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Ciara Murphy

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A story of reinvention and no regrets

from Belfast to the top table - and back to myself

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 30 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?!

the reckoning

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. 

life has a funny way of unfolding...

what I did next?

I hired a personal trainer and a nutritionist because I'd spent 30 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? 

what I do now

I ask the questions nobody else is asking. I see through the noise and I call it. And sometimes just having it named out loud is enough to change everything.


This isn’t life coaching. It’s about getting unstuck.


I provide the ‘fresh eyes’ perspective for people and businesses who have hit a wall. Whether it’s a founder who is stuck, a management team that’s lost its commercial edge, or an individual at a career crossroads - I spot the patterns that are costing you time and your sanity.


I help people stop performing the ‘official’ version of their job and start understanding how decisions actually get made. Because leadership without self-awareness is just expensive survival.


And if I’ve learnt anything - everything starts with you.

And I'm not done yet. The next chapter is still being written - and I'm building it exactly the way I want it to look.


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