When I’m not with my clients, I might be:

Teaching, talking, facilitating.

I was a study tutor at the Psychosynthesis Trust for a number of years, assisting trainee therapists on their academic journey of training. I’m now part of the training team there, supporting the development of the curriculum and teaching, amongst other things, their 4 day personal/spiritual development course The Essentials.

I also deliver regular talks in corporate settings, such as the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development on the impact of grief and bereavement in the workplace, and facilitate bereavement groups and maternal health groups locally in Suffolk.

When I was living in London, I founded a successful workplace wellbeing consultancy called Retune in 2016 designing and delivering a variety of wellbeing workshops along with several other holistic wellness practitioners.

Writing.

I love to write. My first book was published in 2014 and then re-printed with a re-design in 2017. It continues to sell well and has been featured in YOU Magazine, The Huffington Post, Vice Magazine and BBC Radio.

I have also written for Psychologies Magazine, Woman and Home, The Huffington Post, Welldoing and was an agony aunt for online funeral directory Funeral Guide.

I’m slowly beavering away at a second book.

Speaking

I have had the pleasure of being invited on several podcasts, including Noel Bell’s Psychotherapy podcast and BBC Radio 4’s Four Thought, amongst others, discussing maternal mental health, grief and spirituality.

I love engaging in dialogue with people and believe it to be a powerful way of transcending difference, inspiring hope and creating change.

Creating

Every now and then I consult on or collaborate with amazing theatre artists who are exploring issues around motherhood or wider mental health experiences. I have assisted Jonnie Bayfield in his R&D for a show exploring mental health and joined Edith Tankus for post-show discussion after her play Wild Country which explored the wildness of motherhood, what it means to belong and the multiplicity of ways we create our sense of identity.