You've been to the seminars.
You've read the books.
Yet you're still stuck?
I'm Manu Bellout, a coach for people who feel stuck in their work, their relationships or their sense of self. In 1:1 sessions online we find what keeps you stuck, understand why it's there and gently let it go. So you get unstuck and move freely again.
★★★★★5.0 from 10 Google reviewsThings people tell me
Nothing is on fire. That's what makes it so tricky. Everything works just well enough that change can always wait, and the months slip by. Maybe one of these sounds kinda familiar.
Why the books didn't work
If being stuck were a knowledge problem, the books would have solved it. Most people I work with know exactly what they "should" do. Knowing just doesn't reach the part of them that actually decides.
That part isn't broken. It learned something. Maybe that it's safer to stay small, to keep the peace, or to have everything figured out before you move. At some point in your life that was a smart answer to a real situation. It may still feel like one.
This is why pushing harder rarely works. Pressure tells your system there's danger, so it holds on even tighter. Change usually starts the other way around: when you understand what a part of you is trying to protect, it no longer has to fight for it.
None of this is a quick fix, and I won't pretend it is. Some patterns took years to form. They shift in layers, sometimes in surprising leaps, sometimes slowly. My job is to help you see clearly, move at a pace your system can handle, and turn each insight into something you can actually live.
"I'm just lazy and undisciplined."
Part of you is protecting you from something it's afraid of.
"I need more motivation."
You need less inner resistance, and that starts with understanding it.
"Something is wrong with me."
You adapted to your life. Your life has changed, and you can adapt again.
You don't need more information.
You need a new way to look at what keeps you stuck.
Every month you wait, stuck feels a little more normal.
One honest conversation is a good place to start.
A few months from now
This is what unstuck feels like for the people I work with.
Calm, clear and moving.
How we get there
Everything you need is already in you. Together we bring it to the surface and give it room.
One concrete step in your real life after each session. Small, doable, and it adds up fast.
I see the patterns you're too close to see, and I stay with you while you try something new.
My story
Today I live in Colombia, coach people from all over the world and look forward to my work every single day.
It didn't always look like this.
For years I worked in pharma marketing. Good salary, good title, and every Sunday evening the same quiet heaviness. I thought I needed a better job. What I really needed was a question I had never asked myself: what do I actually want? Once I asked it honestly, the answer was right in front of me. Friends had been coming to me with their questions for years. Those conversations were the one thing that never felt like work.
Then a relationship of four years ended. I used that time well. I studied relationships, attraction and my own patterns, especially the ones I had picked up at home. Today I know what I want in love, and I notice old patterns before they take over.
I grew up between cultures, religions and languages. For a long time that pulled me in different directions. Today it's one of my strengths. I can meet people from very different worlds and understand where they come from.
I started several businesses in different industries. Each one taught me something, and together they taught me the most valuable skill of all: how to keep moving when things are uncertain.
Meditation and Eastern philosophy carried me through all of it. Zen and Advaita taught me to look beneath the noise in my head, and that way of looking is at the heart of how I coach.
Then I made the move I had dreamed about for years. I left, moved abroad and turned coaching into my work.
Am I done growing? Hope not. Stuck tho? Those days are behind me. I know the way out because I walked it, step by step.
You and me
Every coaching follows three phases: Get Clear, Get Free, Get Moving. The structure stays the same, the content is all yours. You always know where we are and what comes next.
We find the spot where you got stuck and why. Then every session ends with one concrete step for your week, so insight turns into change.
I tell you clearly what I see, always with warmth and respect. You'll always know where you stand, and you never have to figure it out alone.
What you share stays between us. You get my full attention, no judgment, and a space where you can say what you really think.
How your words and thoughts shape what you do.
Seeing you in context: family, work and relationships.
Listening to what your body knows before your mind does.
Calming your nervous system so change can feel safe.
Creating space between you and your thoughts.
Gently working with old experiences that still shape you, at a pace that feels safe.
The Unstuck Program · 12 weeks
We find out what you truly want and give it a clear shape. Many people discover their own voice here for the first time in years.
Weeks 1 to 4We look at the pattern that keeps you stuck and what it once protected. As you understand it, it softens and makes room.
Weeks 5 to 8Small real moves in your real life, reviewed together every week. By week 12 you keep going with confidence on your own.
Weeks 9 to 12How it starts
Pick a slot that works for you. Video, free. You tell me where you'd like to move.
2 minutes to bookA real coaching moment from the first minute. You leave with one fresh insight, whatever you decide.
30 min · freeIf it feels right, we choose your format together. If someone else fits you better, I'll happily point you there.
At your paceCoaching, my way
There are a lot of great coaches out there doing valuable work. Here's what you can expect when you work with me.
Both ways help people. If your goal is something you can plan your way to, a classic coach may be perfect for you. If you've planned and still feel stuck, that's where I come in.
Pricing
Clear prices, right here. Most people get unstuck in the 12-week program. Not sure yet? Start with a single session, or let's find out together in the free call.
Content Partner Rate: 15% off any offer if I may record our sessions and share short parts as content. Details in the FAQ
Clients
From open questions to a clear direction
★★★★★What impressed me most about working with Manu is his ability to bring order to complex thoughts and challenges. I often came into our conversations with lots of open questions and left with a clear direction and new motivation. Manu listens closely, sees connections quickly and gives exactly the right impulses to get into action. Working with him was a real accelerator for my personal and professional growth.
A clear idea of where to go
★★★★★Working with Manu is brilliant! Manu is an incredibly good listener and asks questions you would never have asked yourself. These questions, and the work together as a whole, help you understand yourself better and develop a clear idea of which direction to go. I can only recommend working with Manu!
Found my own goals and focus
★★★★★First of all, thank you so much for your time! I've rarely seen someone stay so objective and get you thinking in a positive way just by asking questions. I was speechless at how he led me to my own goals and focus, and motivated me along the way!
Clarity about my own patterns
★★★★★Coaching with Manu helped me a lot to gain insight into my emotional behaviors and thinking habits, and more clarity about them.
Conversations that move you
★★★★★I always found our conversations truly enriching. Above all, I really liked the way he asks questions.
Complex topics, made clear
★★★★★Manu grasps things incredibly fast, gets complex topics to the point and explains concepts clearly.
Before and after
Emre · Entrepreneur
Before
Emre’s business had become the centre of his life. Everything else had to fit around it: his health, his family, even his sleep.
He followed every rule and best practice, pushing himself to do things the “right” way. Yet the harder he tried, the less room he had for himself. Constant stress. Bad sleep. Back pain. By the end of the day, there was little energy left for the people and things he was working so hard for.
He hadn’t questioned the beliefs behind that pressure. They felt like facts about what it took to run a business.
After
Emre began making decisions from a different place: what he wanted his business to make possible in his life.
Together, we worked through the beliefs that had kept him under pressure. He let go of conventions that didn’t fit him and reshaped his working day around his own needs, priorities and way of working.
Today, in his words, he sleeps well again. His back pain is at its lowest. He has energy for sport and time for his family.
The biggest shift: he no longer takes someone else’s rules as the measure of his success. He gets to decide how he wants to work, and have a life he enjoys alongside it.
“I always found our conversations truly enriching. Above all, I really liked the way he asks questions.”
Emre Aydin · Google review
From the blog
Fair enough. Then here's what you need: practical reads with tools you can use today. Start with this one:
Your breath is one of the fastest ways to change how you feel. Here is why, and how to start using it today.
Read article → All articles →What you might be thinking
You'll feel it quickly. The first call is free, and the program comes with a full refund after session 2, so you can try it with ease.
Real talk: it's an investment, and it's smart to weigh it. Think about what a year in work and relationships that truly fit you is worth. You can also start with a single session.
That's a perfect place to start. Finding it is exactly what the first four weeks are for.
My degree is in communication design, not psychology. For more than 13 years I've taught myself NLP, systemic coaching, somatic work, breathwork and meditation, through books, courses and a lot of practice. And I walked the path from stuck to free myself. My clients' reviews show how it all comes together, and the free call lets you experience it firsthand.
Many clients leave the very first session with a clearer direction. Lasting change in your daily life usually shows within the first weeks of the program.
Coaching is for people who are doing generally okay and want to grow and move. If therapy would serve you better, I'll tell you openly and help you find the right person.
Absolutely. Many clients find it even easier to open up from their own space, and you save the travel time. Your sessions fit right into your day, wherever you are.
We meet via Zoom, wherever you are. All you need is a quiet place, headphones and a stable connection, and you get your personal link by email after booking. Sessions are in English or German. I'm based in Colombia (COT, UTC−5) and we schedule in your time zone.
By card or bank transfer. The program can be paid at once or in three monthly installments.
You agree in writing that I may record our sessions and use short parts as content. In return you pay 15% less on any offer: $298 instead of $350 per session, $808 instead of $950 for three sessions, $3,825 instead of $4,500 for the program.
Free breathwork guide · PDF
When you're stuck, your body often runs on alarm: shallow breath, tight chest, racing thoughts. Survival comes first, change has to wait. That's why I start with the breath. Calm the body first, then everything else can move.
Honestly? For some people, freeing the breath is enough to get unstuck, no coaching needed. That's why I give away The Breath Guide: a handy 13-page PDF with six simple techniques.
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UNSTUCK Coach · Life Coach
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