More about Mike
Mike James is an internationally accredited results coach and a life coach who supports men and women at pivotal moments in their lives. He works with people who sense there is more for them, yet feel blocked, stuck, or uncertain about their next steps.
Currently completing his Master’s in Counselling Psychotherapy, Mike brings together evidence-based psychological training with practical coaching methodologies. This combination allows him to help clients uncover the hidden patterns, beliefs, and emotional blocks that quietly shape their decisions and behaviours.
Many of the people Mike works with have already tried to change.
They may have read books, explored faith or spirituality, attended church, participated in therapy, or completed programs such as AA or anger management courses. While these experiences may have offered insight, something still feels unresolved. Mike meets clients exactly where they are — without judgement — and helps them move beyond surface-level understanding into real, sustainable change. At the heart of Mike’s work is clarity. He helps people see themselves and their situations more honestly, make aligned decisions, and take new actions that lead to meaningful results. His coaching style is compassionate yet direct, creating a safe space for reflection while also encouraging personal responsibility and forward momentum.
He helps people see themselves and their situations more honestly, make aligned decisions, and take new actions that lead to meaningful results. His coaching style is compassionate yet direct, creating a safe space for reflection while also encouraging personal responsibility and forward momentum.
Mike believes that feeling stuck is not a failure, but a signal that growth is ready to occur. Through his work, he empowers clients to reconnect with their inner strengths, trust themselves again, and step confidently into the next chapter of their lives.
At the heart of Mike’s work is clarity.
Creative Arts Coaching
Beyond the corporate world, Mike has mentored and coached professional musicians and award-winning artists nationally and internationally. Being trusted to work closely with creatives at the highest level has deepened his understanding of performance pressure, identity, purpose, and emotional resilience.
Mike’s Coaching
Results Coaching
As a Results Coach, Mike has worked with men, women, and teenagers from all walks of life. He has supported clients in saving intimate relationships, helping men reconnect with purpose and regain leadership in their lives, and guiding men with anger challenges toward emotional balance, self-control, and self-respect. He has also worked with women healing from sexual abuse and physical trauma, supporting them in overcoming complex PTSD and creating richer, safer, and more fulfilling lives.
Mike uses traditional talk therapy such as CBT, narrative based therapies, combined with things such as hypnotherapy and practical closed eye exercises that use precise neuroscientific and psychological techniques to support transformation.
Mental Health
Mike has supported individuals through experiences including suicidal ideation, depression, ADHD, anxiety, separation, loss of purpose, and spiritual disconnection. His work focuses on helping people create peace by removing trapped emotions, resolving limiting beliefs and conflicted values, and by taking clear, empowered actions forward. Clients describe their work with Mike as not just supportive, but life-changing.
Lived Experience
What sets Mike apart is the depth of his lived experience.
Having witnessed divorce, domestic violence, racism, rejection, and chronic adversity from a young age, he understands struggle at a core human level. Earlier in his life, these experiences manifested as people-pleasing, procrastination, anxiety, depression, and self-medication through food and substances. Through doing his own inner work and studying human potential, Mike transformed his life from the inside out.
After a critical back injury left him living with chronic pain for 15 years and dependent on strong pain medication, Mike defied medical expectations. He rehabilitated his body, came off medication, lost over 15 kilograms, rebuilt muscle, and regained physical strength —including being able to do a push-up again after being told it would never be possible. This journey reinforced his belief that change is possible, even when the odds seem stacked.
Defining Moments
“If I only knew then, what I know now…”
A defining turning point in Mike’s life was losing two close friends to suicide within the span of 18 months. Hearing the raw grief of their mothers profoundly shaped his purpose. In that moment, he committed himself to making a difference — one step, one breath, one person at a time. From then on, his mission became clear: to help people find hope, understanding, clarity, and freedom before they reach breaking point. His mission is to provide tools and techniques that will empower people to change before they reach breaking point, before they become ill, or continue to fail to listen to their loved ones,, enduring dangerous outbursts of anger, continuing destructive habits, and destroying relationships in the process of “finding themselves” within the drama triangle.
“None of us are taught this stuff. We are not taught how to resolve external or even internal conflicts with ourselves. The world is full of broken families. We see people argue, and we live in a world that is constantly at war. People refusing to let go over their egos, choosing being right over being happy. Most of this behaviour is based on schematic root cause behaviours. Once we discover these, we can begin the deep, safe and fun healing work of bringing them to balance.”
Lifelong Learner
Mike dedicated himself to learning.
Mike has learned from therapists, coaches, and experts across disciplines, believing deeply in the value of guidance and support. Drawing inspiration from elite performers and leaders across sport, music, and business, he embodies the belief that no one succeeds alone. ”If having a coach is good enough for Denzel, Jordan, Kobe, Serena, then it sure is good enough for me.”
Having lived in three countries before the age of 14, and growing up with a white mother and Black father, Mike brings cultural awareness and sensitivity to his work. Raised primarily by a single mother, he witnessed firsthand many of the challenges women face and brings deep respect, empathy, and understanding into every therapeutic coaching relationship.
Today, Mike combines professional training, lived experience, and an unwavering belief in human potential. For him, this work is more than a career — it is a calling. He is known for his clarity, compassion, and commitment, giving 100% to his clients and standing alongside them as they move from feeling stuck to living with purpose, confidence, and freedom.
High Performance Coaching
Elevating Mindset & Performance
Mike works with people who want to take both their mindset and performance to the next level. His coaching is designed to produce clear, measurable shifts in how clients think, decide, and respond under pressure — translating directly into improved results in performance, leadership, communication, and competition.
With over 10,000 hours of coaching experience, Mike has worked with award-winning sales professionals, award-winning musicians performing on the international stage, semi-professional athletes, and former professional athletes. He is also preparing to begin work with professional athletes, bringing his high-performance methodology into elite sporting environments.
Mike’s high-performance coaching focuses on creating new unconscious triggers that enable fast, accurate, and composed responses in any situation. Rather than relying solely on motivation or willpower, clients learn how to access optimal performance states automatically — even in high-pressure or unpredictable environments.
A key pillar of Mike’s work is improving mental efficiency through advanced Emotional Access Systems. This allows clients to reduce internal noise, regulate emotions more effectively, and access clarity, confidence, and focus on demand.
Goal achievement is approached strategically and energetically. Mike applies magnetic goal-setting and attraction techniques used by Olympians, aligning mindset, emotion, and behaviour so goals are not just set, but actively pursued and achieved.
Communication is treated as a performance skill. Mike supports clients to deliver international-quality presentations, develop a strong leadership presence, and use language intentionally. His philosophy is simple and powerful: words are your wealth. He teaches clients how to turn their personal story into influence, credibility, and continued success. Known for his clarity, intensity, and results-focused approach, Mike works with individuals who are serious about raising their standards and operating at a higher level — mentally, emotionally, and behaviourally.
For Mike, high performance is not about burnout or hype. It is about precision, alignment, and the ability to perform consistently regardless of pressure, environment, or circumstance.