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Master your mindset
Maximise your life

…with Phil Toogood Coaching

Unleash your true potential and step into a life of unstoppable confidence and success

I empower ambitious people to break through their limits and unlock their full potential through life mastery, self-awareness, and emotional intelligence. Together, we dive deep into the root cause of imbalance preventing you from living a fulfilled and harmonious life both professionally and personally.

Whether it’s tackling burnout, shattering limiting beliefs or conquering fears that block success and true fulfilment. Phil Toogood Coaching offers 1:1 coaching online and from my studio in Lavenham Suffolk. I host keynote speaker talks and Leadership workshops, as well as offer a range of online courses.

My unique coaching model fuses neuroscience, human dynamics, positive psychology, mindfulness, competitive sport and the core principles of martial arts. By harnessing the science of brain plasticity, habit formation, and stress regulation, my InsideOut Living approach ignites transformative growth, unleashes inner strength, builds resilience, and cultivates true harmony.

Leadership Reinvented

Elevate Your Career Without Sacrificing Your Values

Executive coaching empowers leaders to rise above burnout, crushing pressure, and career roadblocks. It’s not just about surviving, it’s about thriving. Coaching equips you to break through barriers, reach your boldest career goals, and lead with unwavering confidence while maintaining the personal and professional harmony you deserve.

Clients we’ve helped

Life Mastery

Maximise Your Life

High achievers face intense pressures, performance expectations and the constant challenge of maintaining balance outside of the office.

I specialise in helping clients move through, or even sidestep, what’s often labelled a midlife crisis. Instead of a breakdown, we create a breakthrough: turning inner friction into fuel for personal growth, career clarity, and lasting fulfilment.

This isn’t coaching. This is a complete rewire.

I work from the inside out; stripping away the noise, the layers of armour, and your autopilot, so you reconnect with who you really are. From there, we build a life that fits powerful, purposeful, and real.

My method fuses black belt-level mindset and the martial arts pathway with neuroscience, philosophy, and the understanding of human behaviour, into one proven, game-changing system. Born from life and leadership, sporting success, and backed by science. Refined through years of coaching high performers.

You want change? Real change? Step up and show up.

It may sound bold, but I guarantee transformation.

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Mental Fitness for High Performers

An alternative approach to personal development coaching

You train your body. It’s time to train your mind.

My coaching and training integrates both neuroscience and behavioural science. It offers a profound understanding of how your brain functions and how to harness its power for optimal mental performance. By exploring the brain’s traits and triggers, you can better regulate yourself, make more effective decisions, and achieve meaningful growth.

Why Phil Toogood Coaching?

Proven Results – Unmatched Expertise

As the author of You Can Live a Black Belt Life, I’ve developed a results-driven coaching model grounded in real-world success. Built on scientific evidence, refined through years of self-mastery, and tested with high performers across diverse fields, this approach empowers clients to break limitations, master their mindset, and achieve lasting transformation. It’s more than coaching, it’s a system to unlock peak potential and create sustainable success in every area of life.

Endorsed Certified Professional

Accredited by the NeuroLeadership Institute, I specialise in brain-based, results-driven coaching, helping clients harness the power of neuroscience to unlock peak performance. With a deep understanding of human behaviour, decision-making, and cognitive development, I equip leaders, executives, and high performers with the tools to enhance focus, resilience, and strategic thinking. My expertise bridges cutting-edge research with real-world application, ensuring measurable growth and sustained success.

A Unique Approach to Unleashing Potential

Success isn’t just about skill, it’s about mindset. With a background as a leader in both sport and business, a black belt in karate, and a lifelong student of mindfulness, I combine discipline, focus, and mental resilience into a proven formula for success. This powerful, holistic approach empowers my clients to elevate their performance, maximise their potential, and create extraordinary results in every area of life.

Online Courses & Workshops

Ignite Growth. Unlock Potential. 
Lead with Impact.

Explore courses designed to spark profound personal and professional growth. Built on science-backed insights and powerful frameworks, these programs help you reshape your mindset through immersive workshops, actionable digital guides and self-paced courses, you’ll gain the tools to create lasting, impactful change and elevate your life to new heights.

Course

The Fortress

The Fortress Model is a 7-pillar guided journey to help you rediscover your core strength, silence the inner critic, and…

Life Changing Leadership
Workshop

Life Changing Leadership

Tools for the Corporate Athlete
Workshop

Tools for the Corporate Athlete

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“Ability is what you are capable of, motivation detemines what you do, attitude determines how well you do it”

Lou Holtz, a former American football player and coach

Coaching for Confidence, Clarity & Growth

Fear of failure or success. Self-limiting beliefs. Chronic self-doubt. Imposter syndrome. Negative thought patterns. Fixed mindset. Self-belief issues

Summary: I help clients break free from limiting beliefs, build self-confidence, and develop a mindset that supports growth and success.

Unhappiness and dissatisfaction. Fear of rejection or criticism. Emotional regulation struggles. Lack of motivation and drive. Burnout. Midlife crisis. Past trauma

Summary: Managing emotions and overcoming past experiences is key to living a fulfilling life. I guide clients in building emotional resilience and finding renewed purpose.

Chronic procrastination. Perfectionism. Inability to make decisions. Overwhelm and stress. Leadership struggles. Career stagnation. Work-life imbalance

Summary: I help clients overcome mental roadblocks, improve decision-making, and create sustainable habits for personal and professional success.

Lack of clarity and direction. Managing change and uncertainty. Lack of resilience in facing challenges. Fear of stepping out of comfort zones

Summary: When life feels uncertain, I help clients gain clarity, embrace change, and develop the resilience needed to move forward with confidence.

Poor communication skills. Conflict and confrontation. Difficulty handling challenges

Summary: Success often depends on strong communication and interpersonal skills. I coach clients in building confidence, handling conflict, and forming meaningful connections.

Insights

Blog 02/12/24

Pause. Embrace. Celebrate: Strategies for a Stress-Free Festive Season 

Meet Andrew

Meet Andrew

“Our work together has redefined how I lead, how I think, and how I live. Self-care fuels clarity. Growth emerges from adversity. Leadership, at its best, begins with self-awareness.” Read more…

I’ve been working with Phil since January 2025, and the transformation I’ve experienced in just a few months has been incredible. When we first started,…

J Clark
Blog 07/11/24

From an Idea to the Shelves: The Story Behind You Can Live a Black Belt Life

Meet Hannah

Meet Hannah

“I have learned tools and created habits I will nurture for my whole life, that I will pass to my Daughter and that I refer to when I support others.” Read Hannah’s story…

When the student is ready the teacher appears, This was one of the first things that Phil and I talked about at the start of…

Andrew
Blog 28/06/24

Key Lessons in Personal Development that Sports Can Teach Us

Meet Jenna

Meet Jenna

“It has been a transformative and inspiring experience for me and I couldn’t recommend working with anyone more highly than Phil.” Uncover Jenna’s story here…

For a while, I was feeling lost in life, overwhelmed, and stuck with my motivation, discipline, and happiness. I didn’t know how to move forward.…

Olly Webb
Blog 21/06/24

3 Tips from an Executive Coach to Unlock your Full Potential

Working with Phil has been truly transformative. When we first started, I struggled with self-doubt and understanding my own value, both as a leader and…

Matthew Seager
Blog 14/06/24

Broadening My Reach: Announcing My New Email Resources

Phil’s coaching has been truly transformative, filling a void in my life with paternal guidance and support I never had growing up…

Chris
Blog 26/02/19

The Old Library Lloyd’s

Phil helped me see my true potential again by helping me dig deep to understand my personal beliefs and qualities. By understanding these and celebrating…

Human Resources Manager
Blog 11/12/18

Growth mindset!!! Believe me, this stuff really works!

When I first approached Phil for some help, I had just been diagnosed with type two diabetes and clinical depression within a month of each…

AR
Blog 29/11/18

Fixed Mindset? Self-limiting Thoughts? Get in the Dojo! Or at least adopt the precepts.

The sessions with you, your book, and your authentic style and approach to leadership coaching have served me greatly in the first months of directorship…

CA – Director of Engineering & Technology
Blog 08/10/18

Insights – Where do they come from?

When my teenage daughter needed some support and coaching to help her over a hurdle in her life, I turned to Phil. Phil spent time…

Happy Mum
Blog 10/09/18

Unleash Your Hidden Potential

I have new tools to cope with the challenges I face, and I feel the benefits not just in a professional environment but also with…

Dan Sowden

The most meaningful outcome, of which there have been many, has been the collapse of the limiting belief system that has been holding me back…

Chris

Phil’s coaching has not only provided me with a new beginning, but I can say with complete honestly that I believe it saved my life…

H

I was reluctant to contact Phil as my issues were so personal. However, it was one of the best decisions I have ever made…

Mike

Phil’s Workshop not only changed the way I approach my working day it changed how I approach each day of my life…

Christopher Day – Head of Procurement & Logistics

After every session I feel like a piece of my husband comes home – and you know the best part? He is SMILING! I cannot…

Thank You note from Client’s Wife

Every session was filled with new insights, actions and a surge of positive energy. I always came away with a smile on my face. I…

JT

Phil took the time out to travel and visit me at my home and spent some life-changing time with me. He set out to uncover…

Darren Cousins

Phil has guided me through the coaching process with full trust, honesty and commitment. Above all else, it’s a place to gain control of my…

DB

Twelve inspirational sessions, Phil’s guidance assisted me tremendously to refocus, to reflect without judgement, to set new goals, to plan strategies and to measure my…

NP

Over the years I have been unofficially mentored by Phil, and the small snippets I have gleaned from his methods have transformed the way I…

Ben Green

Phil is an innovator, strategic and focused, a passionate and committed leader and team player. I wish him the very best as he applies his…

Richard Pybus

Passion, empathy and non-judgement are three words to describe this incredible man who supported me through an extremely difficult time…

Confidential Client

I can say without hesitation or reservation that Phil Toogood is one of the most professional men I have had the pleasure of knowing and…

Dr A.G. Sheard

Phil’s understanding of pain and grief is amazing, and our daily talks were invaluable to me. His ‘people skills’ are second to none and his…

Peter T. Heal J.P.

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