Meet the Team
Led by Dave and Tracy, the team of professional coaches at Break Free & Thrive combine leading-edge mind technology with a playful, provocative style to help you to get the changes you want.
You can contact anyone in the team by filling in the form at the end of this page.
Dave Weller
With over 2 decades of experience, Dave has worked with thousands of people, uncovering the deeper patterns that had shaped their struggles—often ones they didn’t even realise were there. He’s spent his career getting to the root of what was keeping people stuck, helping them see the unconscious processes running the show, and guiding them to shifts that feel natural rather than forced.
Through years of working with transformation, Dave has seen the same things over and over again—people innocently getting in their own way, reacting, making choices, and coping based on an outdated view of the world. A view shaped by past experiences, assumptions, and beliefs that once made sense but are now no longer be useful.
Working with Dave
He knows real change doesn’t come from pushing harder, forcing action or will power. It happens when people start working with the part of themselves that’s actually in charge—the unconscious mind and aspects of identity, which are attached to all the emotional drivers that create behaviour. This is where the struggle stops, and things finally start to shift.
Dave’s approach is straight-talking, down-to-earth, and refreshingly free of fluff. He’s spent decades refining the balance between depth and humour, making sure transformation doesn’t feel like a battle but instead becomes something that happens naturally.
Dave Says:
Most people don’t realise how much of their thinking, feeling, and decision-making is shaped by an identity they built without even knowing it. A version of themselves shaped by experiences, old beliefs, and ways of coping that once worked—but may not anymore.
And that’s where the frustration comes in. You can try to change on the surface, but if you’re still running on the same old patterns underneath, it’s exhausting and doomed to fail yet again.
The good news? You don’t need fixing because you’re not broken. There’s nothing wrong with you. You’ve just been operating from an old view of the world, one that made sense at the time it got created, but might now be leading to you being stuck or going in circles.
When you stop fighting yourself and start working with the parts of you that are actually driving the show, change stops being a struggle. No pressure, no forcing, things just start making sense from a new view.
If you’re tired of managing the same suffering experience of life and are ready to see what’s really going on, let’s talk.
Working with Dave
Neuro-Linguistic Programming: Master Practitioner / Trainer
Neuro-Linguistic Coaching
Metaphors of Movement: Levels 1 & 2
Emotional Freedom Techniques: Practitioner / Trainer
IEMT Practitioner
Clinical Hypnotherapy
Trained in Auricular Acupuncture: Various Protocols
Tracy Breathnach
Tracy brings a mix of playfulness, warmth and presence to her work as a coach. With over 20 years of experience of working with people from all backgrounds and ages, including children and young people, she works in a bespoke way with each client, and tends to focus on identity and trauma-related work.
She is an experienced somatic practitioner and a certified NLP and Advanced IEMT Practitioner. She is also a trainer of IEMT and offers OldPain2Go™ for people who suffer from enduring pain which has no medical resolution.
She is an award-winning researcher and TedX speaker with a passion for transformation and community, and also works as an arts, health and wellbeing consultant.
Are you tired of feeling unfulfilled in your personal and professional life? Are you stuck in a cycle of negative emotions that undermines your happiness and wellbeing? Do you long for more purpose, passion, and joy in your daily existence?
Meet Tracy, a bright dynamo in the world of personal transformation, supporting individuals just like you to break free from limiting beliefs, negative patterns, and self-doubt to fully embody your authentic self and thrive. Tracy will guide you to express and harness the power of your emotions to create a life that is filled with satisfaction.
At the heart of her approach is a deep understanding that every person is unique, with their own set of passions, values, and desires. Sometimes these get clouded and contaminated by the conditions of our lives and our histories.
Tracy will support you to learn how to let go of the past, embrace your present, and create a fulfilling future. You'll develop new ways of thinking and feeling, cultivate resilience, and your own inner wisdom and guidance. And you'll do it all with ease, often some tears and a lot of laughter.
Tracy brings a unique combination of body and mind processes to ensure that ALL of you is welcome. Clients get enormous relief to express all the parts of them that they usually have to hide, even from themselves! This happens in a safe, gentle and playful environment that will expand your thinking and bring you a greater sense of wholeness and presence.
So, if you're ready to heal from past traumas, reclaim your power, and create a fulfilling and joy-filled life, let's get started. Together, we'll navigate your journey to freedom, success, and joy.
Tracy says:
My big wake-up call came after a traumatic birth experience in 2007. When we experience trauma as an adult, we witness the impact it has on our bodies, minds and lives immediately. When I turned to face the trauma, I was terrified, but I found the professionals and friends I needed to support me to be able to heal this. Over many years, I worked beyond the birth trauma to heal layers of stored trauma in my body that had been created throughout my life, as well as researching what trauma is. Trauma can seem overwhelming because it causes the experience of overwhelm in our bodies. In order to heal it, you can learn to release the emotions that have never been processed, and with IEMT I can support you to change a negative or overwhelming emotion in seconds. It has been life-changing for me.
This is change work and will make a lasting impact on the level of your identity – I am constantly changed by the work myself! Sometimes the hardest step is making the decision to commit to your own freedom. I encourage you to reach out, connect with our team and community and get the support you need to break free from limiting ideas of who you are and really begin to thrive!
Watch Tracy's TedX talk here.
IEMT Trainer
Advanced IEMT Practitioner
Neuro-Linguistic Practitioner
Social Panorama Consultant
Mental Space Psychology Practitioner
Somatic Practitioner
Old Pain 2 Go™ Practitioner
PhD (Birth trauma and identity)
PGCE
Associate Practitioners
Greg Proctor
A certified practitioner in NLP and IEMT, Greg has a background in training, coaching and mentorship. He works with a wide range of clients, bringing together his passion for fitness, body, mind and spirit and how these all play their role in living a healthy, flourishing and fulfilled life.
He has been part of the Break Free & Thrive membership community since the beginning of the membership and beyond, first studying NLP with Dave 10 years ago, adding to his skill set over the years with many of the BFT courses.
Greg is passionate about empowering people to live their lives as best possible. He describes his work as a Mental Fitness Coach, taking a relaxed approach of building awareness, healing from pain and trauma, then exercising mental skills to help people build a more stable and flexible mental health. With good fitness, comes good health.
Greg spent many years as a category lead trainer for Microsoft, training, coaching and mentoring people at every level of the related businesses using his NLP skills and knowledge to enhance his empowerment of those involved.
My Journey
What lights me up is seeing people from all walks of life change in front of me, when given a little coaching support. So that they don’t have to suffer, cope or merely manage through life.
For many years that was my own experience. The anxiety and depression. The panic attacks that came with it. Difficulties with food, social nervousness. Not wanting to leave the house. The list was seemingly endless with no positive outcome insight.
After going through the usual channels available in the UK, none of which gave me more than momentary relief, I was introduced to Dave through a friend and started his 1-2-1 session with him in 2014. This changed everything for me and opened my eyes to how my experience was being created and gave me the ability to change it for the betterment of my life.
Having gone through this myself I knew from that point, that I wanted to give others the same opportunity and guidance that Dave had given me, to be there for those who the traditional systems weren’t the right fit. So, I went on my first NLP training course a year later.
Since then, I have been on the NLP practitioner course 5 times to help master my skills and help coach others in their process of learning as part of the training crew.
Once I had experienced IEMT I knew it was a highly effect skill to have on my journey to helping others, so I studied with Tracy and trained as an IEMT practitioner at the beginning of 2024.
NLP Practitioner
IEMT Practitioner
Debbie Edgar
Debbie has worked with survivors of domestic abuse since 2005. She is qualified in Psychology, and certified in NLP, IEMT, Metaphors of Movement and Mental Space Psychology. She works with a wide range of clients and loves this work. She feels honoured to witness the transformation that clients undergo as they work through their trauma and begin to build a brighter future for themselves.
Debbie’s approach to working with her clients is often described as straightforward and honest. She creates a safe space and supportive environment where her clients feel comfortable expressing themselves authentically. This welcoming space allows for both moments of laughter and moments of vulnerability as clients work through their challenges and pursue personal growth. Who knew therapy could be fun too?
Every client is unique, and their experiences and needs differ so Debbie chooses the technique based on how they present. This means she often combines elements of Neuro Linguistics, IEMT, and MSP, as required. These processes are effective techniques for processing trauma and emotional pain. These approaches help clients identify and release negative emotions and beliefs that may be holding them back from healing and growth.
Debbie loves using Metaphors of Movement to help clients with issues such as dream interpretation, food issues, and business frustrations. This approach uses Metaphors of Movement to help clients gain new insights and perspectives on their challenges, which can lead to quick and rewarding breakthroughs.
My Journey
I had a call out of the blue that resulted in a long chat with Dave where I discovered his unique coaching and therapy style. The resulting training I did with him had an amazing impact on me and my life and eager to learn more, I decided to pursue my master practitioners’ certificate in NLP.
Since then I have completed many training modules and constantly refine my skills to ensure that I am equipped to help my clients achieve the life change they want. My commitment to ongoing growth and development is rooted in my belief that everyone deserves the opportunity to lead a fulfilling and satisfying life.
NLP Master Practitioner
IEMT Trainer
IEMT Advanced Practitioner
Social Panorama Consultant
Mental Space Psychology Practitioner
Metaphors of Movement 1,2,4 & 5
HND Psychology
Emotional Freedom Technique
Handwriting Analyst
Raymond Evans
Certified as a practitioner in NLP, Ray has spent the last decade supporting and developing individuals to deliver better results in business and achieve goals in their personal lives.
Ray currently specializes in change management, using the Six Sigma and Lean principles.
Along with these skills, his background in business and finance means he can understand and help clients from senior managers of PLC companies to staff on the factory floor navigate through the challenges faced by in and out of the workplace.
Many of us have times in our career where we find ourselves demotivated, resentful or disengaged from our employers, whether that be through personal or work place issues. Ray’s focus is on helping you to overcome these hurdles and move forward, by working alongside you to understand the fundamentals and giving you the resources to help yourself.
The key to Ray’s approach is to unlock your ability to find a solution to a problem you’re all too aware of. The approach it simple, first find out where you stand from this position the steps and direction become clear.
Whether you’re staring at a wicked problem, or you want to move forward in your professional and personal life, give Ray a call and start to unlock your potential.
Want to know where you stand in life to enable to you move forward in your professional and personal life?
Get in touch.
NLP Master Practitioner
NLP Coaching
Six Sigma and Lean principles
Stephen Neads
Stephen is a certified NLP and IEMT Practitioner. He is also employed full time and is a WABA boxing club coach, working with adults and children throughout the week. He is passionate about fitness and diet and the role they play in improving mental health.
He has been part of the Break Free & Thrive membership community since 2021, studying the various BFT models, which has given him more skills and improved his ability and confidence to help more people.
My Journey
Most of my life, wherever I go, I always seem to attract people who need to open up to me and tell me their life story.
The feedback I receive is always “you’re very good at this”, “I feel like I can tell you anything”, “I feel comfortable when we speak”. I’ve got an excellent rapport and connection with people. I’m definitely a people person.
As a child I suffered with traumatic events myself which I carried through into adulthood. Through hearing positive feedback about Dave Weller from a work colleague with similar issues, I decided to reach out. Best thing I did. It literally blew my mind.
After a couple of 1-2-1s with Dave I asked if he taught courses on this? Which to my surprise he did. I was soon booked on his course and my journey began. I started to enjoy life.
After attending a 'Know Yourself' course and Neuro-Linguistic Programming - 8 Day NLP Practitioner course, I realised this is what I want to do so I can help others like Dave has helped me.
After feeling the effects of IEMT- Intergral Eye Movement Therapy I also booked onto this course with Tracy which is also another amazing technique that I’m now certified to use.
So I’m ready if you want to get in touch and give it a go! Change is 100% possible.
If you are reading this and you are struggling and have no one around who understands, please reach out to any one of us.
We are here to help.
NLP Practitioner
IEMT Practitioner
Nicola Kelly
Nicola is a certified NLP and IEMT practitioner, and is a registered healthcare professional, working as a pharmacy technician. Nicola has worked within the NHS mental health departments and previously for a private pharmacy within the HMP custodial environment.
After experiencing her own struggle with mental health a few years back and living in her own world of self-limiting behaviours - no self-esteem, stress and lots of anxiety, the daily battle of life’s rollercoaster seemed never-ending and she felt trapped in just ‘coping’ and ‘getting through’ life.
After a recommendation from a close friend, Nicola reached out and sought help from Break Free and Thrive. The realisation that behaviours can be changed was just like a ‘lightbulb’ moment - using neuro linguistics, eye movement, and the willingness to let an NLP practitioner hold the space while she explored what was REALLY happening in her own thought patterns. This was when the beginning of a whole new outlook happened.
Nicola uses her own coaching style of playful, calm, casual conversation, with her own personal understanding of your need to feel safe. Nicola believes everyone deserves the chance to learn the tools and gain the knowledge that becomes available from coaching. This gives clients the ability to get the motivation and drive to move forward and see that the possibilities are endless. The result of this is a more fulfilling and happier life.
Are you feeling stuck in a situation or with other people, struggling with anxiety or depression, lacking self-esteem or confidence? Do you feel the world is against you? Are you struggling with a phobia, inner conflict, health issues, work collegues? Get in touch and make the first move towards a more fulfilling and happy life.
My journey
I first met Dave Weller in 2020 when I booked in for a 121 coaching session, I was totally blown away by the changes in myself and also the knowledge that he was sharing with me. After four sessions I joined the private membership group, then after a few months I attended the Beyond NLP Practitioner Training course. I am on my own journey of self-discovery, it's ever evolving, once learned it cannot be unlearned and I love that! Yes, I still sometimes have to keep myself in check, I am human! We are all human and very different from each other. I'm still growing and learning, peeling off layers of ‘stuff’ I have stored for years ….... but I can honestly say, life just gets better as I continue to grow. I did something for myself, and I'm excited to work with you to get the changes you want in your life!
NLP Practitioner
IEMT Practitioner
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