I’m fascinated by people — by our stories, the things that shape us, the choices we make, and the moments when we realise that the life we’re living isn’t quite the life we want anymore.

I’m particularly interested in what happens when we stop for long enough to listen to ourselves.

Because I know how easy it is to keep going.

To be capable. To be responsible. To look after other people. To do what needs to be done.

And how easy it can be, somewhere along the way, to lose touch with the quieter voice asking:

What about me? What do I want? What matters to me now?

I love creating the space for women to explore exactly this.

 

Why I do this work

For a while after I got divorced in 2012, I felt like something was missing.

I felt as though I’d lost my path, and with it, a part of my own identity. I drew on all of the personal development and spiritual work I’d done over the years, but somehow the hole was still there. The nagging feeling continued to nag.

That’s when I happened upon the One of Many™ methods and something began to shift.

Through that work, I rediscovered myself, my passion and my purpose. I found my confidence again and began to step back into my power.

It was a pivotal point for me.

It showed me that sometimes, knowing all the things, having done all the personal development and understanding ourselves intellectually isn’t enough. Sometimes we need space to reconnect with ourselves in a different way; to listen more deeply, to notice what is happening within us, and to discover what we want from life.

That experience has shaped the way I coach today.

I know what it feels like to lose your sense of direction. I know what it’s like to wonder where you have gone in the midst of everything else.

And I know how powerful it can be to find your way back to yourself – or perhaps, more accurately, to discover a new version of yourself that you hadn’t yet imagined.

That’s a big part of why I created Room for You, my 121 coaching programme.

 

What I’ve learned along the way

My journey into coaching hasn’t been a straight line.

I’ve spent much of my professional life working with people, learning, teaching and exploring what helps us change. Along the way I’ve studied coaching, psychology, spirituality, embodiment and different approaches to personal development.

I’ve also learned that no single model has all the answers.

People are wonderfully complicated.

We think, feel, sense, react, remember, imagine and make meaning – often all at once.

That’s why I’m drawn to an approach that brings more of the whole person into the room.

Not just what we think.

Not just what we do.

But what we feel, what we notice, what our bodies are telling us, what we value and what we might be ready to become.

How I work

I see coaching as a space for genuine exploration.

I’ll listen carefully. I’ll ask questions. I’ll notice patterns. I’ll challenge you when I think it might be useful, and I’ll encourage you to look at things from perspectives you may not have considered.

But I don’t believe I have the answers to your life. You do.

My role is to help you hear them.

Sometimes our work will be practical and focused on what you want to change.

Sometimes it will be slower and more reflective.

Sometimes we’ll explore what’s happening in your body as well as what’s happening in your head.

And sometimes we might simply sit with a question for a while before we decide what to do about it.

There is no one way to do this.

There is only your way.

My professional life

I’m a qualified coach and coach educator, with experience in women’s empowerment, leadership and professional development.

I’ve worked extensively with doctors and healthcare professionals, as well as with women navigating questions of identity, confidence, purpose, work and what comes next.

I’m also an author and have written about the things I’m most curious about.

Alongside my one-to-one coaching, I design and deliver training, CPD, and supervision for coaches.

 

And when I’m not working…

I’m naturally curious and love learning.

You’ll usually find me reading, cooking or baking, practising yoga, dancing, or exploring something new that has caught my attention. 

I value good conversations, time with people I love, and the occasional opportunity to do absolutely nothing.

I think all of these things belong in the picture too.

Because I’m not interested in helping women create impressive lives that look good from the outside.

I’m interested in helping them create lives that feel like their own.

What I believe

I believe women deserve more room to be fully themselves.

I’m angry about the unequal mental, physical and emotional load that so many women carry.

The remembering.The organising.The caring.The anticipating.The holding everything together.

And I’m saddened by how often women learn to make themselves smaller in response.

To soften their opinions.To quiet their voices.To put their needs further down the list.To ask for less.To take up less space.

Sometimes we don’t even realise we’re doing it.

We’ve simply become very good at adapting.

I don’t believe the answer is for women to become better at carrying it all.

I want women to have the space, confidence and self-trust to ask:

What do I want?

What do I need?

What matters to me?

What am I no longer willing to carry?

And what kind of life do I want to create?

That’s what empowerment means to me.

Not becoming louder for the sake of being loud. Not having to prove anything. Not becoming some idealised version of a “strong woman”.

It’s having enough connection with yourself to know what is true for you, and enough confidence to act on it.

To take up your space.

To become more fully yourself.

And to know that you don’t have to make yourself smaller to make room for everyone else.

 

If you’d like to work together

If something here resonates with you, I’d love to hear from you.

You don’t need to have everything worked out before you get in touch.

Perhaps all you need is a little room to begin.

"Helen is such a warm and genuine person, who is very generous.

You can’t help but feel inspired, when listening to her."

Zoe Tunnicliffe