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The Guide Who's Been Where You Are
I'm not just another coach who read about trauma in a textbook. I've lived it, survived it, and transformed it into my greatest strength.

For 30+ years, I carried multiple forms of complex trauma - physical, sexual, emotional, narcissistic, domestic, financial, political, religious, and institutional abuse. I was the ultimate "masking superstar," achieving one success after another while dying inside, just like you might be right now.

I was the first in my family to attend higher education. I taught myself English at 15 using Communist textbooks with no internet, graduated top of my university cohort, and built an impressive career as a senior lecturer and government research director.


From the outside, I had it all. Inside? I was suffocating.

The breakthrough came when I stopped trying to "get over it" and started understanding how my mind actually worked.

I discovered there's nothing more powerful than the human mind - and nothing more blocking when we don't know how to lead it from our authentic Self.

Now I help accomplished leaders like you transform their survival patterns into authentic power, so you can finally build the life that feels as good on the inside as it looks on the outside.
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My Credentials:
PhD in social psychology of achievement and wellbeing (specialization in self and identity).
Formal training in trauma-informed coaching and transformational life mastery coaching.
Certified in Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy and IFS approaches to complex trauma.
Published peer-reviewed researcher (under different name).
18 years leading behavioural research with tens of thousands of participants across multiple countries.
30 years supporting individuals and teams overcome challenges and achieve sustainable outcomes.
University senior lecturer, PhD supervisor, and postgraduate programme director.
Former head of research for national government programmes (UK).
The difference? I don't just teach this work - I've lived the transformation I'm offering you.
My Mission
I'm a Trauma-informed Self Leadership Coach on a mission to empower as many people as possible to liberate themselves from their limitations, barriers and constraints, so they can build the amazing lives they yearn for and fully deserve.

I'm excited to distill this learning into the Self Leadership Unlocked course, enabling more and more people to overcome the barriers they are facing and lead the amazing lives they fully deserve.

Because I believe that
your trauma doesn't define you – how you transform it does.
DISCLAIMER
Results may vary | Results are based on individual circumstances

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