About Me

Professionalism and Experience

At age 14 I decided to reinvent myself. I had no friends. Did not understand all the strange social rules and was painfully shy. I decided that I would do everything that I wanted to do that fear was stopping me doing. Having been too shy to greet my best friend’s parents, the first time that I started talking to her mother, she almost crashed the car in shock.

This decision changed my life and led me to learn about myself, to examine all biases and prejudices that had been embedded, and to deep dive into self improvement. I tried different religions, from Christianity to Buddhism to Wicca and Shamanism, I read books on self development, on social communication, on nonverbal communication, on how to make your life sparkly…..

Somewhere along the way I bore one child and adopted another. My life path almost naturally flowed to teaching children that were The Odd One Out, from home educating to being a learning support teacher, to being the SENCo and helping kids figure out how their brains worked and how they learned best.

When I was diagnosed as ADHD at age 56, it was not a surprise. By that point I had recognised that my dad is a classic hyperactive, one of my sisters had her ADHD diagnosis, and I had years of suspecting my own ADHD-ness. I did courses at the ADD Coaching Academy, trained with Fairy Liebermann (ADHD coaching trainer), have started a Masters in Positive Psychology and Coaching Psychology, and read and read and read and am still reading.