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Our origins.

Playing by the rules

I grew up playing by the rules. I got good grades, earned a place at Cambridge University and from there on the graduate trainee programme at Unilever. I hoped following the rules would lead me to ‘success’ and happiness. Fairly quickly, though, I began to feel a gulf between the orderly world I was building, and the expansive longings of my heart. One grey day, about two years into my career, I drove to an offsite singing along to Shawn Colvin’s Someday on repeat: ‘I’m gonna get out of here some day’.

Expat Life

I bought myself time with two expat adventures – Bangkok then Buenos Aires. Experiencing different cultures up close — through home visits and ethnographic research across both regions — opened my mind to different ways of seeing the world. I encountered Eastern philosophy in India and South East Asia — meditation, chakras, Ayurveda and traditional approaches to healing — and Shamanic practices in South America. These experiences changed me. But expat life was lonely. And I was still searching for a deeper experience of life, and a contribution that felt more meaningful to me.

Following my intution

I took a career break and began to follow the tiny whisper of a dream — to become a coach. Alongside my formal coach training, with Coaches Training Institute and ORSC (Organisation Relationship and Systems Coaching), I followed an inner quest for personal growth. It took me to California to learn about the unconscious, shadow-work, dreams, and Voice Dialogue with Brugh Joy, Carolyn Conger and Hal & Sidra Stone — all wise elders. I studied wilderness rites of passage, mirroring, and the practice of Council with Meredith Little and The School of Lost Borders. I explored non-duality and meditation retreats with Adyashanti. And I experienced ancestral constellations, somatic experiencing and trauma-resolution with Kerry Brady and Jill Purce. I learned so much from each of my teachers — and started to weave these experiences into my coaching practice.

Towards wholeness

In the 15+ years since I set up Wild Courage, I’ve stepped into the unknown many times. I left behind profitable work that didn’t use the best of me. I paused paid work to write a book. I got married. I became a mum and allowed my world to be recreated around my changing priorities. I’ve woven and then rewoven a life I call my own. And I continue to do so.

I learned that to build a successful life, you need to be willing to step into the creative unknown and allow yourself to rediscover not only what you do, but who you are. To redeem unknown or disowned parts of yourself. To let go of what’s known or familiar, and rebuild your world from a new orientation. To create a life that offers your unique gifts generously to the world. This is the wild courage journey.

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