About
I believe coaching helps us come back to ourselves.
Not in a soft or abstract way, but in a practical, grounded, human way.
I focus on coaching that helps you pause, make sense of what is really going on, understand the patterns shaping your behaviour, and find a way forward that works for your life, your work, your brain and your body.
Working with me often feels like having a sense-maker, a truth-sayer and a nerve-giver in your corner. Someone who will listen carefully, notice what sits underneath the surface, help you see the patterns you may not yet be able to see, and support you to make intelligent choices with more clarity, confidence and perspective.
I have spent over 25 years working with individuals, leaders and organisations in complex, high-pressure environments. My career has taken me from law, to senior Talent and Organisational Development roles, to executive coaching, leadership coaching and organisational coaching. I have worked in legal services, wealth management, investment banking, financial services, scaling businesses, tech unicorns and mature global organisations.
I'm based just outside Leeds and work with executives, senior leaders and organisations across the UK and Europe, both in person and online.
Much of my work is about helping people move from feeling like a "human doing" to a "human being". That does not mean stepping away from ambition, achievement or performance. It means understanding what sustainable performance really takes. It means learning how to work with your brain and body, not against them.
What I bring to my coaching
I bring a mix of strategic thinking, practical tools, deep experience of organisational performance and compassion.
I am a realist. I know life and work are not always simple. Change can be hard, particularly when you are operating in demanding environments, carrying responsibility, or trying to make decisions when there is no perfect answer. I encourage people to face this and work through their challenges.
I'm a bit of a geek. I'm fascinated about what makes us humans tick. I have always been curious about why we do what we do, what helps us perform at our best, why we get stuck in repeated patterns, and how we can create the conditions for meaningful, lasting change. I am always reading, learning and exploring the unfolding research around the brain, body, behaviour, emotional intelligence, mindset, resilience and human performance.
Alongside my professional experience, I am an ICF Professional Certified Coach. I am also a certified Physical Intelligence coach, certified EQi Coach for Emotional Intelligence, DiSC practitioner, Strengths coach, Engage Change Coach, and I am experienced in Human Centred Design.
Confidentiality, trust and professionalism are at the heart of my coaching practice. Strong, long-term relationships matter to me. I care deeply about doing good work, with integrity, in a way that is useful, respectful and grounded in real life.
I have also regularly been voted one of the top executive coaches in the region, recognised particularly for my work in physical intelligence and mindset.
Why I do this work
Each chapter of life and work brings different experiences, pressures and decisions. Looking back, I often wish I knew then what I know now.
If I had a coach at some of the most stretching points in my life, navigating those moments would have felt very different.
There were several stages that shaped me deeply.
Getting qualified as a lawyer and then realising early in my career that it was not the right path for me. Trying to answer the question, "What now?"
Getting my head around being a wife and mum, holding a demanding career, and caring for my Dad with dementia.
Moving from working in a global bank into a scaling tech unicorn, and learning how to adapt to a very different pace, culture and environment.
Handling difficult conversations, sometimes daily, with a senior person I did not trust but still had to work with.
And then being brave enough to set up my own business.
I have had coaching, and I know it works. I have used the tools I now share, and I know they work.
What I believe about change
I believe people are capable of more than they often realise, but I also believe we cannot separate performance from wellbeing.
We do not make our best decisions when we are constantly overwhelmed. Confidence is not built by pretending everything is fine. Resilience is not about pushing through endlessly.
Real resilience is more intelligent than that. It involves knowing yourself. Understanding your patterns. Paying attention to your body as well as your thoughts. Learning how to regulate your energy, recover well, hold perspective and make choices that are aligned with what matters. It's about finding your stride and going the course.
This is true for organisations too.
Culture is not something written on a wall. It is lived every day in how people lead, listen, challenge, support, recover and adapt. That is why I am so interested in coaching cultures.
The way I work
My coaching is supportive, honest and practical. I am compassionate, but I will also help you tell yourself the truth and challenge yourself. I will help you slow down enough to see what is happening, but I will also help you move towards action.
Together, we look at the context you are operating in, the patterns that may be shaping your choices, and the habits or beliefs that might be helping or holding you back. From there, we build something that works for you. A personalised prescription for your brain, your body, your work and your life.
Beyond work
When I am not coaching, I love spending time in the garden, painting, practising tai chi and walking.
Those things matter to me because they bring me back to something simple and real. They remind me that growth takes time, creativity needs space, and we often understand things more clearly when we step away from the noise for a while and physically move.
That is often where good coaching begins too.
With space.
Space to pause. Space to think. Space to tell the truth. Space to make sense of where you are.
And space to choose what comes next.
