I knew I was a different kind of coach the moment I stopped trying to sound like one.
About Ross Harvey
I was in a session. No framework. No script. No performance.
Just me, completely locked in on the person in front of me.
And I watched something happen.
Not motivation. Not inspiration.
Their thinking started to crack open.
The story they’d been repeating for years stopped holding weight.
The thing underneath finally showed itself.
That’s when I realised something:
Most people don’t need advice.
They need someone who can sit with the truth long enough for it to land.
A client once told me I should train as a therapist.
She was training to be a counsellor herself.
She said our work went deeper than her own therapy.
I’m not a therapist.
But I will go to the places most people avoid.
The decision that keeps getting postponed.
The conversation you’ve rehearsed a hundred times but never had.
The pattern that’s been running your life quietly in the background.
We go there.
And we don’t leave until something shifts.
Where I come from
For years, I lived at full speed.
Barcelona. Dubai. Singapore. Hong Kong.
Luxury hospitality. High pressure. Long hours. High standards. No room for weakness.
At the same time, I was performing on the drum and bass circuit alongside some of the scene’s finest.
Always on.
Always delivering.
Always somewhere between exhilarating and exhausting.
From the outside, it looked like a great life.
But behind the scenes I was running on adrenaline and calling it ambition.
Then I burned out.
Not dramatically. No breakdown story.
Just the slow collapse that happens when you’ve been ignoring yourself for too long.
Work wasn’t right.
My relationship was strained.
My body was barely holding itself together.
I was doing everything… except actually living.
A coach helped me do one thing that changed everything:
Stop avoiding the decisions that mattered.
Once that happened, everything else started to fall into place.
My health came back.
My thinking cleared.
I returned to the UK.
I started a family.
That experience didn’t just change my life.
It showed me what real coaching actually is.
Not hype.
Not talking.
Not “goals”.
Just truth, traction, and the ability to move again.
What I've done since
I’ve spent the last 8 years coaching.
I’ve done over 2000 hours of one-to-one work with people operating under real pressure.
Not people who need a pep talk.
People who are carrying responsibility, expectations, teams, businesses, families, and decisions that affect other people’s lives.
I hold a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) certificate with the International Coaching Federation (ICF) and am a Registered Health Coach with the UK and International Health Coaching Association (UKIHCA).
I also work inside the NHS, supporting people at every level of pressure, from those rebuilding their lives, to those quietly holding everything together while appearing completely fine.
I’m constantly studying, working with my own coaches, and sharpening my craft.
Because the people I work with don’t need a “nice coach.”
They need someone who can hold weight.
These credentials don’t do the work.
I do.
Alongside my NHS work, I coach privately in a premium health and performance environment — working with professionals who are investing seriously in how they operate.
Who I work
with privately
I work with a small number of people at any one time.
Entrepreneurs. Senior professionals. Creatives. Founders.
People who carry real responsibility.
People who look composed on the outside…
but know privately that something isn’t right.
Not because they’re failing.
Because they’ve outgrown the way they’ve been operating.
They’re done running on adrenaline.
Done avoiding decisions.
Done pretending it’s fine.
If that’s you, the next step is to apply.