Hi, ive been working in the field of mental health and wellbeing for over 25 years after my initial therapy training which i completed in 1999. This was a second career, motivated by a new found interest in the psychology of what helps people move from feeling low, anxious , depressed and unhappy to happy thriving and even flourishing.
About me
I grew up in the North, and from an early age I was intrigued by people, their relationships and the difficulties they faced. After the birth of my son, I decided to switch careers and train as a therapist. The training gave me a much deeper understanding of people and their issues but also of myself. There began a journey of deep learning and personal development.
In 2011 I decided to develop my learning and opened up and actively pursued my spiritual interests further. For me spirituality and psychology can work well together and also help develop the WHOLE person .
I not only learned many different models used in psychology , therapy but also how important practices such as Mindfulness, Meditation, Yoga and art can be for many different psychological and health reasons. Hence Bridging Psychology and Spiritually through a range of approaches.
We can not only develop our awareness and learn about ourselves but also learn techniques to calm the mind, heal ourselves . This can be achieved by integrating both spirituality and psychology into your Wellbeing Plan . Since then I’ve used my knowledge, skills and experience to not only help many people and organisations -but also to continue to develop myself. The two go hand in hand.
I trained in a variety of approaches – Person Cantered Therapy -NLP,- Hypnotherapy ,EFT -Reiki- Quantum Touch and Angel Healing and have practiced Kundalini Yoga for over 9 years . These models and tools enable me to understand the various ways that we operate in the world and the different tools to manage, change ,heal and improve your life.
Alot of the things I learned I also had to apply as I have had chronic fatigue and burnout twice where it took me a long time to recover .
in 2019, after a car accident , I was in a lot of pain and needed to radically reduce all of my activities. Although it was a very tough time ,I decided to follow a dream and go to Ibiza, a place I love and train as a Yin /Yang Yoga and Meditation Teacher . I then decided to pursue all the things that I enjoyed and brought me joy. I am forever curious and love to learn and in the pursuit to continue with my personal development and improving my wellbeing, I could also learn more ways to help people improve theirs.
Bringing research into practice
For a long time many of the things I trained in or enjoyed were seen as woo woo and with little regard for the healing that many practitioners reported that would be experienced propound and life changing . However over this last decade there has been a lot of research to show not only the impact on mental health and wellbeing but how in fact in many cases, approaches that work on nutrition, healing, movement , purpose all contribute and even replace and work better than medications (for mental health) We now know that the moment someone creates a plan and implements it , in a consistent way they will start to see results.
I run a Meet Up group, deliver Workshops, Talks, Podcasts, Webinars and Group sessions
The focus is to help people explore what the challenges are ,how to start creating a life they love and embark on a journey of self discovery.
Don’t wait to get into a crisis or develop health issues , start to create a plan , review and test it out so that you straight to not only see results but enjoy life more than before and feel more joy happiness and peace as well as develop quality relationships and a better work life balance. Contact me or come to a workshop near you and experience this in practice .(see my services page and You Tube for previous podcasts)
My Philosophy
There are many ways to improve your mental health and wellbeing -its part of the journey to find out what will work for you.
Mental health, wellbeing and spirituality
Generally, I’ve been drawn to everything about wellbeing for individuals and systems (health, mental health, nutrition, movement, and spirituality) and also really interested in all aspects of life and the spiritual world since I was in my teens, feeling a much bigger connection but not clear on what it was or what it meant. I started to deepen my interests and practice around 2011. Therefore, open to exploring the spiritual side of life.
My knowledge of the various ideas of human development and how to help people move through and onwards means I understand the many different ways that help us manage the modern world, its fast pace and the stress it brings.
“Different people need different things at different times”