Thank you for popping by and visiting my website.
Let me start by telling you more about me.
I’m a middle child and grew up near the seaside in Somerset. As a child my main interest was music. I played the Clarinet and was part of the school orchestra, jazz band, woodwind band and choir. Outside of school I was heavily involved with Girl Guides; something I have returned to many times as an adult.
After my GCSE’s, I did business studies at college before starting at the local council. After a couple of job moves I started my HR career in 1996 whilst doing my HNC in Business studies 2 evenings a week. This then followed with studying and completing my Post Graduate Diploma in Human Resource Management.
In 2002, it felt it was time to move on from the Council and progress my HR career which I did in multiple organisations in different sectors – transport, civil services, retail, manufacturing, leisure. Rising to a senior HR position and specialising in Talent.
Working in HR gave me the opportunity to meet and work with a wide variety of people, however, something wasn’t right.
Every now and then I would find myself questioning my ability. I lacked so much confidence, I felt like a fraud. I had this constant negative voice in my head telling me that I was not good enough for anything and it really impacted my friendships and relationships, not only at work and personal life but also in love!
I’d shut myself off, comfort eat and blow things out of proportion; resulting in me being in constant tears and spiralling into deep depression.
After years of continuous cycle and diagnosis of anxiety and depression, I realised that I’ve lived with limiting self-belief and lack of self-confidence for most of my life. I really understand the anxieties that arise and stop you from doing what you really want whether this is in your professional or personal life.
It took me to have the biggest ‘plot twist’ imaginable to make me reflect and view my life differently.
In 2017, I was diagnosed with breast cancer and after my first chemotherapy session I had to undergo major emergency surgery for appendicitis!
I would say I’ve been through the fire and it’s resolved my desire to help people. It also gave me the most valuable lesson of all – I have to start living the life I want now!!
If you want to know more about the work I do, take a look at my video.
