Mel Auld - Transformational Coach

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Do you feel ready to move with more clarity, alignment and ease?

I partner with individuals and groups ready to centre themselves, navigate complexity, find their flow and create meaningful ripples of change.

Would you like more joy and ease in your life?

Navigating grief or loss and needing a steady, gentle presence alongside you?

Want to reconnect with yourself through your relationship with nature?

Want to move through complexity with a clearer sense of

who you are and what matters to you?

Want help to identify or prepare for your next role?

Ready to move beyond your limiting beliefs?

Want to feel more grounded, more balanced and

less weighed down by stress?

Coachig

I work with my clients to help them reconnect with their true nature, move beyond dissatisfaction and drama and take the steps needed to reach their goals with equanimity and heart.

I offer a long-term, deep coaching partnership, tailored to your specific needs that supports sustainable, grounded change. If this feels like the right time for you, get in touch for a free one-hour consultation.

ABOUT

I'm an ecotherapist and somatic guide, with two decades of experience leading communications and marketing teams across global corporates and, more recently, supporting smaller, values-led organisations.

I'm passionate about helping people and organisations tap into their true nature, nurturing kaupapa (initiatives) that people feel connected to, fostering clear and respectful communication and encouraging grounded, heart-led leadership.

My work is rooted in bicultural awareness and advocacy, care for the natural world and an understanding of the interconnectedness of people, place and purpose.

Outside of work, I'm a proud mum, wife, daughter and friend. I cherish time spent with my family, wandering in wild spaces and seeking out adventure-filled moments that restore joy and vitality.

About Mel

Support through Death, Dying & Grief

Death touches every part of life, and how we meet it matters. I offer support to people navigating dying, death and grief, whether that means connecting you with the right practical help or walking alongside you through coaching.

Connecting you to support

Through my work with Ngā Pou Hereng, Eco Funeral Resources and Te Puke Natural Burials, I'm closely connected to funeral guides, natural burial options and eco-friendly, family-led approaches to after-death care across the Bay of Plenty. If you're facing a death and don't know where to start, I can help you find your way to the people and resources that fit your family's needs and values.

Coaching through grief and life transitions

In my experience, grief is mysterious and unpredictable. It certainly doesn't follow predictable steps, and there's no set timeframe. Through one-on-one coaching, I offer a steady, grounded presence to help you process loss, reconnect with yourself and find your feet again, in your own time and in your own way.

Get in touch if you or someone you know could use support.

What is

Ecotherapy?

I'm part of the Ecotherapy Collective Aotearoa, a group of practitioners exploring healing through a collaborative relationship with nature.

At its heart, ecotherapy is about healing through a shared relationship with the natural world. As a guide, I support you to connect and interact with nature, and the real shift happens as you reflect and let your own inner truths surface naturally.

This work is grounded in somatic mindfulness, tuning into what the body is holding (grief, stress, overwhelm or anything else) with curiosity rather than judgement, so that stuck experiences can begin to move and change.

What I offer

Individual sessions: one-on-one ecotherapy or somatic sessions outdoors, tailored to what you're navigating, whether that's grief, transition, stress or simply a need to reconnect.
Group offerings: guided group experiences in nature, including nature-based rites of passage and seasonal gatherings, for those wanting to do this work in community.

Get in touch to talk about what might suit you.

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TESTIMONIALS

"My concluding comment to Mel was “Thank you for seeing me”. That is the gift Mel has - to see you.

Mel saw past my anxiety and fears and saw me. Through Mel’s patience and wisdom I was able to rediscover who I was, what my strengths were and how to diminish the noise in my head.

Mel’s ability to connect at a deep level with warmth and understanding, gently guiding is a rare gift. The process of evolving can be painful at times - Mel was the rock in the storm, always there with prompts, questions and humour.

I have been changed through this coaching process and now I see me."

Tracy

CONTACTING ME

Phone:

+64 21 471 639

Email:

mel@melauld.com

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