Lilian Flynn PCC

Coach Trainer | Transformative Facilitator | Narrative Practitioner

Lilian brings profound depth, sensitivity, and philosophical inquiry to her role as a coach trainer at Animas. She holds an MSc in Applied Positive Psychology and Coaching Psychology and she integrates a range of psychological frameworks and creative practices into her work, including: narrative coaching, ontology, systemic theory, and psychodynamic approaches.

Lilian’s coaching is defined by a commitment to transformation that goes beyond behaviour change. She invites clients into the architecture of their own narratives, exploring identity, systemic entanglements, and existential questions with compassion and rigour. Her practice is informed by narrative, systemic, and psychological lenses, helping both clients and learners unearth the paradigms and patterns that shape their inner and outer worlds. Whether working with high-achieving professionals, senior leaders navigating complexity, or those within the justice system, Lilian supports people in reclaiming authorship of their lives.

As a facilitator, she holds space with presence, humility, and a fierce commitment to inquiry. Describing herself as someone who “evokes rather than instructs,” Lilian trusts the emergent wisdom of each person/group. Drawing on disciplines such as narrative coaching, deep democracy, systemic theory, and psychodynamic practice, she creates expansive learning environments that invite deep reflection and connection with one’s own inner wisdom.

Grounded and down-to-earth, Lilian has a calming presence and a gift for creating safe, non-judgmental spaces where people feel truly seen and heard. She makes the complex feel simple, and brings warmth, honesty, and even humour to profound, transformative work.

Lilian embodies the transformative principles of Animas not only through what she shares, but in how she shows up and who she is being. Her sessions weave together, philosophical inquiry, compassionate listening, courageous challenge, intellectual rigour and soulful presence. Learners describe her spaces as both safe and stretching—places where insight emerges not from instruction, but from being seen, heard, and invited into new ways of thinking and being.

For Lilian, Animas is more than a coaching school—it is a movement for those seeking to create deeper change in themselves, their clients, and the world.