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I offer Executive and ADHD coaching.

Neurodivergent-affirming and menopause-informed approach because bodies, brains and work collide.

Today I swapped Post-its for pine cones 🌲 out walking the dog, planning a coaching session. Pine cones were scattered al...
10/07/2026

Today I swapped Post-its for pine cones 🌲 out walking the dog, planning a coaching session. Pine cones were scattered all across the path. It got me thinking.

A pine cone closes when conditions aren’t right. It opens when they are, letting its seeds fly on the wind. It isn’t being difficult, it’s responding to its environment.

Flourishing isn’t just about trying harder. It’s about creating the conditions where people can open, grow and, when the time is right, fly on the wind.

I’ve used two flourishing frameworks this week, and watching who reaches for which one has been its own kind of data.
🌳 The Tree: roots as values, trunk as core skills, branches as growth edges, canopy as where you’re heading, pine cones as what you’ve produced and seeded for next time. People who think in pictures light up here.
🎯 PERMA: Positive emotion, Engagement, Relationships, Meaning, Accomplishment. Something you can score and track. People who want a number light up here instead.

Neither is “better.” This week I used both frameworks with my own children 👧, encouraging them to self-advocate for what helps them flourish and with clinical staff 🩺

Letting someone pick their own model is the theory in action, not just an illustration of it. The framework matters less than the invitation it creates ✨Different doors, same room.

Curious which lands for you trees, or numbers?🌲🎯 comment ⬇️

If you’d like to explore further I offer 1:1 and team coaching contact me at [email protected]

19/05/2026

“How do we create spaces where people often processed through systems ⚙️ get to be fully human, even for an hour?”

I ran a group wellbeing coaching session this week for people living with HIV 🩺 It brought something into sharp focus that I see often in practice but don’t think we talk about enough 💡
Working with people managing complex health, this isn’t new.
But in this session, it was impossible to ignore 👇

We often design “evidence‑based” coaching interventions defining wellness 🌱using structured tools like the Permission Wheel 🔄 guided visualisation 🎯 And the tools themselves?

Here’s the tension 👇
The way we facilitate these approaches often assumes a baseline of stability, asking someone to define “wellness” when they are:
😴 exhausted
💔 grieving
🏠 unsure where they’ll be living next month
…isn’t a neutral question.
It can feel like being asked to describe a country you’ve never been allowed to visit 🌍🚫

And yet what consistently worked in the room wasn’t the tool.
It was the connection 🤝
You could feel the shift 💫
👥 People finding each other
💬 Real conversations
👀 Recognition
😂 Unexpected laughter
And (not) unexpectedly I got to bring a small part of myself into the space too 🎨🖍️ Poscas, Sharpies, Colour

It changed the energy more than I anticipated, the space feel more human, more open, more shared ✨
And it reinforced something I see again and again:
🩺 Chronic illness
💸 Financial insecurity
😫 Fatigue
💔 Bereavement
🧍♀️ Isolation
These aren’t barriers to coaching 👉 They are the work.

In contexts of significant instability or ongoing adversity 🌪️
the priority may shift from facilitating growth 🌱
→ to creating the conditions where growth is even possible 🌿
because people may not have capacity for traditional “growth” work in that moment. That’s not a small thing.
That is the intervention ✨
🌿

19/05/2026

🧠 ADHD & Exam Season
It’s not laziness.
It’s the brain under pressure.
Small shifts in support can change everything.

❤️ Worth > Grades
Their value isn’t measured by exam results.
Feeling safe boosts motivation and memory more than pressure ever will.

19/05/2026

❤️ Worth > Grades
Feeling safe supports motivation, memory, and confidence far more than pressure ever will.

If this resonates and you're wondering whether ADHD‑informed coaching or psychoeducation could help you or your family comment below or send me a DM.
You don’t have to navigate this alone💛

🎓 🧠

Join us remotely for a Virtual CoSRH Menopause care course Friday July 17th 🌐
19/05/2026

Join us remotely for a Virtual CoSRH Menopause care course Friday July 17th 🌐


18/05/2026

🧠 ADHD & Exam Season
It’s not laziness.
It’s the brain under pressure.
Small shifts in support can change everything.

🏡 Simplify the environment
Clear desk.
Revision basket.
Low distractions.
Less noise outside = more focus inside.

17/05/2026

🧠 ADHD & Exam Season
It’s not laziness.
It’s the brain under pressure.
Small shifts in support can change everything.

🌬️ Calm first. Then plan.
A dysregulated brain can’t revise.
Grounding → thinking skills return → progress happens.

16/05/2026

🧠 ADHD & Exam Season
It’s not laziness.
It’s the brain under pressure.
Small shifts in support can change everything.

📅 One priority at a time
Too many tasks = overwhelm.
One clear priority = clarity + action.

15/05/2026

🧠 ADHD & Exam Season
It’s not laziness.
It’s the brain under pressure.
Small shifts in support can change everything.

⏳ Short revision bursts
8–15 minutes on.
Short break.
Repeat.
Matches the ADHD attention cycle.

This week I had the privilege of sharing a stage with some genuinely inspiring clinicians at Women’s Health Live London🌸...
14/05/2026

This week I had the privilege of sharing a stage with some genuinely inspiring clinicians at Women’s Health Live London🌸✨Dr Aziza Sesay, Dr Dawn Harper and Dr Sarah Jarvis.

I delivered a contraception choices update, but the conversation that matters most to me isn’t about what the options are. It’s about how we present them. 💬
Because contraception isn’t a checklist. It’s a conversation. 🗣️
When someone is at risk of side effects, when they’ve had experiences that made them feel unheard, when the system has consistently designed them out, the clinical content is the easy part. The harder work is building the conditions where supported, person-centred choice can actually happen. 💙
That means:
🔹 Shared decision making as a practice, not a policy
🔹 Reducing cognitive load for clinicians and patients complexity shouldn’t fall on the most vulnerable
🔹 Services designed with inclusivity at their centre, not bolted on at the edges
With an agenda co-designed by a renowned steering committee chaired by Sarah Jarvis MBE and Dawn Harper 🌟, Women’s Health Live brings primary care and SRH clinicians together to share insight, build knowledge, and ask better questions about how women experience care.
Strengthening understanding is the intervention. Reminded me why that work matters💪

Grateful to have been part of it. 🙏✨


These promotional meetings are organised and funded by Gedeon Richter UK Ltd.
UK-WOM-2600103 May 2026

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