"Our sense of safety is at the root of how we show up, work, live, and play. We are constantly made to fit into systems that don't take account of what it means to be human. We might become perfectionists to avoid being judged. While not all behaviour is socially acceptable, our actions are ultimately adaptive responses to get what we need. When behaviour is described as maladaptive, we must ask: what is this behaviour telling us that we aren't seeing? Underneath, it is almost always designed to get what is required to create safety."
The Professional Track Record
Strategic HR leadership
Decades of experience. Head of Employee Relations, Total UK 2006. Chartered MCIPD. PG Dip Strategic HR Leadership. Fellow CMI. CIPD mentor. Certified Mental Wellbeing Practitioner. Everything DiSC® Authorised Partner. Partner at The Mental Wellbeing Company.
Business leadership
Business Director of two child development centres. Trustee of a UK SEND charity. I know what it means to run an organisation.
Coaching and development
ICF accredited somatic and trauma-informed coach. Master NLP practitioner. Hypnotherapist. Mindfulness teacher. Everything DiSC® authorised partner.
Mental wellbeing
Licensed Mental Wellbeing Company partner. CPD and ICF accredited programmes for organisations and individuals.
The Human Story
But the work I do now didn’t come from a qualification. It came from experience. I know what it feels like to hold everything together on the outside while something is quietly unravelling underneath. I know what it costs when workplaces fail their people, because I’ve been that person. In 2018 I faced the hardest year of my life. It changed everything about how I work and why.
The Why
I work with organisations and individuals because I know that the two aren’t separate. How we are at work affects how we are at home. How we are at home walks through the office door every morning. When people feel safe, truly safe, everything changes. That’s what I’m here for.
Important Information
I work as a coach, not a therapist. My work supports awareness, understanding and forward movement. If you need clinical or therapeutic support I will always say so and help you find it.