My Story

Hi I'm Helen,

Blimey- my story hey, where do I start?!

Well, I’ve been happily married for nearly 20 years. I’m 51 and I’m a mum to two strapping teenage boys. Aside from my family I love Pilates, chocolate, books, living in green and glorious Wiltshire, and my dog- Barley.

I discovered coaching three years ago and I LOVE it! Coaching has helped me understand myself and my relationships so much better. It’s helped me get to know my inner critic, understand my blocks and self-doubt and realise how I want to show up in the world in my 50s.

The Messy Middle

I've been a mum for nearly 18 years, and I’m so grateful to have had a few years as a full-time mum to my two boys.

But as the 50 milestone drew nearer, I started to feel frustrated and stuck professionally. I felt like ‘Helen’ had been a bit squashed by the ‘mum’ title.

I spent a few years going round in circles- classic self-doubt, overthinking, procrastination and inaction. Which is exactly why I feel highly qualified to coach others through it too!

To be honest, I might still be in that cycle if I hadn’t lost both my parents within a few years of each other-one to a long illness and the other very suddenly.

Grief like that really makes you sit up and take stock.

It’s changed my outlook completely. These days, I live with the attitude of: “If not now, then when?” Life is precious. It can be taken from you without warning. Now I live more colourfully- and do my best to make every single day count.

My Mission

My mission now is simple: I want to help women break that cycle of self-doubt, overthinking and procrastination. I want to help them find clarity in their direction, confidence in what they want and the belief and motivation to take action.

I genuinely believe women at our age are heroes. We work hard, look after everyone, often put our own needs last- and on top of that, we have the bloody menopause to deal with!

Let me tell you- once your oestrogen drops off a cliff (as mine has), you get this vivid clarity that you’ve become invisible. Your mind starts to scream: “What about me?” You start reading books such as ‘When Women Were Dragons’ by Kelly Barnhill (highly recommend!)

That’s where I come in.

I help you find yourself again. To figure out what direction you want to take, what relationships it might be time to let go of-maybe it’s even time for a career change, like it was for me?

I help you reconnect with who you are and what you want. This isn’t selfish- it’s self-preservation.

Think of this stage of life as a chance to Reset, to bring your A- game. This is NOT the time to stagnate or keep going round in circles.