How I got here.

I was born in 1980 in a small hospital at the foot of a mountain on the southern tip of Africa. I spent my childhood climbing trees, exploring rivers, and pretending to be She-Ra fighting for the good of mankind. The connection to nature and open space I grew up with has shaped how I think about wellness.

At 19, I travelled to Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia and ended up in Angola teaching English in an orphanage during the rebel conflict. At 22, I sold my car and flew to England with a one-way ticket, because my grandfather is from Bradford. That move set up most of what came next.

I spent most of my twenties and thirties in London, working across high-pressure professional environments for over fifteen years: investment banking, the Cabinet Office, PepsiCo, a healthcare consultancy, a climate change organisation, a Saudi-backed investment management start-up. I was good at the work, and the work asked for everything. I met my husband in 2008, had my daughter in 2012, and studied a History of Art degree in the evenings alongside everything else. In 2016, I burnt out, and did not recognise it. In 2018, I burnt out again, and this time it took me ten months to come back. I spent most of that decade quietly figuring out my own health, long before any of it was mainstream or easy to navigate.

In 2024, I moved my family to Derbyshire, closer to family and a long way from the London I had built my career inside. I trained as a coach through Barefoot Coaching, qualified in Lifestyle & Wellness Coaching through Harvard Medical School, and launched The Sunday RISE. Today I work privately with women who are smart, capable, and tired of nothing sticking. The work I do now is everything I wish someone had handed me at the start.

What I stand for.

Authenticity. I am not interested in manufactured wellness personas. I bring my actual corporate background, my actual burnouts, and my actual approach to the work. If I cannot stand behind it, I will not say it.

Alignment. Alignment is true balance. It suggests everything held in equal measure all the time. That is how a real life works. Periods of focused attention on what matters most, followed by deliberate rest from it. I work with clients to find the alignment their life actually needs, not the one a wellness book recommends.

Open spaces. I grew up at the foot of a mountain with a short drive to the coast. I now live in the Derbyshire countryside. Open space is not just where I live, it is the condition my clients are missing. Mental space, physical space, time to think. Most of the work I do is about restoring that space inside lives that have very little of it.

Where I am now.

I am an ICF-trained business and personal coach through Barefoot Coaching, with a certificate in Lifestyle and Wellness Coaching from Harvard Medical School. I work privately with senior women in demanding careers who are looking for something that actually holds. Most coaches will tell you to slow down. I am not going to tell you that.