What I Do

I coach successful and self-driven individuals through difficult periods in their life. When you are stuck, at a crossroads, or faced with a dilemma, it is not straightforward to find someone to speak to frankly about it and from whom to seek credible, unbiased, and helpful counsel. It is even more unlikely for that person to be willing and able to focus all their energy on you for a significant period of time and at regular intervals until you solve the particular problem facing you.

Now imagine you had an advisor, a person you trust, who has no preconceived notions about what you can or cannot achieve, and who wants you to succeed as much as you do. Someone honest and direct, but non-judgmental, who meets you at your level and brings solid life experience to the table as well as established scientific methodology and facts about human cognition and behaviour… That’s where I come in.

I strongly believe that we would all do and feel significantly better if we felt properly supported through the difficult transitions in our lives.

If we work together, I will make sure we have the conversations you need to have to make that breakthrough and radically transform your future. Just read the testimonials my previous clients have kindly written.

I assist clients with a wide variety of challenges such as:

• career progression and maximising your potential
• career change, including into entrepreneurship
• leadership skills
• business development and presentation skills
• navigating office dynamics
• sense of purpose and fulfilment
• energy and self-discipline
• confidence and self-belief
• assertiveness and setting boundaries
• communication skills, including body language and voice work
• bad habits
• time management and organisation skills
• dating and relationships
• general wellbeing, including exercise and sleep
• finances

Please note that I will always be clear if any area with which you require help falls outside my expertise. I maintain a good network of like-minded professionals in other fields to ensure that if this happens, I can recommend someone to you who would be best placed to address your specific needs.

Some of the brilliant individuals who influence my work and philosophy are:

• Dr Daniel Lieberman, paleoanthropologist and a professor of evolutionary biology at Harvard University;
• Dr Gabor Mate, physician and expert on trauma, addiction, stress, and childhood development;
• Dr Adam Grant, organisational psychologist at The Wharton School and one of TED’s most popular speakers.
• Dr Brene Brown, a professor, author, and speaker, best known for her work on shame, vulnerability, and leadership;
• Dr Adam Alter, professor at New York University’s Stern School of Business and an expert in social psychology, judgment and decision making;
• Dr Robert Waldinger, professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, and the current director of Harvard Study of Adult Development, one of the longest studies on life and happiness ever conducted, running from 1938;
• Dr Oliver Sacks, a British neurologist and prolific author of books, including the contemporary classic “The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat”;
• Esther Perel, the Belgian-American psychotherapist, known for her work in human relationships.