ABOUT ME
I was the shy kid who imagined a whole life, but was too scared to reach for it!
Now I'm a speaker and mindset coach who has gone from terrified of public speaking to thriving on stages, podcasts, radio and in rooms full of women ready to do the same.
I grew up shy, scared and fearful. I was the child who lay awake at night imagining everything she wanted to be, do and have, then talked herself out of it before morning. I had all the dreams and aspirations but not the confidence or courage to make them happen.
Then at 21, I read a book that rewired me: Susan Jeffers' Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway. From that day, if something interested me, scared me, or pulled at me, I did it anyway. It's taken me a long way from that shy kid: I've piloted a glider, walked across hot coals, and lived in a jungle for three months, plus much more
But nothing terrified me longer than public speaking. For years, the thought of standing up in a room, any room, was enough to keep me silent. I'd rehearse a two-line comment in a meeting a dozen times in my head and still not say it. Today, I love using my voice in every form it takes: from stages, to podcasts, radio interviews and noisy networking rooms.
If I could find mine, you can find yours!
WHY THIS MATTERS SO MUCH TO ME
I believe women speaking up, and out, is one of the most powerful forces for change we have.
It's why so much of my life outside coaching has been spent building rooms where women's voices get heard, backed and amplified, including:
Founding Chair, Wolverhampton Women's Business Network
Founder, SHE Network
Founder, Fawcett Society West Midlands
Long-standing member, Women of Wolverhampton
Trustee, a domestic abuse charity
Founder, Wolverhampton IWD Conference
Founder, Organiser & Curator, TEDxWolverhampton
And in one of my stranger full-circle moments, I'm also a magistrate. The same shy kid who dreaded being noticed now chairs a courtroom!
The path here hasn't been smooth. I grew up on a council estate, working-class, where new clothes, holidays and cars weren't part of my reality. As an adult I found myself over £30k in debt, and spent 20 years in an abusive relationship while raising three young children.
None of that has defined me. It's simply proof that resilience can be built, not born, and that the light does turn up at the end of the darkest tunnel, if you keep walking toward it.
MY MIDLIFE REINVENTION
Ten years ago I made a decision that changed everything: to stop surviving, and start reinventing.
Rebuilding after debt and a 20-year abusive relationship didn't happen overnight, and it didn't happen once. It's been a decade of small, deliberate reinventions, rebuilding my finances, my career, my confidence, and eventually my whole sense of who I was allowed to be. Piece by piece, I found my voice, then built platforms, stages and organisations to hand that same permission to other women.
Now my 50th birthday is on the horizon, and I'm not slowing down, I'm planning bigger adventures than ever. If the last decade was about reclaiming my voice, this one is about seeing exactly how far it can carry me. It's a fitting reminder of the phrase I built my podcast around: It's Never Too Late.
None of that has defined me. It's simply proof that resilience can be built, not born, and that the light does turn up at the end of the darkest tunnel, if you keep walking toward it.
MY MISSION
Too many brilliant women put their dreams on hold, for a family, a career, "the right time." Then they turn 40 and think it's too late.
It isn't. It's Never Too Late, it's just Day One, delayed. That belief matters so much to me it became the name of my podcast.
I'vespent the last few years developing a framework and model to help women turn their Day One into Day One.
And as the founder, organiser and curator of TEDxWolverhampton, where I've personally coached over 100 people to walk out onto the red dot, helping them achieve their goals and dreams
Today I help ambitious midlife female founders find their voice, step into visibility, and build the influence their ideas deserve, because your today doesn't have to define your tomorrow, and your potential is always still in reach..