Twenty years working in commercial roles in industry on Teesside provided me with incredibly valuable people experience but I always felt that I wasn’t where I should be. I wonder if you've ever had that feeling too? 

 

Fast forward to 2013 when I began to see my fit, healthy Mum suddenly unable to walk and in excruciating pain. That was when things really shifted for me. We battled with the medical system to get to the bottom of what was wrong, continually hitting dead ends for some time, until finally the devastating news came.  Incurable cancer. Some of you reading this may have faced similarly tough news in your life too. 

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The next five years of advocating for and caring for my Mum were life changing; they awakened a passion in me to help others. In 2018, I resigned from my secure, long-term job to seek work in the hospice movement; it turned out to be the best thing I ever did!​ I wonder what bold moves you've made which have paid off in your own life.... are you perhaps on the verge of doing something different but just need the confidence to go for it?

 

Over time, I realised that health coaching was where I could use my skills and passion to make a powerful difference.