Leading repair in all corners of the globe
James ‘Fish’ Gill is a Heart Coach, transformational facilitator and author of How To Fall In Love With Humanity. His work is grounded in a simple truth: when we learn how to witness and deeply honour each other’s humanity, even the hardest conversations become places of openness, willingness, understanding and accountability.
Fish guides us in seeing every moment of conflict as a profound invitation for deeper relating. He illustrates that conflict itself isn’t the problem; the absence of skill is - that without the capacity to navigate our interpersonal tensions masterfully, our resentments naturally linger, our frustrations go underground and our capacity to trust, collaborate and thrive in teams is naturally eroded.
Under Fish's guidance, conflict isn’t something to avoid — it’s something to walk towards: a powerful doorway to deeper understanding, connection, trust and intimacy in any relationship, if navigated skilfully.
Professionally, since 2008 Fish’s radically compassionate approach to conflict resolution and relationship repair supports clients in 18 countries. He has trained over 40 therapists globally, and equipped leaders and teams with the skills to navigate interpersonal tension with courage, empathy and clarity. His speaking engagements include education and mental health conferences in Hong Kong, Perth, Brisbane, Gold Coast and Sydney.
Personally, Fish has navigated a range of deeply challenging and complex relationships and relationship ruptures, including parenting and step-parenting after a divorce, healing after betrayal, and family estrangement. It is the insights he gained in these darkest, most painful times that he now shares as teachings across the world.
Radically compassionate communication practices
Amplify empathy
Deepening our capacity for empathy becomes a superpower that enables us to regrow safety, willingness and trust between us and others in scenarios where these essential aspects of healthy relationship have been eroded through hurt and blame.
Take courageous Action
To be fulfilled in relationship we need a sense of agency. Learning to identify and meet our unmet needs, hold ourselves with fierce personal integrity, and have courageous conversations creates strong foundations for deeper connection.
Deepen understanding
Learning to see beneath the surface of conflict, beneath the words and actions we usually react to, gives us the power to take action from a profound understanding of the root cause of conflict: the complex hopes, fears and unmet needs in us and in them.
Hold an unwavering vision
Growing a clear vision of how we want to experience love, understanding and openheartedness enables us to lead ourselves and those we cherish more powerfully towards relationships that feel honest, open and deeply fulfilling.
Podcast Interviews
Fish is available for podcast interviews and keynote speaking engagements. His key topics include:
Communication, Relationships, Transforming Conflict, Rituals of Sacred Connection, Positive Workplace Culture, Positive Parenting, Yogic Practices and Philosophy for Living With Grace.
WORK WITH ME
Deepen your Capacity for Connection
Facilitator Training
Learn to empower your clients, colleagues and loved ones to repair any relationship upset with the tools of conscious communication.
Group Coaching
Over the course of a 9-week Group Coaching Program you’ll learn powerful communication tools that will turn your hurts to healing, and allow you to skilfully navigate any kind of relationship upset.
Weekend Retreats
Fish’s signature Come Back to Love Retreat has taken place in multiple locations across Australia and Bali. Stay tuned for upcoming retreats.
