My Journey
I grew up in the Surrey countryside, where I developed a love of rural life and making things by hand. These early interests nurtured a curiosity and instinct for creativity that would only make sense much later.
Academic studies never came easily to me, but I thrived in sports and creative subjects. Athletics became a defining focus, where I was a high achiever and had a genuine prospect of a professional career, until recurring injuries brought that chapter to an end. It was an early lesson in identity, uncertainty, and the fragility of plans we assume are fixed.
At eighteen, I joined a young handprinted wallpaper company in London. Fourteen years later, having held several director-level roles, it had become one of the most respected international interior furnishing brands. The experience led to a career spent largely in the design industry, working in leadership roles across sales, marketing, product, brand and business development.
Along the way, I developed a deep respect for creativity, craftsmanship, culture and heritage, and the role they play in shaping identity and purpose rooted in values.
At the same time, I grew increasingly sensitive to the emotional world people inhabit – their values, relationships, motivations, aspirations, beliefs, and sense of worth and possibility. Building robust, values-led cultures and helping others realise their potential became central to my approach to leadership and fulfilment.
Yet as professional life gathered pace, it often felt as though success and uncertainty ran in parallel. Over the years, beneath the surface, I was navigating the consequences of a range of substantial challenges, including:
- Significant Life Transitions & Change
- Uncertainty, Adversity & Resilience
- Legal Challenges & Feelings of Injustice
- Relationship & Family Upheaval
- Grief, Loss & Letting Go
- Identity, Self-Worth & Confidence
- Health & Emotional Hardship
It was during those periods that personal development and coaching gave me perspective, resilience and renewed self-belief. My long-standing curiosity about psychology and self-understanding deepened into a commitment to personal growth, not simply as an interest, but increasingly as a necessity.
Facing near burnout forced me to step away and reassess what truly mattered to me. I chose to leave behind the life I had been living, to slow down, realign with my values, and consciously navigate a period of reflection and change. It was during this time that I rediscovered a sense of purpose that had quietly eroded away over years of constant striving.
Now living in Devon, on the outskirts of Dartmoor, I've found myself reconnecting with the countryside and a way of life that feels closer to my values, deepening my appreciation of community and giving me a greater sense of perspective on what matters most in life.
Over time, self-discovery has helped me better understand myself and draw on my own resourcefulness through success and failure, clarity and doubt, achievement and regret. It's an ongoing process that continues to help me connect with a more authentic version of myself.
My journey into Coaching and coaching-informed Consultancy, alongside my enduring connection to creativity, craft, culture and heritage, is rooted in something deeply human: the desire to live and work with integrity, coherence and meaning.
Today, I feel compelled to work with those who sense that there is something greater available to them, and who are ready to explore what might be possible when they have a deeper understanding of themselves.
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