About me
My purpose is to facilitate and support wellbeing in individuals, organisations and society and I fulfil this as a wellbeing, resilience and leadership coach.
I coach in the following areas:
- Resilience and wellbeing
- Digital wellbeing (managing attention, digital habits)
- Confidence and strengths enhancement
- Stress reduction
- Managing burn-out, empathy/compassion-fatigue
- Living with illness (chronic illnesses, cancer)
- Motivation and outcomes (goals)
My approach is evidence-based, informed by neuroscience and positive psychology, leading to better congruence, wellbeing, confidence and decision making. I support clients in better understanding and utilising their strengths and am currently doing a lot of work in the area of stress, burn-out and compassion-fatigue in the health and social care sector.
I also work with leaders, individually and in organisations on communication, engagement, compassion and a coaching approach.
I've been a coach since 2013 and complement that with my work as a consultant in staff and organisational wellbeing, strategic values, purpose and social impact, a coach trainer and non-executive director for NHS Scotland and social enterprise, Potential in Me CIC.
- Member of Association for Coaching UK
- Member of International Positive Psychology Association
Training, qualifications & experience
- MA in Applied Coaching, University of Derby, January 2016 - Research - Virtual Coaching
- Consciously Digital (Digital Wellbeing) Coaching (Sept 21 – April 22)
- Certified mBIT Coach and mBIT Trainer (neuro-science based, multiple-brain integration techniques) (2105)
- Ashridge Leadership Live (Oct 21 – Sept 22)
- Resilience Practitioner (2021)
- Clean language interviewing, teams and coaching (2014-2019)
- Association for Coaching - Certified Coach (2013)
- Neuro-linguistic Programming (NLP) Master Practitioner (2012)
- Team Management Certified - TM Profile (1992) and Linking Skills accredited (2012)
- BA in Linguistics with Japanese and Political Science Minors, San Diego State University, 1988
- Attended Yokohama National University, Japan Japanese and political science. 1984-1985
Member organisations

Association for Coaching (AC)
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The Association has a Code of Ethics & Good Practice and a Complaints Procedure.
Areas of coaching I deal with
Other areas of coaching I deal with
Digital Wellbeing (attention, digital habits)
Compassion
Living with illness (chronic illness or cancer)
Fees
Additional information
Upon request
Further information
Please note, there is a friendly Labrador Retriever on the premises. Whilst she can go to another room, her 'presence' remains everywhere which means not a good idea for those with allergies to dogs.