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David Wilkinson Coach

I Powerfully Coach People to Create Results That Transform Their World. I am a Man living in Marbella Spain with my beautiful fiancée, Helenlee.

I love the odd beer, coffee, eating out, and training Jiu-Jitsu. My profession, calling and passion in life is being a coach and showing up in the world as all that I am.

27/09/2026

Where do spaces like this really exist in business?

Yesterday I brought some of my 1-1 coaching clients together for the day.

We started in spa because the world of business and high performance can be fast, intense and relentless. So I wanted to create an environment where they could slow down, relax, connect and just switch off for a while.

Then after that it breakfast and coffee as we got into the real focus of the day.

Everyone was asked to come with something they wanted space, perspective or clarity on. It could be personal, professional, business or life.

What followed was probably the most honest and vulnerable conversation I’ve ever experienced with a group of men in the 8 years I’ve done this.

No egos. No competing. Just people being open about where they’re at and genuinely wanting to help and support each other. I obviously won’t share what was discussed. It stays in that room, and that confidentiality is part of what gives a group like this the confidence to talk and share.

But I did drive away feeling proud of what I have created and the importance of having valuable spaces like this to talk!

18/09/2026

Vulnerability and high performance - what’s the link?

10/09/2026

Good luck to everyone running The Great North Run this Sunday 🏃

And remember, performance isn’t about experiencing discomfort, it’s about knowing how to respond when it arrives 👏

01/09/2026

This is so transferable to sport and life!

When things get tight. when the pressure, stress, worry, tension or pain increases, as it does for all of us, there can be a tendency to tighten up ourselves.

We become rigid in our thinking.

We hold on and hope it passes.

We grip tightly to what we have in case we lose it.

We try harder to control what’s happening around us and within us.

It’s often instinctive, the survival part of our brain doing exactly what it’s supposed to do.

But rarely does going tense when the situation is tense work…

More often it keeps us to stuck!

When we eventually lift our heads up, sometimes we realise we’ve already lost something.

The game.
The match.
The moment.
The opportunity.
Our peace.

The alternative is almost counterintuitive:

When life goes tight, we go loose.

We lighten our grip.

We become more flexible. More adaptable. We move.

And in doing so, we start to see things we couldn’t see before. We access thinking that tension had locked us out of. We create enough space between what’s happening and what we do next.

We stop simply reacting and give ourselves the opportunity to respond.

Going loose doesn’t mean we don’t care.

It doesn’t mean the pressure disappears.

And it certainly doesn’t mean we give up.

It means that when the moment demands more from us, rather than allowing the pressure to make our world smaller, we give ourselves enough freedom to meet it.

31/07/2026

Another great day working with the team Digital Edge this week.

We spent time talking about communication, pressure and self-awareness, particularly how differently pressure can show up for each person in a team.

Because high performance isn’t about everyone thinking, communicating, or responding in the same way, we aren’t all AI robots.

It’s about understanding ourselves better, understanding the people around us, and becoming more aware of what happens to us when the pressure increases.

These are the discussions and teachings I enjoy having with teams.

Creating the space to think, talk honestly and understand each other a little better, then taking that back into how we work together day-to-day.

24/07/2026

Worrying about the future?

Here how I helped a client get out of worrying and overthinking in their business and into action!

02/07/2026

A little bit of life these past couple of months

1 & 2. Few days in North Yorkshire with Leo ❤️
3. Team coaching and development with my client Digital Edge
4. A bit of hiking in the lakes with Kevin Edgar for my sins lol ⛰️
5&6 More coaching and leadership development at some cool views 📈
7. Make or Break 2 - A 3 day mindset and leadership retreat with which I have the fortune of being part of the instruction team delivering it 💪🏻
8. Of course lots of coffee ☕️ 😂
9. The odd pint of Guinness 😉
10. And I’ve kept up the running, once a…for now 😂

27/06/2026

Great morning up Blencathra via sharp edge ⛰️ shame about the views. Next stop England match ⚽️

04/06/2026

What are we undervaluing MOST in business or a high-performance environment…

Everyone will have an opinion on this, whether it’s culture, teamwork, resilience, confidence, or developing your people.

I’d say none of those are incorrect, but for me, nothing trumps creating the space for an honest, open, and safe conversation.

The types of interactions that happen between the busyness of business or the competition of sport.

Those critical moments when the action has stopped, for now at least, and the space is there for talking, discussion, reflection, and processing.

In the world of high performance, where we’re always looking for the marginal gain, the next big thing, or the latest productivity hack, it’s easy to forget that underneath it all are people.

People who have a deep need to feel seen and heard.

You can replace people with machines, but you can’t replace this need!

People often perform at their best when they feel valued, when they feel they belong, and when they feel secure.

Nothing creates that faster than an environment where people feel genuinely seen and heard. At the same time, nothing damages performance more than neglect, fear, feeling undervalued, or being treated as a number.

Talking, listening, and seeking to understand could be among the easiest things we do in business, yet we seem to keep moving further away from them, to our detriment.

26/05/2026

3 day leadership and mindset course completed!

A group of 7 business leaders sign up to arguably the toughest mental, emotional and physical course, we call Make or Break 2.

But why…???

It’s not to see how tough they are, or how much they can suffer. It’s to the bridge the gap between where they are, and being who they want to be as a man and a leader.

Courses like this, create awareness, insight and personal breakthroughs like no other. You can’t hide, avoid and distract with you are thrown into a situation that forces you reveal your true character.

That inner critical voice we all have that tells us, we can’t do something…Well these guys had to bring that out and kick it in the face (so to speak 🤣)

I am immensely proud of every one of these men, not just because of what they did over 3 days, but how they opened up and spoke about the things that keep most of us awake at night. This is where growth comes from.

Also, amazing to be part of the team that created and delivered this. Genuinely, this is a world class event.

The answer lies in the work you are avoiding!

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