A story of reinvention and no regrets
I was born in Belfast in the 70s, the oldest of seven. Growing up during the Troubles taught me early: you keep your mouth shut and navigate chaos - you don't wait for it to end.
I spent the next 25 years climbing. Moving country. Climbing the professional ladder and was VP by 50. I sat at the top table in multimillion-dollar organisations, leading teams, making impossible decisions, keeping broken systems running.
I achieved everything I was supposed to want.
And on Boxing Day 2022, I woke up and thought: What am I actually doing with my life?!
I wasn't burned out in the traditional sense. I was good at my job. I could keep going.
But I was stressed, unhealthy, and - if I'm honest - performing a life I didn't realise, I actually didn't want to live.
I resigned. No backup plan. No next role lined up. Just a clear knowing: I'm done playing whatever game this is I'm playing.

I hired a personal trainer and a nutritionist because I'd spent 25 years ignoring my body.
I studied Human Design and astrology - not to become all 'woo woo', but because I needed answers to help me understand myself more and why I'd built a life that looked perfect but felt hollow.
I finally took the month-long bucket list trip to Africa I'd been putting off for 25 years.
And I started asking: What do I actually want? Not what I'm supposed to want. What do I want?
I don't teach people to succeed in broken systems. I teach them to see the system clearly - then choose consciously whether to stay, change it, or leave.
This isn't life coaching. It's transformation work.
I facilitate crisis-to-clarity transformations for middle managers who are carrying impossible weight and asking: 'Is this what I worked for?'
Through corporate keynotes, workshops, and my leadership transformation program (The Unspoken Rules), I help people stop performing and start living.
Because leadership without self-awareness is survival, not leadership.
And if I've learnt anything - everything starts with you.