About me

As a professional musician for over 10 years, I was surrounded by incredibly intelligent, talented, capable people who were just... battling. I watched musicians desperately wanting stability but unable to create it, despite their best efforts. And honestly, I was finding life challenging too.

The real wake-up call came when I was 27 - I had a stable relationship, had stopped the constant touring gigs, my career was doing well, and I'd enrolled at university (which I loved). Life was good. Yet despite my best efforts, I still couldn't stop losing things, couldn't keep consistent, couldn't regulate myself- even though I was in a good emotional and life place. That's when I realised I couldn't keep blaming 'creative lifestyle' for these struggles - something else was going on.

Getting my ADHD diagnosis and taking medication for the first time was like putting on glasses after squinting for years. I became deeply, experientially aware of how vastly different our brains can function. I realised we're often so judgmental of each other - and ourselves - for not being 'consistent' or doing what we're 'told to do.' It felt like I'd been playing life on hard mode, or cycling on the highest resistance on the bike and someone just turned down the resistant so that it didn't always feel like a slog.

Then, a great ADHD Coach and a lot of great research and books helped me discover that there was another way to view existence entirely. My professional and personal life became better and easier. However, when I found myself teaching at a music university, supposedly teaching singing or guitar or Harvard Referencing, I realised what students actually needed wasn't just better technique - they needed better understanding of their brains. That became the more exciting, meaningful challenge.

Now, after training with ATTUNED neurodiversity-affirming coaching and studying a Psychology MSc, I help adults and children - whether they're creatives, professionals, students, or anyone struggling with traditional approaches - recognise that there are other ways of doing things and understand their brains through the lens of neurodiversity and neurodivergence - whether diagnosed or not. I help them build strategies and tools, break down the shame that's built around them, and learn to leverage their strengths and build strategies around their weaknesses. Moving from struggling to thriving. Please do reach out with any questions or if you're interesting in exploring your particular neurospicy brain in a way that honours the flavour.

ADHD, Autism, AuDHD, RSD and a whole host of other ways of working have a myriad of evidence based strategies, but at the end of the day - it is your unique insight and preferences that help tailor the process. Neurodiversity-affirming coaching is Psychologically informed, while still remaining collaborative and creative in approaching challenges.