About Me

I enjoy helping people achieve their potential, by asking the right questions and empowering them to make the choices and life changes they want to make. I find it very rewarding to watch people grow with my support. I am passionate about making a positive difference, supporting organisations and individuals to reach their potential. 

I currently work as an Associate Workplace Strategy Coach and Job Aide Support Worker with No Drama Llamas, supporting individuals with neurodiversity in the workplace - particularly with Autism, ADHD, Dyslexia, and long-term health conditions such as depression, anxiety, Long Covid, and other long term health and neurodiverse challenges. I have worked as a Study Coach for 3 years at City of Bristol College, supporting the needs of post-16 learners from a variety of different backgrounds with complex life challenges.  

My first degree is in Economics (1995). I am a fully qualified Secondary Mathematics Teacher (since 1996) and Early Years Professional (2011) with many years of experience working in all educational stages, with training in SEND for pupils with complex neurodiverse, social and mental health needs. I have formal qualifications in counselling skills, mental health awareness, alongside education and psychology at a professional level. I also achieved a level 7 qualification in Strategic Management and Leadership, and a separate Level 7 qualification in Project Management. 

I am a trained as a Life Coach, with further training in Leadership Coaching, Trauma-informed Coaching, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Mindfulness Practitioner (to Masters level), Yoga training, Art Therapy for life coaching, Gestalt Therapy, Health And Nutrition Coaching, and as a Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP) practitioner. 

Alongside my many years of experience in education, I also have experience in volunteering with the Peer Partnership (Brigstowe, Bristol, UK), the Avon and Somerset Police supporting victims of domestic abuse, and at the Bristol Citizens Advice Bureau. For 4 years, I have been running safety, consent and healthy relationships workshops as an internationally recognised educator, writer and artist in alternative and queer lifestyles.