Chris

Know Yourself.
Lead Yourself.
Create Your Life.

One-to-one coaching that takes you from self-awareness to clarity, commitment and action, then back to reflection, so the change lasts.

How the coaching works

Self-awareness & self-acceptance

Know Yourself

Understand who you are, what drives you and what holds you back, and start from acceptance, not judgement.

Clarity & commitment

Lead Yourself

Get clear on what you want and who you want to be. Then fully commit and put in place what you need to follow through.

Action

Create Your Life

Make it happen in real life, with support and accountability, turning insight into lived experience.

Then you reflect, bring what you've learned back into self-awareness, and go round again. That loop is how the change compounds.

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The Journey

My Story

From the outside, I was fine. I played a lot of sport, spent weekends out drinking with friends, and tried to fit the version of life I thought I was supposed to live. On the inside, I was driven by insecurity, people-pleasing and a deep fear of not being enough, and most of what I did was about making sure nobody noticed.

Even from a young age, something didn’t feel right. By university it was harder to ignore. I struggled with anxiety, isolation and low self-worth, and I was scared to really express myself. I still came out with a 2:1 in Biochemistry, but inside I felt lost.

After university, it got worse. Day after day, I couldn’t get out of bed before midday. I was too scared of failure, and of commitment, to even apply for a job. I was going nowhere, waiting for something or someone to come and save me.

In 2020, I finally saw it. I’d been drifting. I had no ambition, I didn’t think for myself, and I’d outsourced almost every part of my life. Life was something that happened to me.

Around then I started listening to the Feel Better, Live More podcast, and something landed: I had far more agency than I’d ever admitted. I started with what I could control: food, my health, my body. Better habits, more energy, and taking responsibility for my thoughts and patterns. As I rebuilt my relationship with myself, the rest followed: my career, my finances, my confidence and my sense of direction.

Then, in late 2022, I broke my ankle.

It looked like a physical injury. It turned out to be the thing that stopped me running. The existential dread I’d been outrunning my whole life caught up with me, and I had to face it, to find meaning and a purpose worth living for. That led me into years of exploring health, psychology, philosophy, spirituality and embodiment.

What I eventually realised is that no amount of outside knowledge can replace knowing yourself. You can chase information, success and approval forever, but if your relationship with yourself is built on fear or unworthiness, it will keep shaping your life. The real work wasn’t fixing myself. It was reconnecting with who I was underneath the conditioning and the fear.

Today, I take full ownership of my health and my life. This work is built around one thing: helping you take ownership of yours, and use your gifts to build a life, and a living, that’s truly your own.

If any of this sounds familiar (the drifting, the waiting to be saved, the quiet sense that you’re capable of more), that’s where I started too. It’s also where the work begins.

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Before you book

Common Questions

For people who know they're capable of more, but keep getting in their own way. You might feel stuck, disconnected from yourself, or tired of repeating the same patterns even though you can see them.

People usually come to me wanting to:

  • Build confidence, self-worth and self-trust
  • Stop self-doubt and self-sabotage running the show
  • Find purpose and direction, in life or work
  • Improve their health, energy and relationship with their body
  • Become more disciplined, grounded and self-led

You don't need to have it all figured out. It's probably not the right fit if you're looking for a quick fix, or for someone to tell you what to do.

No. Coaching is not therapy, counselling, or medical, psychological or financial advice, and it doesn't diagnose or treat any condition. It's a forward-focused partnership to help you build awareness and take action in your life.

You remain responsible for your own decisions and their results. If you're receiving treatment, please keep working with your doctor or therapist alongside coaching.

If you're struggling with your mental health, please speak to your GP or call NHS 111. If you're in crisis, call Samaritans free on 116 123, or 999 in an emergency.

It's a relaxed 20-minute video call. You tell me where you are and what you'd like to change, I'll ask a few questions, and we'll both get a feel for whether working together makes sense.

There's no pressure and no hard sell. If I don't think I'm the right person to help, I'll tell you.

We meet once a week by video call for 60 minutes. We start with what's present in your life right now, and work on the gap between where you are and where you want to be: your patterns, habits, self-worth, fear and avoidance, purpose, health and relationships.

The coaching follows the same arc you'll see on the homepage:

  • Know Yourself: awareness and acceptance
  • Lead Yourself: clarity and commitment
  • Create Your Life: action

Then we reflect and go round again. The 3 and 6 month packages give us time for the full cycle.

Between sessions, I'll create a personalised dashboard for you, and you can message me or send voice notes whenever you need, even daily. How much you use that support is up to you.

  • 1 Month Foundation (4 sessions, £250): to try coaching and build momentum before committing longer.
  • 3 Months (12 sessions, £600): for real shifts in mindset, behaviour and direction.
  • 6 Months (24 sessions, £1,000): for deep, long-term change, and the best value per session.

Not sure? That's exactly what the free connection call is for.

Honesty, openness and a willingness to take responsibility for your life. Bring the real you, not the version that performs or says what people want to hear.

You don't have to agree with everything, but be willing to question beliefs that may not be serving you. The work also continues between sessions: reflecting on what comes up, taking action and applying it in your real life.

The more you put in, the more you'll get out.

Yes. You can pay monthly across the length of your programme. For example, the 3 month package is £200 a month, and the 6 month package is around £167 a month.

Give at least 24 hours' notice and we'll find another time. Sessions cancelled with less notice, or missed, are lost.

New packages also come with a 14-day cancellation period. Full details are on the Terms & Privacy page.

I believe most people haven't lost their way so much as lost touch with themselves, through conditioning, suppressed emotion, and constantly looking outside themselves for validation and direction. So a big part of this work is rebuilding self-trust.

My role isn't to tell you who to be or what to think. It's to help you see your patterns clearly, challenge what's holding you back, and act on what you find.

I draw on mindset and behaviour work, parts work, embodiment, masculine and feminine dynamics, and natural approaches to health. I see the body as intelligent and always communicating, not as something broken that needs fixing.

The aim isn't perfection. It's becoming more fully yourself.

Chris hiking

The Process

What to Expect

Simple structure. Real life. Your pace.

There's no script and no set curriculum here. What we have is a framework, and we return to it as life unfolds. You won't be judged or rushed, and you won't be handed a plan that doesn't fit you. Here's the shape of the work, and what a typical week looks like.

Your Journey

Know Yourself

1

Self-awareness

Notice the patterns, beliefs and protective habits quietly steering your life, and meet them with curiosity instead of criticism.

Lead Yourself

2

Clarity

Work out what matters to you and what you truly want, separate from what you were taught to want.

3

Commitment

Decide who you want to be and what you'll stand behind, and renew that choice each week.

Create Your Life

4

Action

Take small, honest steps in your everyday life, and keep taking them.

5

Reflection

Look back at what happened, what got in the way and what it taught you, then carry that forward. This is where growth compounds.

Life doesn't move in a straight line, and neither will we. We'll circle back to any step whenever you need to.

How It Works

In their words

Testimonials & Results

What working together has looked like, in my clients' own words.

“

Working with Chris has changed my life for the better. His support has helped me to change my narrative and frame my thoughts in more productive ways, with a focus on taking action above all else. I find that he’s good at challenging my perspective and identifying where my beliefs are self-limiting. His support outside of calls is stellar, always a source of good advice - he seems to know what I need to hear at different times. Long story short, I now have more direction in a life that I take responsibility for!

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Louis
Coached Jan – May 2026
Result After years of on-and-off work, Louis stepped into a teaching career in September.
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Working with Chris over the last six months has genuinely changed the way I see myself and the direction of my life.

I started working with him feeling stuck, lacking direction and carrying a lot of self-doubt and limiting beliefs. Through his coaching, I’ve developed a much greater awareness of my thoughts, feelings, self-talk and the patterns that can hold me back. He asks great questions, challenges me when I need it and holds me accountable to the things I say I want to do.

One of the biggest things I’ve learned is that I’m far more capable than I thought I was. That belief has translated into real changes in my life; from pushing myself further with my running and challenging my fear of failure, to putting myself out there more through social media and caring less about being judged.

I genuinely couldn’t recommend Chris highly enough. Even when the coaching is uncomfortable, I know that discomfort is part of growth, and working with him has helped me become more intentional about the person I want to become.

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Ben L
Coached Apr 2026 – present
Result From stuck and full of self-doubt to sharing his running publicly. In October 2026, Runna approached him about paid work for his content.

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Take the first step

Book a Free Call

Start with a free 20-minute conversation. If it feels right, we'll agree the best way to work together. All sessions are held online via secure video call.

Connection Call

Free

20 minutes

A relaxed, no-pressure conversation to see if Lines To Alignment is the right fit for you.

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1 Month Foundation

£250

4 Weekly Calls

Designed for new clients wanting to build connection, clarity, and momentum before committing longer term.

3 Month Container

£600

12 Weekly Calls

Focused on creating deeper shifts in mindset, behaviour, and life direction.

6 Month Container

£1000

24 Weekly Calls

For those ready to commit to long-term transformation and meaningful change.

Choose a time

Scheduling is handled securely via Calendly. Packages are agreed together after your free call, and flexible payment plans are available for all of them.

The small print

Terms & Privacy

Plain-English terms for working together, and how your information is handled.

About these terms

Lines To Alignment is run by Chris Lines. These terms apply when you book a coaching package. By booking, you agree to them. They don't affect your statutory rights.

Coaching, not therapy

Coaching is not therapy, counselling, or medical, psychological or financial advice, and it doesn't diagnose or treat any condition. You remain responsible for your own decisions, actions and results. If you're struggling with your mental health, please speak to your GP or call NHS 111. If you're in crisis, call Samaritans free on 116 123, or 999 in an emergency.

Your 14-day cancellation period

When you buy a coaching package, you have 14 days from the day after you book to cancel and get a refund.

If you'd like your sessions to start within those 14 days, you're asking for them to begin straight away. If you then cancel within the 14 days, you'll pay for any sessions already given, at the package rate (for example, one of the four sessions in a 1 Month Foundation is £62.50), and the rest will be refunded.

To cancel, email me () within the 14 days.

After 14 days

Once the 14-day period has passed, all sales are final and no refunds are given. If you're on a payment plan, the remaining instalments are still due.

Rescheduling and missed sessions

If you need to move a session, please give at least 24 hours' notice and we'll find another time. Sessions cancelled with less than 24 hours' notice, or missed without notice, are lost and won't be rescheduled or refunded.

If I ever need to move a session, I'll give you as much notice as I can and we'll rearrange it at no cost to you.

Your privacy

What I collect. Your name, email address and anything you choose to tell me when you use the contact form, book a call, or work with me, including notes from our sessions.

Why. To reply to you, arrange and deliver coaching, and take payment. I don't sell your information or use it for anything else.

Who else handles it. The contact form is run by Formspree and bookings by Calendly. They process your details on my behalf to provide those services.

How long I keep it. Only as long as needed for the purposes above, or as required by law.

Your rights. You can ask to see, correct or delete the information I hold about you by emailing me (). If you're unhappy with how your information is handled, you can complain to the Information Commissioner's Office at ico.org.uk.