About me.
Having grown up in a home where industry Leaders regularly came to stay, I followed in my family footsteps and began my studies with an International degree in Psychology. Today, I am a Chartered Work and Organisational Psychologist and Associate Fellow with the Psychological Society of Ireland, and a member of their Division of Work and Organisational Psychology, and Coaching groups. I am also a Chartered Occupational Psychologist and a Chartered Coaching Psychologist, and Associate Fellow with the British Psychological Society, and also a member of their Occupational Psychology and Coaching groups. I have a Masters in Occupational Psychology from Goldsmiths College, London, and a first-class-honours international degree from UCD and Université de Lille 3. I also have a diploma in Business, Executive and Life Coaching, from the Coach Institute of Ireland, a programme on which I have taught since my own graduation. I am a Professional level Accredited Executive Coach and Fellow of the Association for Coaching. I am level A and B qualified and an accredited user of many Personality, Cognitive Reasoning and Emotional Intelligence measures. I have twenty-five years’ experience administering, interpreting, and harnessing psychometric data for use in commercial settings. I am also a fully qualified and practicing Irish Celtic Shaman.
A new, sustainable approach
Operating in this VUCA world, has taken a major toll on many Leaders, and my professional research spanning most of my 14 years of self-employment, uncovered key insights, which when addressed led to transformational personal and professional gains for these Leaders. It is evident that no matter what organisational interventions are applied, if the Leaders themselves are not themselves well-functioning, then their businesses cannot be either. My research led me to develop my Inside out model which means that I oftentimes begin with the Leader or the Leadership team in mind. Supporting their wellbeing and personal fulfilment in the first instance, allows us to turbo charge any organisational initiative that we carry out. This approach leads to sustainable, long-lasting results. Recognising the interdependencies of our Wellbeing/Sustainable Practice and Economic principles allows us to co-create programmes of work that succeed at every level.
Having spent 25 years supporting clients in Ireland and abroad to align their resources, culture, and bottom-line goals, I have a noticed a real shift in what is needed now. Changing demographics and volatile markets mean that organisations need to re-think how they resource themselves, how they operate their businesses, and how they interact with their wider stakeholder groups. My clients are those that are seeking to appropriately cater for these changes, and future proof themselves, while keeping a business- as-usual approach to their day to day. Recognising that not all change needs to happen immediately, allows us to co-create solutions which drive short term results, and set my clients up for commercial longevity and success.
Wellbeing & connection
Sometimes the solutions can be found in paring back to core principles, and as I recovered from chronic ill health at a medical facility in Switzerland, I was introduced to Energy Medicine. This practice had such a profound impact on my personal, physical health, that I later trained myself fully in it, to become a proud Irish Celtic Shaman. Shamanism is a nature-based wisdom tradition, and the simplicity of its teachings can have dramatically positive impacts on wellbeing. While Quantum scientists continue to uncover what this long lasting, global tradition has long espoused, Shamanism has at it’s core a key tenet of the interdependencies of all things in the planet. In the world of work, nowhere is this more clear than in the symbiotic relationships that exist between Individuals, Organisations and Communities. We all rely on each other for nourishment and provision, and this lesson has led me to now also include a Community arm to my practice. In this way, I offer support to Individuals with their personal community projects, and to Organisations who wish to ameliorate the relationship they have with the communities they serve or that their businesses impact. I also offer community workshops, retreats and talks, to share what I have learned over the years, and to give back. Once a year I partner with a charity organisation to help them in whatever way they need also.
However, we work together I believe that the starting point for all work is deep self-connection and in empowering my clients to think for themselves. From here, we can work together on any project in yourselves, your organisations, and/or communities. I have a reputation for deep listening, and I pride myself on supporting the delivery of exceptional results within complex, diverse and varying landscapes. Working with me will challenge and stretch you. You will learn to trust your many ways of knowing, and to work in a far deeper and longer lasting way than ever before.
My professional passions include Self-Connection, Systems Design, Sustainability and Wellbeing, Leadership development, Change Management, Culture. I regularly contribute to various national print, TV, and radio outlets as a subject matter expert, and am a regular guest lecturer and speaker. I am married and live in Dublin with my husband, two children, and dog.
