Joe Close

About Me

Joe Close is a life coach and empowerment guide who helps men transform from people-pleasers into confident individuals who speak their truth and get their needs met. With a warm, direct approach grounded in nature-based coaching, Joe supports those who feel stuck, invisible, or unfulfilled to step into a life that feels vibrant, joyful, and truly alive.

Through embodied coaching sessions held in the spaciousness of the Australian bush (or via zoom), Joe creates a safe container where clients can discard old stories, patterns, and limiting beliefs. His approach is about slowing down, accessing inner strength, and finding sovereignty—helping people step into their full power. Joe guides clients through powerful questions rather than offering prescriptive advice, allowing them to tap into their own inner wisdom and truth.

Joe's work is rooted in teaching non-violent communication skills and conflict resolution techniques, empowering clients to feel heard, seen, witnessed, acknowledged, and deeply connected—both in their relationships and within themselves. He specialises in helping individuals move beyond survival mode into a place of thriving, where they can show up authentically, take charge of their lives, and get on mission with clarity, purpose, and confidence.

His work is especially transformative for those who have been avoiding conflict, playing small, or pushing their needs down at the expense of authenticity. Joe helps clients move through fear, doubt, and victim energy to reclaim joy, intimacy, and purpose. Those who work with Joe value his ability to hold space with presence and trust, creating an environment where they can feel sovereign, masculine, and truly alive. His mission is to help people move from drifting through life to living with embodied certainty—so they can confidently say, "I've got this."

Coaching with me

Results & Goals

My specialty is helping men:

1. stop people pleasing
2. speak their truth
3. get their needs met
4. access inner knowing
5. lead and take charge
6. learn non-violent communication skills
7. express their emotions
8. resolve conflict skillfully
9. feel seen, heard & valued

Its time to step up, into your full healthy masculine power, and get the relationship you want.

Here is a case study of one of my clients, who changed his people pleasing behavior in just 5 weeks:

1. In week 1, we established the agenda: to stop people pleasing & speak my truth
2. In week 2, the client accessed a new inner tool that provides strength and safety
3. In week 3, the client learns to stay in his power, even when the other person gets upset
4. In week 4, the client stands up to his partner & speaks the truth
5. By week 5, the client no longer worries about the possibility of the relationship ending in the future, he can speak his truth because "I will be ok, no matter what happens"

Several months later, the client reports that he can easily say no when he means no.

Find my case studies on my website slowcoachwithin.com.au

How I like to coach

In our coaching sessions there will be less story and more embodiment, its about reprogramming the body, to feel confident, strong, empowered, I've got this!

Say these words out loud and slowly as you nod your head:

1. confident
2. strong
3. empowered
4. I've got this

I often use the architypes of lover, warrior, magician and sovereign as part of the embodiment practice.

I like to work with men who are committed to their inner work, so 1 session per week for 8 weeks, in person (in the bush) or via zoom.

Offerings

Coaching

We create a safe space for each 1 hour coaching session, in person (in the bush in Upper Ferntree Gully) or via zoom.

We will build rapport, establish the agenda, explore, anchor then integrate.

One session per week for 8 weeks is a proven length of time to move from weakling to integrated masculine man.

Experience, Certifications & Training

Certifications and Degrees

• Inside out therapeutic coach

Training and development

• Coaching fundamentals - with Primal Intelligence
• Therapeutic coaching course - with Primal Intelligence

Professional and life experience

I have been a boy in a mans body most of my life, staying small, pushing my needs down. I now stand up, lead, take charge and get my needs met!

Fee description

Packs of 8 coaching sessions are $120 AUD per session, paid in advance.

Single coaching sessions are $130 AUD paid in advance.