Sound familiar?
Are you successful on the outside, yet exhausted on the inside?
Does your mind rarely switch off?
Do you feel pressure to keep performing?
Are you caught in self-doubt and overthinking?
Have you lost touch with yourself, or what really matters to you?
I work with individuals and organisations to create space for calm, reconnect with a deeper sense of purpose and identity, and find a way forward that feels more sustainable and true to who you are.
MEET THE FOUNDER
Clare Lawley
With more than 20 years working in senior leadership roles across Australia and the Asia Pacific, I understand the pressures that come with responsibility, expectation and being the person others rely on.
Over time, I've noticed a consistent pattern; capable, committed people getting things done while quietly carrying overthinking, self-doubt, high self-expectation and the need to keep achieving.
I know this pattern because I lived it myself for many years.
Through Verus, I bring together evidence-based coaching, real-world leadership and my own lived experience. My work is about helping people quiet the noise, reconnect with themselves and make choices that feel more like their own.
when high performance becomes exhausting...
When you're used to being capable, it's easy to keep pushing long after something starts to feel off.
The drive that once helped you achieve can slowly become overthinking, self-doubt and the pressure to keep going.
Your mind rarely switches off
You second guess yourself
Decisions feel harder than they should
Your energy and motivation drops
the way that got you here isn't always the way forward.
what becomes possible...
THROUGH OUR WORK TOGETHER, VERUS CLIENTS OFTEN DESCRIBE...
A quieter mind
A stronger sense of who they are and what truly matters
More trust in themselves and their decisions
More energy for the things that matter
A greater sense of calm and possibility
work with me
Individual Coaching
A space to step away from the noise, understand what's really going on and hear yourself more clearly.
For people navigating pressure, change, self-doubt or a sense that the way they've been doing things no longer works..
Leadership & Organisations
Coaching, leadership development, facilitation and advisory support for leaders and organisations.
Practical support for the human behind the leader. Especially through complexity, change and overwhelm.
Guided Programs
A 12-week small-group program for people who are tired of overthinking, self-pressure and always feeling “on”.
A chance to slow things down, understand your patterns and find more calm, space and trust in yourself.
A space for women in the messy middle of life
Midlife can bring a lot with it — changes in our bodies, health, relationships, work, identity and what we want from the next chapter.
Vitality brings women together to have the conversations we don't have often enough, learn from trusted experts and each other, and make space for our own wellbeing.
Through conversations, wellbeing days and retreats, Vitality is about connection, curiosity and feeling more like yourself again.
VERUS REFLECTION SERIES
feeling
mentally overloaded?
Download the 5-Minute Mental Reset — a short reflection designed to help you step out of overthinking and reconnect with what truly matters.
You'll also receive occasional reflections from me on life, leadership, identity and the things I'm learning along the way.
Does something here resonate?
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Based in the Snowy Mountains near Canberra, I work with individuals and organisations across Australia and internationally.
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