I’m warm, curious, straightforward and not particularly interested in pretending life is tidier than it really is.

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My clients tend to describe me as someone who really sees them, listens without judgement and will gently challenge them when they’re disappearing down a familiar rabbit hole.

 

There will be compassion.

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There will probably be laughter.

 

And occasionally there may be a lovingly delivered, “that’s complete bollocks.”

 

Because sometimes that’s what we need.

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I know what it’s like to be the capable one

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I grew up caring for my disabled mum and younger brother, so being responsible, useful and the person who coped became part of who I was very early on.

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I became a doer, a fixer and the person people relied on.

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Those qualities served me well.

 

Until they didn’t.

 

I went on to spend around 30 years working in the NHS, eventually moving into leadership and practice management. I led teams, managed change, dealt with pressure, solved problems and kept things moving — including steering a GP practice merger at the beginning of the COVID pandemic.

 

From the outside, I was capable and successful.

 

But being the person who could handle everything came at a cost.

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Eventually, something had to give

 

Burnout didn’t arrive once with a flashing neon sign saying BURNOUT THIS WAY.

 

It crept in.

 

Exhaustion. Over-giving. Numbness. Irritability. Losing touch with what I wanted and needed.

 

And because I was very good at coping, I kept coping.

 

Until, around 50, after my third significant experience of burnout, I finally realised that continuing to push through wasn’t the answer.

 

Something had to change.

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That change started with understanding myself

 

Coaching helped me see that there wasn’t something fundamentally wrong with me.

 

There were patterns.

 

Old expectations.

 

Ways of coping that had once been useful.

 

Parts of me that had learned to keep going, keep everyone happy, stay responsible and hold everything together.

 

I started understanding why I did what I did instead of simply criticising myself for doing it.

 

And that changed everything.

 

It eventually led me to leave my NHS career in 2023, retrain and build the work I do today.

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Why I do this work

 

Now I help other people untangle the things that keep them overwhelmed, stuck, second-guessing themselves or living according to rules they didn’t consciously choose.

 

My work brings together coaching, hypnotherapy, NLP, Voice Dialogue and other approaches, but I’m far more interested in you than I am in forcing you through a particular technique.

 

We work out what’s really going on.

 

We get curious about the patterns, beliefs and inner voices involved.

 

We challenge what no longer fits.

 

And we create enough space for you to decide what you actually want next.

 

Because I don't believe you need fixing.

 

Sometimes you just need help working out what got tangled in the first place.

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And outside the coaching room...

 

I’m a wife, mum, friend, lifelong learner, reader, crafter and enthusiastic chatter-to-strangers-in-supermarket-queues.

 

I’m fiercely loyal, slightly kooky, naturally curious and have a rebellious streak that tends to respond to “you can’t do that” with “watch me!”

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I don't have everything sorted.

 

I don't expect you to either.

 

But I do believe we can understand ourselves better, stop automatically living by old rules and create lives that feel much more like our own.