More than one life
can fit in a lifetime.

“

By age eight and a half, my parents had divorced, and I had lost my mother. It was my first lesson in how quickly the shape of a family can change, a big lesson for such a little person.

Following this, I have learned what it is to become responsible before you feel ready; to look after other people while rebuilding your own life; to begin again in a new country, a new language, and a new area of work.

One of those responsibilities came to shape twelve years of my life. After the father of my children sustained a traumatic brain injury, I became his legal guardian. He was also my ex-husband. It was an unusual arrangement, but with no immediate family close by, the choice was clear: my children needed to know their father was not alone and I wanted my sons to see that compassion is something we do; something which might require action and not only something we feel.

That experience taught me that you can choose a responsibility and still be both absorbed and exhausted by it; that freedom and obligation can exist in parallel; and that some important choices are simple. It did not give me the answers to anyone else’s life. It taught me the importance of being present and supportive in challenging times.

When my time became mine again, I realized a long-term wish by starting my coaching journey, which gives me the opportunity to use both my personal and corporate experience as a basis for coaching conversations. Being invited into the middle of someone’s real life is a privilege I do not take lightly. My role is not to write your next chapter; instead, I act as a catalyst, helping you hear what you already know and create clarity about how to focus your efforts towards your goals.