In 2003, I had a insight that changed the course of my life.

I was living and working in New York, and I decided to run the New York marathon.

I wasn’t sure how I would fit in the training. I worked long hours as a fund of funds analyst and portfolio manager, and often travelled for work, but I committed nonetheless.

What transpired completely shocked me.

I had more energy, was more positive and proactive, and felt more on top of my workload.

Much to my surprise, my productivity took a quantum leap. 

I came to appreciate that I had much more control over my energy levels,

my emotional state and my mental clarity than I had ever appreciated.

 

And that was a gamechanger for me, a turning point in how I looked at myself and how I lived my life.

It also changed how I looked at the people around me, including the hedge fund managers I invested with.  

I had always been intrigued as to why some managers exceeded expectations while others failed to achieve their potential, when they looked so similar on paper. This experience gave me a new perspective on this phenomenon.

I began to wonder if it was the internal state of the managers that was the difference… the ability to maintain energy levels and motivation, to think and see clearly under pressure, their backgrounds and conditioning.  

By 2006, I was ready to devote myself full time to researching this theory.  I changed career trajectory and started training as an executive coach.

Over the past twenty years I have explored human performance from many different perspectives, including modern academic theory and ancient wisdom traditions, and I’ve experimented with many experiential practices. My conclusion: a huge amount of human potential is untapped. 

For me, productivity is not about being more efficient with the resources we have and getting more done. Productivity is about harnessing the full resources of our own body and mind, and bringing online new capacities currently outside our conscious awareness. 

When this happens, we have more energy, are more emotionally resilient, think more clearly and are better able to discern when we are acting from unconscious patterns which cloud our capacity to see a situation clearly, and when we are fully present, able to access our full resources and accurately processing the challenge in front us.

If you are ready to experience greater wellbeing, vitality and success in all areas of your life, get in touch and let’s talk about how I can support you.

Testimonials

Grainne’s support made a remarkable difference to my wellbeing. She helped me manage burnout during a crisis and provided tools to make me feel resourced and supported.

Grainne has been instrumental in helping me balance my work and home life more effectively. She gave me frameworks, offered thoughtful questions, and relevant resources that helped me feel grounded while managing competing priorities, making this balance not just achievable but sustainable.

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‘Beyond Brainstorming: Unleashing Collaborative Innovation’ was a real game-changer for our team! Grainne McAnallen and Andrea Langlois created a space that went far beyond conventional ideation, guiding us through powerful techniques that shifted our perspectives and unlocked new levels of creativity towards a shared challenge.

Their unique approach, blending group dynamics with deep, purpose-driven exploration, helped us connect not just to ideas but to each other in a deeply transformative way.

We left the session feeling re-energized, together stronger, and equipped to tackle a challenge, and future challenges with fresh insight and innovative thinking. 

This experience is a must for any team ready to take their collaboration to new heights.

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My coach Grainne guides and nurtures all of me, as a leader and as a human being.

I am the co-lead of a team of 89 FTEs in Europe, going through an internal change process in Europe and I highly appreciate Grainne’s professional background. She knows what I am talking about when I tell her about the challenges in my leadership role.

Her powerful coaching enables me to look at my challenges from different angles. I love the unique mix of tools and methods Grainne brings to our sessions – always showing up with her heart and mind. She lives her values and her teachings. We structure my organigram, we put major topics or colleagues into constellations so that I can see more clearly where I stand thus being able to act in a more thought through way. Grainne guides me through Yoga Nidra sessions that empower me on stressful days. I particularly enjoy it when Grainne takes me on a visualization journey that enables me to go so much deeper and discover hidden solutions.

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While the value of our work goes far beyond finances, the increased clarity, confidence, and effectiveness in my role have positively influenced my professional growth and long-term earning potential. 

I communicate more clearly, manage challenges more calmly, and approach complex situations with a solutions-focused mindset.  I understand people more and speak to them in terms they understand.

I feel less overwhelmed, more grounded, and better able to manage stress. Grainne’s approach helped me build resilience rather than simply pushing through pressure.

I highly recommend Grainne to anyone looking to develop professionally while maintaining balance and wellbeing.

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Grainne and Mark [Harrod]’s work with our senior leadership team at The Young Foundation created a genuinely safe and productive space for us to work on some of the key issues relating to culture and ways of working, both within the leadership team and more widely.

I can wholeheartedly recommend their approach, their professionalism, wisdom and empathy in this work.

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Grainne skilfully helps individuals and teams tap into a hidden energy, resource, wisdom and power to reach new levels of productivity and performance. 

She brings a wealth of her own knowledge, wisdom and techniques to resource the people she supports and does so with a calmness and energy that is always welcomed. 

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Grainne has a super style, she is an individual who puts individuals at ease whilst also being able to ask the questions which will open up both the individual and team thinking.

She also has an innate curiosity and therefore researched all the key information which would enable us to consider some key questions and get some key answers!

She is a skillful influencer as not everyone on the team was originally supportive of our approach but now recognise the value of the work we have done.

I think the proof is in our results, we have surpassed our wide ranging goals.

Personally I am truly grateful to Grainne for her support as initially I was the person driving this change, the great thing is that it is now owned by the team which speaks for itself.

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