Meet the team

Frieda Levycky

ICF accredited (ACC), WPCC, LL.B, Dip. LP

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Frieda is a coach, trainer and facilitator who helps professionals and corporate teams lead with confidence, communicate effectively and navigate change without burning out. With 20 years of executive experience, she understands the pressures of high-stakes decision-making, heavy workloads and the personal toll of demanding careers. That’s why her coaching goes beyond leadership strategies. It’s about helping people build resilience, manage stress and create sustainable success without sacrificing their well-being.

Frieda helps individuals develop self-awareness, communication and leadership skills, building clarity, confidence and direction in their lives and careers. She also supports teams in strengthening communication, collaboration and trust, enabling them to work more effectively together.

Frieda’s approach is realistic, results-driven and deeply supportive. She understands that leadership and career growth can feel overwhelming, which is why she creates a safe, non-judgmental space where professionals can explore challenges, build confidence and find practical ways forward, without adding more pressure.

Using frameworks like the Leadership Circle, the Enneagram and emotional intelligence principles, Frieda helps clients uncover what drives them, identify where they feel stuck and move forward with clarity and self-assurance. Her coaching isn’t about quick fixes. It’s about helping people feel empowered, valued and equipped to live life in a way that feels both authentic and sustainable.

Outside of coaching, Frieda continues to work as an executive, which keeps her connected to the realities of the legal and corporate world. Her 20 years of international experience gives her firsthand insight into the challenges professionals face and the skills needed to navigate them effectively.

Having lived and worked across the UK, Geneva, Dubai, Singapore, Japan and Hong Kong, she now calls Cape Town home. When she’s not coaching, you’ll find her on a yoga mat or trail running in the mountains accompanied by her three rescue dogs: Dudley, Roscoe and Charlie.

Qualifications

Leadership Circle Profile® Certified
IEQ9 Integrative Enneagram® Certified Coach (Individual and Teams)
Whole Person Certified Coach®
International Coaching Federation® Certified (PCC)

TESTIMONIALS

“As a professional, I guard my time and have consistently found that coaching with Frieda is worth not only my financial investment, but also my time. I come away from each session with clarity and a plan of action. She knows the right questions to ask to help me get where I want to go. Frieda has helped me navigate uncertain waters both personally and professionally, from career opportunities to helping me maintain a sense of equilibrium during a recent personal loss. I would highly recommend spending time with this amazing coach. She will help you find balance and live the life you truly want to live.”

“Frieda is amazing at asking questions that lead you to finding the answers you’ve been looking for a very long time. Awareness is power and a first step towards the change, they say. Frieda gives you exactly that and more. She helps you gain clarity around your situation and identifies steps to help you to get to where you want to be. She created a safe and judgment free environment to explore my situation. I felt supported, understood and believed in throughout our sessions. Frieda helped me to cross my self-made barrier from knowing what I wanted to believing that I could achieve it and that I deserved it.”

“Frieda is a great coach! With 30+ years in law enforcement, leadership, and management, work tends to crowd out my family. I worked hard to be and achieve what others wanted for me. I always strove to meet the next objective, metric, or professional success. Frieda helped me see I can do what I want, still be successful, and be happy too! Her background in legal and corporate helped her relate to my problems and concerns. She was terrific at helping me reach my best self! My only regret was not finding her sooner.”

“I decided to work with Frieda because of her warm, genuine, and upbeat personality. From the start, I felt comfortable talking with her about challenges in any area of my life, and I have always found her to be supportive and non-judgmental. She leverages her experience to ask thought-provoking questions that help me work out the best approach for my situation, and when I leave a session, I feel relaxed, motivated, and confident. As a result of working with Frieda, I have gained clarity about the direction I want to go in life, and I have taken steps toward achieving my goals. After only a few months of being coached by her, I have seen an increase in my levels of motivation, self-confidence, and satisfaction with life. I would recommend her to anyone looking for more balance and joy in life."

"I entered my session with Frieda feeling low in confidence, insecure and negative. It was at a very low point in my life. Frieda was incredible, she was able to unpack everything for me holistically and change my perspective on my present and future prospects. She allowed me to sound out the negative white noise and focus on the positive. After the session I felt assured that I am in the right career for me and that confidence and balance in all aspects of life is critical."