My Background
& Approach
Meeting you where you are to support your sustainable recovery from chronic symptoms.
Built on science. Grounded in lived experience.
— A Bit About Me —
Academic Background
Before training as a wellbeing coach with Full Circle, I spent over fifteen years as an academic researcher, completing a PhD that bridged psychology and human experience. At the heart of this work was a question: how do we make sense of our experiences in the world?
This background gave me rigorous training in analysing scientific evidence and understanding human perception. Today, it enables me to carefully evaluate, distill, and communicate the science behind neuroplasticity, the nervous system, and chronic pain.
But my deepest understanding doesn’t come from textbooks—it comes from my own life.
Coaching From Experience
Having twice suffered and recovered from debilitating burnout and the severe physical pain and fatigue that came with it, I know firsthand how terrifying, exhausting, and disruptive this situation is.
I know the despair of feeling alone and trapped—but I also learned the way out.
By helping you make sense of how and why your brain and body are producing these symptoms, we can guide your system back to a state of safety and get you on that path back to freedom.
Mindfulness Practice
Alongside my scientific background, my work is informed by over 15 years of dedicated, mindfulness practice and retreat experience. This has given me an experiential understanding of the mind’s deeper mechanisms—specifically how our conscious thoughts interact with the subconscious mind to produce physical sensations.
Ultimately, this practice underpins my ability to bring a quietly grounded, uninterrupted focus to our sessions.
Bringing It Together
In our sessions, I bring together an academically grounded understanding of how the brain produces pain with gentle, client-led pain retraining and mind-body approaches.
When symptoms persist, over time they can turn into a learned subconscious habit—driven and sustained by our understandable fear of the symptom experience itself. The foundation of my practice is to support you in transforming your relationship with these physical signals, while addressing both symptom-focused anxiety and any broader emotional or environmental stress that may be maintaining the pattern.
Understanding how and why your system produces these signals restores a sense of safety, returning you to a life of freedom.
My Journey
My journey into mind-body work began out of necessity.
Over the course of my life, I have twice experienced severe burnout, where I suffered from debilitating physical symptoms and long periods of emotional and physical overwhelm. Those experiences changed the way I understand health and recovery, and encouraged me to approach healing differently.
Today, I am free from all chronic symptoms and lead an active lifestyle with no restrictions, no off-limit activities, and no lingering pain.
I feel incredibly fortunate to bring my personal experience of recovery, alongside my scientific background, to guide others along their own path back to living fully.
Guiding your system back to safety and getting you on the path to freedom.
— How We Work Together —
A Collaborative Approach
Recovery is not a one-size-fits-all formula, and it is never a linear process. My role is not to prescribe a rigid regime, but to help you make sense of symptoms that have felt confusing and overwhelming, while helping you reclaim your own agency in the process.
We start with where you are right now, understanding how your body and mind are communicating with each other, so we can identify the right approaches at the right time for your nervous system to feel safe again.
As your understanding grows, so will your ability to respond to symptoms with less fear and greater confidence in your body. The aim is to help you cultivate a deep sense of safety within your nervous system by reducing your reactivity to symptoms – equipping you with the understanding and tools to reach full recovery and maintain lasting well-being independently.
Supported by Two Main Foundations
Insight & Education: We explore the current science of how pain and persistent symptoms are produced in the body. Understanding exactly what is happening in your nervous system and how the neuroplastic understanding of chronic pain applies to you, can radically change how you respond to your symptoms, stripping away the fear that keeps the pain going.
Mind-Body Techniques: We use gentle, pain reprocessing and mindfulness approaches to understand and relate to the deeper workings of your thoughts, sensations, and beliefs, teaching your system how to move from vigilance and fear back into a natural state of calm.
Session Structure
60-Minute Consultations: Sessions are held online via a secure link, lasting one hour.
A Pace That Suits You: We work at your pace. There are no high-pressure block packages to buy. Sessions can be spaced fortnightly, monthly, or left entirely open depending on what you need as you develop and practice new ways of thinking.
Book Your First Session, Today
Every meaningful journey starts with one brave step—and you don’t have to take it alone. If you’re curious about how I can support your journey back to well-being, let’s talk.
Book your free initial consultation today, and let’s take that first step toward a pain-free life.