Hello. I’m a Resilience Coach, certified in nutrition, health and wellbeing coaching (NHWC), and trained in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) with a trauma-informed approach. Alongside my one-to-one coaching practice, I also train other coaches and sustainability professionals in behaviour change tools through my work with the Climate Change Coaches.

I came to this work through a winding path—via social justice, documentary filmmaking, nutritional health. Each step has shaped how I understand the emotional toll of doing purpose-led work in a time of deep uncertainty. 

From personal experience, I know how hard it can be to stay well while staying engaged. When you care deeply about the world, it’s easy to put your own needs last. The psychology-based tools of coaching and ACT have been invaluable in helping to navigate my own relationship with the crises we face—and this is what I now offer to others.

I believe in a world built on collaboration, community support, and the power of small, collective actions to create a more equitable and sustainable future. We live in an interconnected world where our well-being cannot be separated from the health of the planet.

Originally from Aotearoa New Zealand, I now live in the suburbs of Paris with my husband, our two children, and our rescue cat. These days, I do my best to stay grounded with forest walks, a very imperfect yoga and meditation practice, experimenting with permaculture gardening and cooking for the people I love.

 

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Emily Buchanan, NHWC, BA Hons, Pg Dip

Emily Buchanan is a certified nutrition, health and wellbeing coach (NHWC), with an internationally accredited qualification from Well College Global (2018). Her practice integrates coaching with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), a values-based approach that helps clients to build emotional flexibility, strengthen self-awareness, and take meaningful, sustainable action toward a well-balanced life. Her training includes trauma-informed approaches.

 Alongside her one-to-one client work, Emily is a lead designer/facilitator of programmes at Climate Change Coaches, a certified B Corporation using coaching to empower organisations and communities to act on climate. She also contributed as an editorial consultant to Climate Change Coaching: The Power of Connection to Create Climate Action, the first book to bridge climate action and professional coaching.

Emily holds a Bachelor’s degree in Film, Television and Media Studies, and two postgraduate diplomas in Political Science and International Development from the University of Auckland.

 Her interdisciplinary background and commitment to systems thinking deeply inform her approach to coaching and programme design.

 

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