Sometimes we need a little help to feel healthy and well. To cope with what life asks of us. To find our balance so we feel refreshed and full of energy again.

After graduating with a 1st class degree in Psychology, I spent 20 years working for businesses including BT, Siemens and Cisco.  In my last major role I managed three departments and 18 people. Prior to that I was head of global sales and marketing for a leading veterinary sciences company.

Naturally, after that long in the corporate world, I have experienced my fair share of work related stress. I’ve also managed people who were experiencing stress in both their work and home lives. I’ve seen at first hand the impact stress can have on people’s health, their enjoyment of life and their performance at work.

And I also know firsthand how invaluable health and wellbeing services and practitioners can be in times of crisis.

I feel honoured and privileged to now be in this line of work myself, and to be passing on effective tools and techniques I have learnt, and still use, for managing stress and ‘coping’ in our increasingly chaotic world.  I have been a reiki practitioner for 10 years, but more recently trained in bodywork as I find massage incredibly helpful personally – on all levels – and wanted to offer it to my regular clients.

I really enjoy working with people over time.  Combining my professional and personal coaching skills with body and energy work enables me to work with regular clients from a number of different angles.

But I also love meeting some of the many visitors to the Forest of Dean, and providing a unique holiday experience – such as combined reiki / massage, a 3 hour top to toe massage, or meditation coaching and mindfulness walks – and even host mini retreats here, for one or two people for up to 2 nights.

I love living and working in the ‘magical’ Forest of Dean.  It’s an incredibly beautiful place.

And I also love being part of the Forest Wellbeing network, and am also a member of the Spiritual Worker’s Association.