ABOUT XANDER CONNABEER

I'm a coach, a cognitive hypnotherapist and a Master Practitioner of NLP, with a degree in sport and exercise science from Exeter. I've been coaching for eleven years.

Before that I played rugby professionally and won three international caps. So I know what it's like to have your performance judged in public, and what that does to the way you make decisions.

Most of the coaches I work with don’t need another strategy. Knowledge was never the problem. Usually they've built a business out of processes they picked up from three or four different mentors, and it works, technically. It just doesn't suit them. So we find out what's actually going on, and rebuild the business around it.

Registered with the National Council for Hypnotherapy

NLP Practioner

Master Practitioner of NLP (in training)

BSc (Hons) Sport and Exercise Science, University of Exeter

Xander Connabeer speaking at a coaching event

THE FOUNDATIONS OF MY WORK

SCIENCE

Evidence before ideology

A foundation in Sport & Exercise Science, combined with professional training in cognitive hypnotherapy, keeps the work grounded in how people actually think, feel and perform—not motivational theatre.

LIVED PERFORMANCE

Identity under pressure

High-level rugby taught me what happens when achievement becomes identity—and when the thing proving your value disappears. That experience informs the work, but it never replaces evidence or professional practice.

APPLIED CHANGE

Psychology must reach the business

The work is measured in clearer decisions, healthier boundaries, more consistent visibility and systems that do not depend on constant personal effort. Insight matters only when it changes how the business is actually run.

HOW I WORK

It's direct and we do it together.

We look at what's happening, what the pattern is protecting you from, and what needs to change. Both in how you work and in the business itself.

CLARITY

HONESTY

RESPONSIBILITY

EVIDENCE

FREEDOM

PROFESSIONAL FOUNDATIONS

BSc (Hons)

Sport & Exercise Science

NCH

Professional member

CNHC

Registered practitioner

30+

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