Executive Coaching for Major Life Events & Transitions

I work with people whose lives are being reshaped by events they didn’t choose – illness, bereavement, caring responsibilities, relationship breakdown, midlife reinvention, the emotional shift into retirement, or unexpected change.
People who are steady on the outside but quietly asking: Who am I now? What matters now? What needs to change?

A coach for more than 20 years, my work offers a calm, intelligent, emotionally safe space where you can turn up exactly as you are and think clearly again.

Clients describe our sessions as spacious, grounding, and quietly transformative.

I love this work. It is one of the great privileges of my life.

How I Came to This Work

Before becoming a coach, I spent fourteen years in a global blue‑chip career. I learned how organisations work, how people behave under pressure, and how identity can become tightly woven into performance.

And then life changed.

Over several years, I experienced a cascade of serious life events — heart failure, the loss of both parents, my son’s chronic illness, and two cancers. Each one reshaped me. Together, they dismantled the life I thought I was living.

I tried many forms of therapy. Some helped.

But it was coaching — deep, reflective, metaphor‑based coaching — that helped me find my way back to myself.

I became wiser, steadier, more grounded, and more fully alive.

This is why I do the work I do.

This is why my clients can bring anything to their sessions.

This is why I believe in coaching.

What TUAYA Stands For

TUAYA means Turn Up As You Are — the space I needed when my own life was changing.

A place to:

• breathe
• be seen and heard
• speak without protecting anyone else
• reconnect with the truth of yourself
• make sense of what’s happening
• explore what you want next
• create a future that feels aligned and meaningful

Whether you join a group or work with me 1-1, you’ll find a warm, intelligent environment where you don’t have to pretend, perform, or be strong.

Just bring yourself.

That’s enough.

My Approach

My favourite tools are Clean Language and Symbolic Modelling — powerful, respectful helping you access your own metaphors and inner logic, creating deep insight, clarity, and sustainable change.

I also bring:

• more than two decades of coaching experience
• a senior global corporate background
• lived experience of major life events and transitions
• ongoing professional development (a coach is never finished learning)
• my own commitment to being a coaching client — always ask your coach if they have a coach

You can find my qualifications and professional history on LinkedIn if that’s helpful.

Who I Work With

People in their midlife and beyond — who are:

• navigating illness, bereavement, caring, or relationship change
• experiencing the emotional shift into retirement
• rethinking who they are and what matters now
• longing for clarity, steadiness, and meaning
• ready for a new chapter, even if they don’t yet know what it looks like
• tired of being strong for everyone else

If this is you, you’re in the right place.

How We Work Together

1-1 sessions – online, inperson, or a combination

Small groups.

And you will always be welcome exactly as you are.

What would you like to have happen in your life and your work?

If you’re sensing a shift — or simply feeling the quiet pull of change — let’s talk.