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About You & Health Coaching
Tell us a little about yourself in three sentences.
I left a career as an air traffic controller because of anxiety, but exercise carried me through it. Years later, burnout knocked me down again, and this time it was the support of people that got me back up. My passion is helping people lead their best lives by supporting their physical and mental wellbeing.
What inspired you to become a (Health) Coach?
I’ve always wondered why some people say they want to change, but don’t. Coaching helps people understand what’s keeping them stuck and gives them the tools to make the changes they truly desire. For me this was the missing part of the equation.
What did you learn about yourself while undertaking Coach training?
I realised how much of my life I spend in my head - "doing." Coaching taught me the value of "being" - sitting with emotions, even the uncomfortable ones, and actually listening to what's happening in my body. I'd always worn "resilient" as a badge and assumed it meant mind over matter. Now I know it means something far more powerful: tuning in, not pushing through.
What do you love most about coaching people?
People come to coaching with a specific problem or goal and then something shifts. I love the moment they realise the tools they've built don't just solve that one thing, they change how they handle their whole life.
As someone who’s also a PT, how does coaching differ from personal training?
In a nutshell, Personal Training focuses on advising people what to do physically. Coaching works on the emotional and psychological layer underneath: mindset, behaviour, the whole person, rather than just the problem or goal they walked in with.
What’s your philosophy when it comes to helping people make impactful change?
Focus on the person, not the problem. Consistent small steps lead to transformation and the real value isn't in achieving your goal, it's what you learn on the way there.
If a client feels overwhelmed or doesn’t know where to start, how would you help them get over that first hurdle?
I help them get clear on their values and life purpose, then guide them gently toward decisions that align with those. I also help them focus on one thing at a time. Overwhelm usually means someone's trying to fix everything at once.
Who do you particularly love helping and why?
I love helping women, particularly those going through perimenopause and menopause. It's a stage where everything seems to shift at once: the body, hormones, identity, self-worth, life circumstances, all tangled together. I love helping them untangle it.
What’s the most rewarding part of being a coach?
The a-ha moments when a client connects to an emotion they’ve been holding back or when they finally find answers to questions they’ve been carrying for years. That’s when they become more confident, start to make empowered choices and learn to develop a better relationship with their inner saboteur.
What’s the transformation you most love to see in your clients, and why?
In Co-active coaching we believe that our client is naturally creative, resourceful and whole i.e. that they have the answers within them. The transformation I love most is watching a client start to believe that about themselves.
One piece of advice you’d give to someone who always puts themselves and their health last?
To give your best energy to the people, you need to be at your own peak energy first. You can't help someone’s light burn brightly if your light is burning out.
About You & Healthhaus:
What’s one positive habit you never miss, even on a busy day?
My self-care morning routine! Exercise, meditation and affirmations. If I have time I add in visualisation, journaling and reading. On a super busy day my routine is 1 minute of burpees, 10 mindful breaths and reading my affirmation.
What’s your biggest wellness challenge and how do you manage it?
Going to bed at a reasonable time. I get a second wind after dinner and it’s so tempting to start working again. To help me wind down I do a job that doesn’t involve a screen or using my brain (sorting out the laundry, tidying up, anything mindless)
What’s one thing you do that helps you start the day well?
I plan my day the night before and lay everything out. It’s easy to skip exercise when you wake up tired in the morning, but if everything you need is laid out and you’ve already planned which exercise programme you’re going to do it makes it so much easier.
What helps you unwind after a busy day?
Cooking and an after dinner walk. If it’s sunny I love going for a swim in the river.
What’s your favourite way to move your body?
Hiking - being surrounded by nature. More recently, it’s my mini-trampoline which takes me back to my trampolining days - the feeling of weightlessness is unbeatable.
What’s your favourite health, wellness or life quote?
A quote by Viktor Frankl: "Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom." Coaching provides that space.
What’s your favourite thing about Healthhaus?
We've taken the "gym out of gym." That means creating a safe space for people to exercise who'd never normally set foot in a traditional gym.
What makes our community special?
We're a mix of every shape, size, fitness level, health level and age; all here to encourage each other toward a healthier life.
And a few fun questions to finish...
Tea or coffee?
Coffee
What’s your go-to healthy snack?
Hard boiled egg
Do you prefer morning or evening exercise?
Morning - it sets me up for the day
If you could only do one form of exercise for the rest of your life, what would it be?
Strength training.
What’s something people would be surprised to learn about you?
I learnt to fly through a Royal Air Force scholarship when I was 16.
Describe yourself in 3 words.
Caring, Positive, Authentic
What’s your favourite recovery ritual?
A country walk with my husband
What’s your non-negotiable self-care habit?
My morning self-care routine
What book or podcast are you loving right now?
'The secret language of the body' by Jennifer Mann & Karden Rabin. It’s about nervous system dysregulation, becoming aware of it in your body, learning to interrupt unhelpful responses and rewiring them.
One thing you’re proud of achieving in the last 5 years?
Taking a leap of faith and following our dream of moving to France
Anything else you’d love to share?
Take your wellbeing one day at a time; you don't have to overhaul everything at once.
Celebrate the small wins along the way and treat the setbacks as information, not failure; they usually teach you more than the wins do.
Be kind to yourself as well as to others and try to find one thing to be grateful for each day, no matter how small. That's often where real, lasting change truly begins.
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