I’m one of the first women to complete the Common Commissioning Course at RMAS “Sandhurst”… which means I did the same training as the men. That was in 1995.

I served for 9 years including an operational tour of Iraq, and several large-scale multinational overseas exercises. In my first role I commanded 50 people.

I went on to work in Human Resources in both commercial and public sectors, on large-scale outsourcing programs.

I became fascinated by what it is that makes some people thrive and shine, while others crumble in the face of pressure.

How boosting well-being can boost productivity.

How treating people well in a strong culture can improve behaviours.

How great team and individual behaviours produce healthy, high-performing teams.

I was seconded to the UK Cabinet Office where I worked in the Employee Engagement Team that led employee engagement analysis and insight for the whole Civil Service (400,000+ people worldwide).

I studied the science of high performance under pressure at MSc level, fascinated by learning the power of what is “right” with us (rather than what is wrong with us humans).

Moving Beyond Trauma

Yet it wasn’t in the Army that I experienced trauma, but some years later when our first daughter almost died while being born. I suffered mental and physical injuries that night.

It is my personal recovery from that time which set me on my current path.

When trauma informs executive coaching, magic happens

I blend the fields of high performance under pressure, traumatology, positive psychology, and neuroscience.

I help people understand and work with their ancient, natural human nervous system reactions in times of perceived threat.

It is my mission to help people prepare for and prevent mental injuries, in the same way that physical fitness can prevent physical injury.

It is my mission to ease suffering and get the fun back, bring up productivity and performance at the same time.

I bring you over 1000 client hours experience from clients across public sector, banking, finance, military (serving and veteran), first responders, IT marketing and sales, law, medicine, NHS management, entrepreneur and small business owners (to name a few).

Here’s some of what informs my work:

• Somatic (body) based methods to learn from the wisdom of your past without you having to talk one word about it.

• Internal-Family Systems- Inspired Coaching to help you re-build inner self trust, connection, and healing.

• Trauma-Sensitive meditation and mindfulness to notice the joy in every day, and re-wire your brain to realise your body and mind are safe and whole again.

• Havening Techniques ®, a gentle way to invite trauma release that de-links the emotional charge from the stored memory, so you can revisit the past without feeling the usual emotional belly punch.

• Positive Psychology evidence-based techniques to help make your life better, and move from survival, to flourishing!

Work with me to unlock resilience, real-life, and results.