Who IS SATORA
I'm Rachael, founder of SATORA.
Before I'm a coach, I'm simply someone who has spent many years asking some of the same questions you may be asking now.
Who am I, beneath expectation?
What truly matters to me?
What do I actually want?
And how do I create a life that feels genuinely my own?
I don't have a perfect answer to those questions.
I don't think anyone does.
But I've learned that the process of asking them honestly can change the way we live.
Those questions eventually became the foundation of SATORA.
Today, I work with women who feel disconnected from themselves, uncertain about their direction, or ready to approach the next chapter of their lives differently.
My role isn't to tell you who to become.
It's to help you hear yourself more clearly — and trust what you hear.
my story
From caring for others to learning to listen to myself.
For more than ten years, I worked as a nurse.
It was meaningful work, and I'm deeply grateful for what those years taught me about compassion, presence, resilience, and being alongside people during some of the most vulnerable moments of their lives.
But quietly, something in me began to change.
The life I had built no longer felt quite like my own.
For a long time, I assumed the answer was somewhere outside of me.
Perhaps another qualification would help.
Another book.
Another retreat.
Another version of myself.
So I kept searching.
What I eventually realised was much simpler — and much harder.
The clarity I was looking for wasn't something I needed to find.
It was something I needed to uncover by becoming more willing to listen to myself.
That didn't happen all at once.
It happened slowly, through reflection, honest self-inquiry, uncertainty, and learning to trust my own perspective.
Eventually, that process led me to leave nursing, train as an integrative life coach, and create SATORA.
Looking back, I can see that I wasn't really trying to become someone new.
I was trying to find my way back to myself.
Where i began to trust myself
Japan, at twenty-one.
One of the most defining experiences of my life was travelling to Japan alone when I was twenty-one.
At the time, I wasn't searching for answers.
I simply wanted to experience a country I had admired for years — its culture, its rhythm, its beauty, and the sense of possibility I associated with it.
I remember standing in the middle of Shibuya, surrounded by thousands of people, taking in the energy and movement of a city completely different from anything I had known.
I was alone.
I didn't speak the language.
I didn't know my way around.
And yet, unexpectedly, I felt at ease.
I navigated unfamiliar streets and train stations. I figured things out. I made decisions for myself. I discovered that I was capable of far more than I had believed.
Then there was Mount Takao.
Standing at the summit, beneath a clear blue sky and looking out across the mountains, I remember feeling something shift.
It wasn't certainty.
It wasn't a sudden transformation.
It was something quieter.
Possibility.
For perhaps the first time, I experienced what it felt like to trust myself.
I realised I could step into the unknown and find my way.
I could be alone without feeling lost.
I could make decisions without needing someone else to tell me they were right.
And I could trust that I would be okay even when I didn't know exactly what came next.
Japan didn't change me.
It introduced me to a part of myself I hadn't fully known before.
A quieter confidence.
A deep curiosity about life.
A willingness to embrace uncertainty.
A belief that I was capable of more than I had imagined.
FINDING MY WAY BACK
Life became more complicated after that.
More than a decade in nursing, difficult working environments, and experiences that gradually affected my confidence left me feeling increasingly disconnected from the woman I'd once been.
The young woman who had boarded a plane alone, full of curiosity and possibility, became quieter beneath responsibility, self-doubt and the expectations of others.
For a while, I thought I had lost her.
I hadn't.
She had simply become harder to hear.
Creating SATORA has, in many ways, been a journey of listening again.
Not of reinventing myself.
Not of becoming a completely different person.
But of remembering what had always been there.
That journey is a large part of why I do this work.
Because I know what it feels like to question your direction.
To lose confidence in your own judgement.
To become so accustomed to what you should do that you lose touch with what you actually want.
And I know that sometimes the answer isn't waiting somewhere outside of us.
Sometimes, we need the space to hear ourselves again.
That is the space I want SATORA to offer.
Why I Created SATORA
You don't need to become someone else.
I created SATORA because I believe there is another way to approach personal growth.
One that isn't built around constantly improving yourself, pushing harder, or chasing an ideal version of who you think you should become.
I'm more interested in what happens when we slow down enough to understand ourselves honestly.
When we begin to recognise the patterns that shape our choices.
When we become clearer about what matters.
When we learn to trust our own perspective.
And when that understanding begins to influence the way we actually live.
This is what I mean by where insight becomes lived.
It's the point where understanding becomes a boundary.
A decision.
A conversation.
A change in direction.
A yes.
A no.
A life that gradually begins to feel more like your own.
HOW I WORK
Thoughtful, curious and collaborative.
Clients often tell me they feel genuinely heard in our conversations.
That matters to me.
I don't see coaching as fixing people, giving advice, or having all the answers.
I see it as creating a space where you can slow down enough to notice what is really going on.
We'll explore your questions, patterns, values, choices and hopes with curiosity rather than judgement.
I'll listen carefully.
I'll ask questions.
I'll offer a different perspective when it may be useful.
And sometimes I may gently challenge something you're saying or doing if it seems worth exploring.
But I won't tell you what your life should look like.
The answers ultimately belong to you.
My role is to help you develop a clearer relationship with your own perspective — so that you can make choices with greater awareness and trust.
what i bring to the work
My background in nursing continues to shape the way I work.
It taught me the importance of presence, compassion, listening carefully, and meeting people where they are.
My coach training has given me the skills and framework to support meaningful reflection and change.
And my own experience has taught me something that no qualification could teach me:
We don't always need another answer.
Sometimes we need enough space to discover what we already know.
I continue to deepen my understanding through study, personal reflection and ongoing learning, because I believe that good practice is never finished.
Training & Background
My practice is grounded in ongoing professional development, reflection and a commitment to continuing to learn.
ICF Accredited Coach Education - 72 hours
Holistic Coach Training Institute (July 2026).300Hr Meditation Teacher Training
Zuna Yoga - Tantric Hatha Yoga Tradion (March 2026).200Hr Yoga Teacher Training
Zuna Yoga - Tantric Hatha Yoga Tradion (March 2026).
A LITTLE MORE ABOUT JAPAN
Japan still holds a special place in my heart.
Not simply because of its beauty, but because it reminds me of a version of myself who trusted life, embraced uncertainty and believed in what was possible.
Whenever I think back to that journey, I remember the young woman who stepped onto a plane alone without knowing exactly what would happen next.
She didn't have all the answers.
She simply trusted herself enough to go.
I think there is something important in that.
Because the person we want to become isn't always someone new.
Sometimes, there are parts of ourselves that have simply become quieter beneath everything life has asked of us.
SATORA is, in many ways, an expression of my own journey back towards those parts of myself.
And now I have the privilege of creating that space for other women.
An Invitation
Perhaps you recognise some of yourself in my story.
Maybe you're questioning what comes next.
Maybe your life looks fine on paper, but doesn't feel quite right anymore.
Maybe you've spent a long time listening to what you should want, and you're beginning to wonder what you actually want.
Or perhaps you simply know that you've lost touch with yourself somewhere along the way.
You don't need to have everything figured out before you reach out.
You don't need a perfectly defined goal.
You can simply begin with where you are.
I'd be honoured to explore what comes next with you.