ABOUT MEL
Hi, I’m Mel Wiggins – a coach, consultant, and community leader with a heart for helping people find their way back to themselves.
My work lives at the intersection of personal transformation, collective care, and courageous leadership. Whether I’m walking alongside a woman in a one-to-one coaching relationship, facilitating change with a team through my organisation Embodied Leadership, or supporting community-led restorative justice practices – the common thread is always the same: creating space for people to feel seen, supported, and empowered to grow.
These days, my work includes:
Coaching for Women
I work one-to-one with women who are craving more connection to themselves – women who are ready to move beyond self-doubt, over-giving, and burnout and step into a way of living and leading that feels grounded and true. Through a trauma-informed and somatic lens, we explore your inner landscape, reawaken your creative energy, and learn tools to help you trust your inner voice again. You don’t need to be “fixed” – you just need space to be heard, and to remember who you are. If that sounds like what you need, you can book a no-pressure chat with me here.
Embodied Leadership
I’m also the co-founder of Embodied Leadership, where we support organisations and teams – especially in people-centred, high-burnout sectors – to lead from a place of integrity, regulation, and care. We bring a holistic approach to leadership development, wellbeing, and culture change. Our work combines evidence-based strategies with deep somatic and relational practices, helping workplaces become safer, more sustainable spaces for everyone.
Restorative Practice
Alongside this, I work part-time in restorative justice, a long-standing commitment rooted in my belief in healing, accountability, and community-led solutions. This work continues to shape how I show up in every area of my life – with compassion, with curiosity, and with the conviction that change is always possible when people are given the right support.
— Carla McGreevy, Breathwork & Self-Care Coach
“Mel has created something so nurturing. I have been looking for business help for a while but never felt a connection. Everyone else felt really salesy, telling me how much they could do for me. Mel made it totally about me; helped me connect inwards for the answers. This work is what every female entrepreneur needs and the way Mel runs this business is amazing.”
VALUES & PRIVILEGES
Integrity
I will never use manipulation or fear-based language to encourage your engagement in my content or programmes. I trust my clients and community to make good decisions for themselves and to be fully aware of the commitments they step into when they work with me.
I am anti-hustle culture and won’t ever push my clients to do more than they have capacity for.
I will never sell you a specific outcome or result in the work that we do together because I understand that it is not possible or ethical to guarantee this.
We will always work together to create goals that are right for you, not based on any external arbitrary ideals; this also requires my clients to take radical responsibility for themselves.
Inclusion
As a white, cis-gendered heterosexual able-bodied woman, I recognise the layers of privilege that I hold that enable me to build this business.
I believe that we all have much to learn from voices and communities that have been historically marginalised and I am making efforts to be more intentionally inclusive in my business, including paying diverse experts at different levels of my business model.
I aim to co-create a facilitate a safe community in my coaching spaces, understanding that trust and safety is earned and is the responsibility of everyone in the coaching space.
I am committed to doing the work to untangle my own biases and align my learning with action.
Accessibility
There are many free or low-cost options to working with me or learning from me; including my podcasts, Instagram content, email list and free PDF downloads and free workshops.
I offer non-punitive payment plans for all of my 1:1 or group coaching programmes and believe payment plans are a form of financial accessibility.
I am also working on ways to expand accessibility in my business, including ensuring that my services are optimised for those with other requirements (i.e. sight, hearing or neurodiversity).
My commitment…
I am a learner too. I am committed to being on the learning path alongside my clients. I want to acknowledge that there is always more to integrate into a values-led model and I won’t always get it right or meet the expectations of others. By recognising and acknowledging that I am always learning too, I can continue to offer a high quality experience and integrate the benefits of the ongoing training and development that I invest in for myself into the work I do. My own learning does not just involve practical education and business support. Investing in my self can also include coaching, supervision and therapy so I am accountable and responsible in my practice.


HERE’S HOW I CAN HELP…
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Through 1:1 coaching, I help women move beyond burnout, self-doubt, and overwhelm to rediscover clarity, confidence, and purpose.
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In-person gatherings for small groups of women who want to experience the power of sitting and sharing in circle around themes of womanhood, courage, conflict and embodiment.
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Through Embodied Leadership, we work with teams and organisations to build cultures of wellbeing and resilience – grounded in somatic awareness, trauma-informed practice, and brave, compassionate leadership.