About me

Hi, I’m Sean Debney, accredited psychosynthesis psychotherapeutic counsellor, leadership and performance coach, practitioner of deep ecology, permaculture and zen meditation and founder of Third Rock Thriving™ and Thriving Life Design™.


My senior management career has spanned the private scientific sector, environmental not for profit, educational public sector and corporate pharma consultancy and I have 25 years experience supporting people to make deep, lasting purposeful change in one to one and in groups.


My mission is to be the change I want to see and live fearlessly from my heart, in service of a better world.


This is the professional me...here's another side...

I’m 58 years of age, I’ve seen a lot and the older I get means that I have a shed load of life experience, but what I actually know for certain, is less and less.


I love our planet and I love being a human. I feel the connection with the rest of life and I cherish the glimpses I have of the present moment.


I love my kids, my wife, my family and friends and living where I do. I love the rawness of nature, sunsets, wild winds and great wine with friends, live music and feet up with my beloved watching Netflix in front of a roaring fire.

Working with me

I offer one to one coaching and group programmes both online and in-person from my home in Donegal, Ireland.


Being real is important to me and I bring sincerity, humour, tenderness, compassion and a clear mirror for you to see yourself clearly, to grow and embrace your own thriving life, however you choose to define it.


I will support you in your vulnerability and complexity and help you see the emerging essence of you that may have been latent and hidden for quite some time. I will help you decide the changes you want to make, to take sustainable action and find the most appropriate next steps in your journey.

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I also know I’m deeply tired of the narrative and manipulation of modern life. Of the distractions and addictions that stop me and maybe you from waking up, taking a step back and wondering what this life is really all about. I'm heartbroken about our impact on the non human world and am deeply passionate about reconnecting to our place in nature and actually taking action to change.


I love that sometimes I feel part of the unfolding universe and other times disconnected to hell and caught with my own stuff and then, with grace, having a brief moment to notice. And above all, above everything else, I love deeply knowing that I will never know when my last breath will be. For me, that’s a game changer.


In short, I'm a skilled, imperfect, complicated, purposeful, fearful, courageous, quirky, insightful, loving, procrastinating, big picture thinking, musical, authentic, down to earth, transcendant, neurotic and hopeful human being who loves life and doing what I do!

Qualifications and Experience

After my Masters degree, I started my professional career in 1993 as an Applications Scientist and later as Sales and Marketing Manager and then head of the Environmental Division at Europa Scientific Ltd, a leader in stable isotope mass spectrometry.


I wanted to work more directly with people in an environmental organisation and in 1998 I took on the role of Urban Programmes Manager at the Groundwork Trust in Denham, UK.


After a year, I decided to follow my passion and moved to Ireland to study traditional Irish music. I started my initial counselling training and established the Adult Guidance Service in Donegal, pioneering a counselling lead approach to adult and career guidance for 14 years. Alongside this I completed my psychosynthesis training and established a small private practice.


In 2016, I completed the Performance and Energy Coach training with Johnson & Johnson and I have been delivering Energy for Performance, Resilience and Purpose and Career Planning programmes to groups at all levels across Johnson and Johnson in Europe, including the senior leadership team.


Concurrently I am also an associate coach with Coach Coegi, delivering psychosynthsis coaching to senior leaders and C Suite Executives in Uganda and Dubai. I am also a member of the senior practitioner team providing coaching for students on Psychosynthesis Coaching Ltd and Institute of Psychosynthesis coaching programmes.


In 2021 I established Third Rock Thriving™ and Thriving Life Design™ to integrate an ecological perspective with psychosynthseis and zen meditation and provide a practical, down to earth approach to helping people truly thrive in life.


  • PG Cert In Psychosynthesis Leadership Coaching (Middlesex University and Psychosynthesis Coaching Ltd, UK)


  • EMCC Certied Coach/Mentor at Senior Practitioner Level


  • Performance and Energy Coach training - Johnson and Johnson, USA


  • PG Dip Psychosynthesis Psychotherapeutic Counselling (Middlesex University and Institute of Psychosynthesis, UK)


  • UKCP Psychotherapeutic Counsellor Clinical Accreditation


  • Permaculture Design Certificate (Designed Visions, UK)


  • MSc Marine Environmental Protection (Bangor University, UK)


  • BSc Environmental Studies (Manchester Metropolitan University, UK)

Please do get in touch below to find out how I can support you...

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