringing a perspective you can’t get from inside it.
You leave with language. The words to say what you need, calmly and clearly, instead of the version that comes out once you’ve reached your limit.
You make the decision faster. Instead of circling the same choice for months, you get clarity on what’s really yours to decide.
This is for anyone ready to look at a pattern honestly, and do something about it through private mentoring.
Leading a team or organisation through something complex? Corporate mentoring is a better place to start. Looking for a speaker on these themes? That sits under speaking and advocacy.
Where to go from here
Choose a time that works for you. Sessions are booked and paid for online, so you can lock in your spot in a couple of minutes.
If you have any questions or need a hand with your booking, reach out to support@madelainecohen.com.