My Origin Story

What working with me is like

My approach blends coaching and EFT in a collaborative, paced, and safe way. Together, we explore what matters most to you, uncover blocks, and gently release patterns that no longer serve you.

Clients often notice:

• Improved sleep and emotional calm

• Greater clarity and focus

• Renewed confidence in decision making and leadership presence

• Increased energy for life outside work

• A sense of freedom from past patterns

Life beyond work

I practice what I preach and invest in my life outside of my business in a way that I never used to. When I'm not coaching, you’ll often find me:

• Walking Finn the Lurcher

• Gardening and tending my indoor plants

• Practicing Tai Chi in the park

• Singing in our local choir

• Creating abstract paintings (always a work in progress!)

• Spending quality time with friends and family

• And as many trips to the theatre as I can possibly squeeze in!

These aren’t “extras” they are part of the balanced, joyful life I now live and the approach I support my clients to cultivate.

Leadership & coaching experience

Over the last decade, I’ve supported senior and mid-level leaders through coaching and mentoring. I hold:

• MSc in Leadership in Health and Social Care

• NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) Master Practitioner certification

• Diploma in Coaching with European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC)

I work with leaders on:

• Confidence and imposter syndrome

• Self-awareness and leadership impact

• Translating leadership theory into practice

• Team dynamics and psychological safety

• Shaping healthy organisational cultures

My professional journey: 40 years in health and leadership

I started my career as an Occupational Therapist, working across acute hospitals, mental health services, and community settings. Supporting individuals to achieve their goals during some of the most challenging periods of their lives taught me the value of holistic care: considering the physical, psychological, social, and environmental aspects of life.

Alongside clinical work, I mentored and supervised staff and trainees, discovering a passion for helping people develop their potential.

This led me into senior leadership roles, focusing on empowering teams, managing services, and more recently shaping organisational culture and quality improvement.

I know what it’s like to feel capable on the outside… but exhausted inside..

For most, if not all of my life working in the NHS, I appeared highly motivated, cheerful, and capable; the person who “got things done.”

But inside, I often felt burnt out, anxious, and driven by perfectionism and people-pleasing.

Evenings and weekends became my recovery time, leaving little energy for joy, creativity, or connection.

These experiences are not something I hide anymore, they are central to why I do this work.

I know what it’s like to be caught in the cycle of high stress, self-doubt, and over-responsibility, and I also know there is another way to live and lead.

Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) – the final piece of the puzzle

Even the most insightful coaching sometimes wasn’t enough. People could understand the “what” of change, but unconscious patterns still held them back.

Through my own journey, including working through childhood trauma and unresolved patterns, I discovered EFT (tapping).

Trauma-aware and gentle, EFT helps release deeply held emotional responses and self-limiting beliefs, so your mind and body can move forward together.

For me, EFT was transformative, and it’s now an integral part of how I work. It allows clients to experience real shifts in confidence, clarity, energy, and resilience.

I am trained in Evidence Based EFT and Matrix Reimprinting an advanced EFT technique

If my story and approach resonate with you, I’d love to hear from you.

You can learn more about working with me and The Emotionally Free Leader® 1:1 programme here