Lydia Wild

Hi, I’m Lydia (she/they), a queer life coach supporting LGBTQ+ adults who are burnt out, overwhelmed, and quietly questioning whether the pace they’ve been living at is actually sustainable.

Many of my clients are high-functioning on the outside but exhausted on the inside. They’re often caring, capable people who’ve spent years pushing through, people-pleasing, masking parts of themselves, or trying to meet expectations that were never designed with them in mind. For some, this includes navigating ADHD or other forms of neurodivergence — diagnosed or not.

I came to this work after experiencing burnout myself and leaving a career in education. That experience taught me something important: I wasn’t broken — the systems and pressures I was trying to survive were. Now, I help other queer people unlearn the belief that they have to keep pushing, performing, or pretending they’re fine, and instead build a life that actually works for them.

You might be here because you:

Feel constantly tired, emotionally flat, or on edge — even after rest
Appear “fine” to others but feel overwhelmed, stuck, or quietly falling apart
Struggle with overthinking, procrastination, or freeze
Carry guilt, self-doubt, or pressure to be productive, good, or successful
Know something needs to change, but don’t know where to start
Coaching with me offers space to slow down, take stock, and gently untangle what’s been weighing you down. My approach is calm, affirming, and gently challenging. Together, we’ll explore what’s contributing to your burnout, reconnect you with your values and needs, and create realistic, sustainable changes — especially around work, boundaries, energy, and self-trust.

Clients often tell me they feel calmer, clearer, and more grounded after working together. They begin to understand themselves with more compassion, make decisions with greater confidence, and stop feeling like they’re “failing at life” just because the usual ways of doing things don’t fit.

I work with queer people across the UK through one-to-one coaching, group programmes, and in-person events in Norwich. Many of the people I support identify as neurodivergent or suspect they may be — you don’t need a diagnosis to be understood here.

If you’re feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or on the edge of burnout, a free, no-pressure discovery call is a gentle way to explore whether working together feels like a good fit.

LGBTQ+ issues, including identity

See below for some client testimonials.

"From our first session I felt different, I felt empowered and I felt positive, I have made changes to my life that I didn’t think I could before we met. Quite simply she has helped me change the negative issues and look at them in a different way, in reality they are what they are and what’s done is done but now I have the tools to change my life, and I love it again. I owe these changes to Lydia and her approach to me, we all get wounded at times and need that little bit of help, I found that help through Lydia. I would highly recommend her to anyone who needs some life coaching, whether it is in your career, personal life or any other aspect of life" - Colette, Oxford

"Lydia helped me find the motivation to change and more importantly, I feel like everything I am doing, I am doing because I want to not because someone told me to. Thanks to Lydia’s coaching I have lost weight, reconnected with old friends and hitting the gym or the pool 4 times a week. I feel motivated and on a positive path. It was a wonderful experience; I am truly converted to the benefits of having a Life Coach." - Danielle, Oxford

"I have had life coaching from Lydia and found it not only useful but enlightening. I want to make a career change but didn’t know in which direction to go. I found that her technique really helped me to sort out my thoughts. By extremely clever use of questioning she cleared my pathway. I can honestly say that I had several ‘lightbulb moments’ in which I realised things that I could do to help myself. At no time did she advise or direct me. The whole process was one of enabling me to help myself. I found the experience really empowering and energising. I would heartily recommend it." - Liz, Northamptonshire