About Robin

I'm Robin Linke. I work as a coach with women who keep arriving at the edge of something bigger and finding reasons not to step into it. The bigger thing varies: a business they've been about to start for three years, a creative project they keep almost finishing, a career change they keep almost making, a relationship pattern they keep almost breaking. The shape of the work is usually the same — finding the specific thing that's in the way and helping you do something about it.

How I came to this work

Coaching wasn't where I started. I trained originally as a counsellor, worked in private practice for several years, and slowly migrated toward what we'd now call coaching as I noticed which clients I helped the most and what kind of work felt right to me. Coaching, the way I do it, sits closer to traditional counselling than to the pep-talk style — but it's more forward-leaning than counselling, more about the next concrete step than about archaeological excavation of the past.

The approach

My work draws from three things in roughly equal measure:

• Classical coaching frameworks — goal-setting, accountability, action-bias, the practical work of moving from intention to deed.
• Somatic and embodied practice — the body knows things the thinking mind hasn't named yet, and we use that knowing.
• Intuitive work — when a client is interested, we draw on intuitive practices (energy work, light spiritual frameworks, occasional readings). When a client isn't interested, we don't. Neither is required to get results.

Who the work is for

The clients who get the most out of working with me tend to share a few things:

• They've done some inner work already and aren't looking to be talked into the basics of self-development.
• They know roughly what they want but keep not doing it, and they're tired of that.
• They're comfortable being a bit uncomfortable in a session — actually getting somewhere usually involves it.
• They want to leave with something to do, not just something to think about.

Who the work isn't for

I refer out gracefully when the right next step is something other than coaching. If what you're describing is closer to active mental-health crisis, ongoing therapy with a credentialed therapist is the right call, not coaching. I have a small list of therapists I trust to refer to. Coaching is also probably not the right fit if you're looking for a long-term holding relationship — the work is built to make itself unnecessary as quickly as we can.

Sessions

Sessions are by video call. Most clients are in North America, with a steady stream from the UK, Australia, and Europe. Sessions run 60 or 90 minutes depending on the package; I prefer the longer format for serious work because the deeper part of a session usually starts in minute thirty.

About the books

I've written two self-guided workbooks and a small set of audio meditations. The workbooks are the same exercises I use in the early sessions of an intensive, written up so they can be done alone. Many readers do the workbooks and never end up booking a session; many readers do the workbooks and then book a session knowing exactly what they want to work on. Either is the right outcome.

Outside the work

I live in a small mountain town. I read more than is reasonable. I have two dogs and a small garden that the dogs are not allowed in. I'm not active on social media — the website is the place to find me.

Get in touch

Email [email protected] if you'd like to ask whether this is the right fit before booking a discovery session. A short note about what you're working on is enough. I read every email and reply within a few working days.