For high-functioning men & high-performing individuals
Matthew coaches high-functioning men and high-performing individuals to achieve a lighter emotional load, optimised nervous system regulation, consistent high-level execution, and the effortless emergence of peak performance without months of deep analysis or repeated storytelling of the past.
Matthew Green is the co-founder of 5th Place and the co-creator of Shape of Emotion™, a structured, body-based process for working with emotional load and internal interference. His work focuses on how internal states affect clarity, judgement, and execution when pressure is sustained over time.
For high-functioning men & high-performing individuals
Matthew works primarily with high functioning men and high performing individuals who have built capable, successful lives yet carry levels of tension or internal noise that persist even when they are thinking clearly and doing the right things. In these cases, the issue is not a lack of understanding or discipline. It is unresolved load in the system. Matthew begins with the body. He uses structured body based processes to help the nervous system settle and to release emotional pressure directly, without prolonged analysis or repeated retelling of personal history. As the signal clears, thinking becomes cleaner and action requires less force.
Closing the 'Certainty Deficit'
In high performance and leadership environments, Matthew's work frequently centres on what he calls the Certainty Deficit. This refers to the space between what a person can do and their conviction that they will execute when it counts, typically under pressure. Matthew’s role is to identify the specific interference patterns, often embedded as conditioned responses or inherited narratives, that disrupt conviction and introduce hesitation. When those patterns are removed, execution stabilises without additional input and excellence naturally emerges.
Background & qualifications
Matthew has worked in therapeutic and coaching contexts since 2006 and brings more than three decades of experience in human development. His background includes executive coaching through the University of Cape Town, Waldorf education training, and advanced practice in Emotional Freedom Techniques. He works across individual and organisational settings, often where leadership responsibility and emotional load intersect.
He is a facilitator, trainer, and speaker, and the co-developer of the Model of Emotional Fitness™, a framework for building emotional capacity in people and systems, and co-host of the podcast Emotions Matter. Really!
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