Psychology. Leadership.
And the Stories we Live By.
Meet Helen!
I’m Helen, a psychology-informed executive coach, leadership advisor, author and speaker. My work explores what happens when the way we’ve been working, leading and living no longer quite fits our growth-readiness – and how we realign our What Next with clarity, intention and purpose.
My Story
“We've bought you - mind, body, soul”
Those words came from my boss shortly after joining this firm I had enjoyed consulting for.
By then, I’d spent nearly two decades in some of the world’s largest PR firms, rising to Director level. I knew how to build businesses, lead through change and succeed in demanding environments.
But having become a mother, life felt misaligned in important ways and my definition of success started to shift.
Believing I was solving the right career-life problem, I had traded seniority for a three-day week to protect time for what mattered more – mothering.
Hearing those words was deeply confronting and saw me standing at my own career-life crossroads.
I started rethinking. What had changed in me? If career no longer defined success, what mattered most? Which parts of my identity still belonged to me – and which had I become very good at performing even though they didn’t? What was the right problem to solve? How to edge towards What Next without knowing?
The answers didn’t arrive smoothly. But over time, I designed a path from corporate leadership to psychology and professional coaching – and have since added narrative practice.
These same questions became the heart of my work.
The Work Keeps Evolving.
So Do I.
Since 2014, I’ve increasingly brought psychology, executive coaching and narrative practice together in my work helping others redesign their next chapter.
I hold a First-class BSc in Psychology, and certifications in Co-Active Leadership Coaching and Narrative Therapy. I’m also undertaking a Psychology doctorate – deepening my study of the psychological processes that shape how we understand ourselves, relate to life’s happenings and navigate change.
I’m fascinated by identity and transitions – particularly their impact at choice-points in leadership and life.
What Matters Now?
My corporate experience still matters enormously. And I’m drawn to working with people and companies where the commercial challenge is inseparable from the human one.
Sometimes that’s leadership complexity. Sometimes burnout, transition or career-life crossroads. Sometimes it’s an organisation discovering that the ways of working to get them here won’t take it where it needs to go next.
Different presenting problems to solve. With the same underlying question:
What needs to evolve for growth to become possible again?
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I write psychology-led reflections on work, identity and life – for thoughtful people who sense something needs to shift.
Written with care. Read with intention.