About deb Maes, M.A. Comm.
Deb Maes is what happens when a leadership coach, existential philosopher, nervous system hacker, and uncannily accurate truth-teller all end up in the same human body.
Known for helping high performers dismantle the invisible psychological nonsense running their lives, she’s spent years helping leaders untangle stress, overwhelm, identity crises, business growth, grief, reinvention, and impressive success that feels like torture. She doesn’t really do surface-level.
She’s known for creating conversations that are equal parts profound insight, nervous system regulation, strategic clarity, and “how did we end up talking about the meaning of existence?”
Equal parts compassionate mentor and psychological sniper, she has an uncanny ability to hear the one sentence that reveals the operating system underpinning your life.
One minute she’s talking neuroscience, NLP, and behavioural patterns. The next she’s explaining why your nervous system acts like a smoke alarm detecting burnt toast while everything quietly burns in the background.
She believes leadership is less about pretending to have it together and more about staying conscious while everything seems to be falling apart around you.
Founder of Mindset Self Mastery, keynote speaker, coach, facilitator, accidental spiritual provocateur, and collector of profound metaphors, she works with leaders who know the insanity of climbing ladders leaning against the wrong walls.
She is also: probably overanalysing your language patterns, can turn a casual conversation into a life-altering insight, deeply compassionate, mildly terrifying, strangely calming in a crisis.
Proceed accordingly.
Professional Experience
Founder | Head Coach
University Associate
Founder | Master Coach
Founder | Chair
Leadership Development Coordinator Zonta International | District 24
Director | ZONTA Club of Tamworth
A key Leadership role in the organisation, working alongside the International organization to engage all club members in the vision ‘to build a better world for women and girls’.
President | Tamworth Business Chamber
Qualifications
NLP Master Trainer, NLP Business Practitioner, Coaching for Coaches Intensive