Lead with calm, clarity and courage

Even when emotions run high

I help leaders and professionals stop people-pleasing, communicate clearly, and use anger as a source of strength.

Does this feel familiar?

  • You struggle to speak up without feeling guilty

  • You replay conversations in your head afterwards

  • You avoid conflict even when something feels wrong

  • You carry the emotional weight of everyone else

  • You want to lead with confidence but doubt yourself

You don’t lack confidence.
You’ve just never been shown how to work with your anger constructively.

The Anger-Informed Coaching Framework

Anger-Informed Coaching is a reflective coaching framework that repositions anger as a meaningful emotional signal rather than something to suppress.

Developed through over 20 years of coaching practice and doctoral research, it helps individuals recognise hidden anger, release it constructively, and communicate with clarity and confidence.

The ARMED Model

What becomes possible

Clients often experience:

  • confidence in difficult conversations

  • the ability to set boundaries without guilt

  • clearer decision making

  • stronger professional relationships

  • reduced emotional overwhelm

  • the courage to lead authentically

Ways To Work With Me

1:1 Coaching

Explorative personalised coaching for leaders and professionals ready to change how they communicate and lead.

Group Programme

Learn the Anger-Informed Coaching framework alongside others in a structured programme, or join the self-led online workshop

Workshops & Speaking

Training for schools, organisations and leadership teams.

Meet Tanya

Hi there! I’m Tanya Heasley, author of A Letter to My Anger and the creator of Anger-Informed Coaching® (AIC) — a framework that transforms anger from something feared into something deeply beneficial.

For over 20 years, I’ve helped people turn reactivity into reflection, conflict into connection, and stress into self-leadership.

As an autistic entrepreneur, coach, and researcher, I understand what it’s like to feel misunderstood, silenced, or “too much.” My work combines lived experience with evidence-based coaching to help you turn emotional struggle into strength.

It’s not about fixing yourself.
It’s about finding yourself — again.


Because anger, when understood, becomes a force for clarity, courage, and connection.

Trusted by educators, leaders, and professionals who want to live and lead confidently.

Over 2,000 coaching sessions delivered.
Featured in TEDx • Brainz Magazine • Happiness Habits Transformation Podcast • Refreshing Leadership Podcast • Thriving Carer Podcast • Galaxy Radio Namibia • University of Suffolk • Small Business Britain

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