Not because something has gone wrong. But because the way they have always succeeded no longer feels quite sustainable, or fully aligned with who they are becoming.
Before coaching, my career began in biomedical research, before moving into healthcare communications, where I spent over 15 years working with clients across the NHS, pharmaceutical industry and health charities.
Over time my work naturally evolved from strategic and scientific consultancy into mentoring and leadership development, supporting individuals and teams in complex, high-responsibility environments. I've worked both in-house and independently, and led an international not-for-profit health policy consultancy delivering award-winning global education initiatives designed to reduce health inequalities and influence behaviour change.
It was meaningful, stretching work. And it gave me a deep understanding of both the opportunity and the quiet pressure that comes with sustained high performance.
Like many of the people I now work with, I reached a point where continuing to push forward in the same way was no longer working for me.
Coaching gave me space to step back from the roles I had learned to perform, reconnect with what actually mattered, and start making decisions from a more grounded place. That experience shaped not only the direction of my career, but the way I understand leadership itself.
I trained as a Transformative Coach, completing a Diploma accredited by the world’s leading coaching bodies: the International Coaching Federation, the European Mentoring & Coaching Council, and the Association for Coaching. I hold professional accreditation with the EMCC and have been coaching individuals and teams since 2019.
Alongside this, I've always been guided by a quiet inner knowing. An intuitive sense that there is more to life than meets the eye. From a young age this led me to explore mindfulness, energy healing and other spiritual practices, and those threads now weave naturally into the work I do with others.
Much of the work touches on identity and values, navigating change and transition, sustainable performance and burnout prevention, self-trust and confidence beyond achievement, and people-first leadership and team dynamics.
Because the shifts that last rarely come from doing more. They come from understanding yourself more deeply, and allowing that understanding to shape how you live and lead.
Outside of work, I live in Oxfordshire with my husband Stephen, my daughter Lucy, and our cat Cleo.
Alongside my coaching practice, I am keen to support my local community and host a Chipping Norton-based networking group, Chipping Norton Business Buzz which brings local business people together to connect, collaborate and grow.
I also volunteer as a Yes Futures Coach, supporting young people to develop the confidence and resilience to make ambitious choices about their future.
Time outdoors, movement, and my own ongoing personal practice are an important part of how I stay connected to what I bring into my work with others.
If you're at a point where success is asking something different of you, I'd be glad to support that next chapter.