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ABOUT VESSEL’S JOURNAL
Created and curated with the adventurous, the curious and the brave in mind, the Vessel Journal is a virtual coaching community that’s filled with knowledge and wisdom to support you through transformative times.
Subjects range from mid-life, menopause and moderation, to entrepreneurship, embodiment, feminism and the liminal space, served with a healthy dose of joy on the side.
Journal entries will delve into what coaching is, what it’s not, why it’s necessary and how it could be just the thing to help you make sense of the messy in-between.
Change is inevitable and frankly necessary in this day and age! So let’s allow and trust in the journey to be our guide and if you need to, have a supportive coach like me by your side.
ABOUT ROSE
ON A PROFESSIONAL NOTE…
Kia ora and welcome. I’m Rose, a certified coach with a background in social sciences, psychology, entrepreneurship and creative industries. I love working with people to create spaces, places, products and experiences that facilitate transformation and meaningful change. I believe that our personal and professional lives are inextricably linked and that both can be compassionate, creative, collaborative and kind.
Over the past decade I’ve founded and developed a number of companies and brands on my own and with my partner in business and in life, and over the past 25 years I’ve worked with thousands of small businesses, charitable trusts, not-for-profits, local governments, business improvement districts and multinational companies in Aotearoa and abroad. I have experience in a wide range of sectors and industries, including sustainability and the circular economy, strategic development, placemaking and place activation, public realm infrastructure projects, publishing, brand strategy and design, exhibition and event curation, public programming, business support, economic development, community engagement and fashion.
I’ve been through a fair share of transformative experiences over my 40+ years and have spent a lifetime following my curiosity and contemplating the big and the small of life. Aside from my Graduate Certificate in Professional Coaching certification, I have a degree in Human Geography, Psychology and English, I’ve studied with renowned women’s leadership coach Tara Mohr and I’m a life long learner who’s delved into a range of topics from He Tīmatanga ki te Reo Māori, mindfulness based stress reduction and strategic planning, to conflict resolution, personal development and philosophy.
The past two years have provided an incredible opportunity to reassess so many things. Not only did we all had to navigate our way through a global pandemic, but after going through a life-altering health emergency, professional burnout and personal challenges, I knew things had to change for me.
I never planned to pursue coaching… in fact I always though it was the reserve of exceptionally bubbly, extroverted, ‘hustle ‘n’ grind’ types. And that just made me feel like heading off for a nap.
But coaching kept following me around until I finally listened to its call and realised that there was space for a more gentle and considered approach to this profession, one that connects with the growing need for people to discover a new way to live and work in this ever-changing world.
I am inspired by the work of Jenny Odell, adrienne maree brown, Barbara Holloway and Jane Jacobs. I founded Vessel to share my discoveries and offer coaching services and community to incredible women who need support and space to help them find their way and enjoy the journey.
ON A PERSONAL NOTE…
I’m an 87% introvert who can talk to hundreds of people on stage when needs must, I have a deep love of the ocean and rock pools but a great fear of seaweed and sharks, I’m on a social media sabbatical after burning out from a decade of excessive over-use and I serve as Personal Assistant to an otherworldly Italian Greyhound named Benedetta.
I love vintage textiles and design, and the transformative power of what we wear has always captivated me. In another life, I trained as a seamstress and patternmaker and worked in fashion workrooms, marketing teams and retail stores around the world, but after getting burned out by London’s fast fashion industry and the waste that it accumulates, I pivoted my career to focus on sustainability and the circular economy. I co-founded a vintage lifestyle magazine and curated exhibitions, events and experiences around Aotearoa to champion the reuse and revival of materials that already exist in the system.
I have served as a board trustee for the New Zealand Fashion Museum and I produce a glove-box sized guide to all of the op shops, vintage stores and secondhand retailers throughout the country (there are over 1500!) called Collectors Anonymous, so if you love treasure hunting make sure you get your hands on the latest book.
I’ve recently taken up a twice daily Vedic Meditation practice after years of dabbling, which has been one of my saving graces and has bought a calmness and serenity to my life that I never thought possible. I wish I discovered it many years ago when I was working eight jobs, cranking out 70 hour weeks and doing ‘busy’ as hard as I could!
I’m grateful to all my teachers and mentors past and present that have contributed to my knowledge and led me to the path that I find myself on today.
