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Claudia Martinho

I specialise in performance and decision-making under pressure, for people who look high-functioning on the outside and feel stretched underneath.

The work focuses on:

  • Thinking clearly in high-stakes moments: meetings, interviews, decisions, difficult conversations
  • Understanding your pressure pattern and what drives it, whether you tend to overwork, over-explain, go quiet or hold everything together for everyone else
  • Practical nervous system regulation you can use in real time, not just theory you nod along to
  • Burnout, capacity and sustainable performance in demanding roles
  • Navigating transition, change and identity shifts at a senior level

Who I work best with: experienced professionals, leaders and founders who are sceptical of fluffy wellbeing and want clear, evidence-based work that respects their intelligence.

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I’m Claudia Martinho, founder of Work in Progress Lab. I work with capable, high-performing people who think clearly in most of their life, but lose access to that thinking in the moments that matter most. A big meeting. A difficult conversation. A decision they keep circling.

From the outside, you look like you’re doing well. Inside, it can feel like you’re holding everything together. That gap is where I work.

I don’t teach confidence. I help you understand what your system actually does under pressure, name the pattern and learn to work with it rather than push through it. My approach combines nervous system science with 15+ years leading insight for global brands, so the work stays practical and free of jargon.

I’m a Certified Trauma-Informed Coach (The Mental Wellbeing Company), ICF and CPD accredited.

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