About Me

My Story

Horses teach you an awful lot, very little of it is to do with horses and the right one will change you in ways you never imagined or saw coming.

That’s Jessie. She’s taught me about friendship, empathy, kindness, how to listen, and I mean really listen, and patience. To pay attention to actions and behaviours over words, and how to lead and to allow myself to be led. She’s the reason I’m a coach – because she’s helped transform my life and now I want to help others step into the best version of them.

In 2020, I was 2 years into owning Jessie. I was also signed off sick with work-related stress and anxiety and was off work for 5 months. My union rep described me as ‘wired’. I had low self-esteem and very little confidence and had spent years as a people-pleaser in relationships with people who were never there but wanted control – I was living in survival mode. I was also scared of my horse, trying to train and build a relationship with her and was struggling.

When Jessie came home, I thought I’d bought a ‘solid’ horse, when in reality she’d suffered abuse & trauma and didn’t trust humans – she was shut down and ready to defend herself at all costs.

Following advice. I took a step back and re-evaluated mine & Jessie’s relationship, and decided I needed to get out of the dark place I’d found myself in. I focused on our relationship and as time went on, I started noticing how much I was changing and how it was transforming my life not only with Jessie but outside of horses.

How I was changing was also having a positive impact in my personal and professional life and the results were transformative.

I worked through the issues which were holding me back, and I rebuilt trust in Jessie and let her have her voice and opinion. My confidence grew and my anxiety disappeared, and this was reflected in our relationship. My self-worth grew and I stepped into being 100% authentically me. I said goodbye to people pleasing and I found myself no longer stuck in survival mode. My rational thinking returned, and I became stronger, and more resilient.

I was so inspired by my own transformation, I decided to train as a positive psychology coach, leveraging the learning to continue my own journey and to help others thrive in all areas of their life.

I felt like I’d unlocked a secret to optimal performance in every aspect of my life, and wanted to follow my purpose in helping others thrive and step into the best version of themselves. I knew there must be others like me, feeling stuck, lacking confidence, overthinking and just doing ok but not flourishing, while all the time wanting to feel and show up as their best self.

What started out as horse training, was anything but. This is about personal growth in all walks of life.

It’s about helping you step into the best version of you for yourself and those around you and discovering how making small changes can lead to life-changing transformation.