About Me

By the age of 32 I had built and left a thriving career in British Intelligence, built and left a flourishing fitness business, and overcome workplace bullying, sexual assault, PTSD, eating disorders, depression, anxiety, gaslighting, endless discrimination, and total burnout. I was completely done with trying to fit in with someone else’s definition of success, or letting other people trample on my boundaries because I was afraid to do things differently. I realised: surely I owe it to myself to live a happy, healthy and joyful life?

Deciding to leave British Intelligence - not exactly a career you can pick up somewhere else - was the first step to rebuilding my mental health, eliminating stress and anxiety, and recovering from trauma. Everything that has come since has contributed to rebuilding the real me and my entire health from the ground up. The right people, places and situations appeared as I needed them, including some that were real challenges to my mental health and taught me important lessons about my own self-worth.

From the depths of pain and despair, you can do more than survive: you can thrive.

Poor mental health is often trivialised, but the last two-plus years have taken a global problem and turned it into an epidemic. Living with stress, overwhelm, burnout, imposter syndrome or anxiety can seriously affect your quality of life, and yet we are expected to carry on looking after our children, over-performing in our demanding jobs, socialising and showcasing a perfect life on social media. I promise you, there is another way. Improving global mental, physical and emotional resilience one person, one leader at a time is my purpose - and this is how We Are The Antidote came to life.

You can guarantee that anyone whose CV includes British Intelligence and working with the body’s natural intelligence is going to be a little bit different.

Since training as a CrossFit L1 and Personal Trainer in 2013, I focused on physical health until 2018, setting up a fitness brand and transforming it into a gym, running nutrition courses, and challenging myself with everything from the London Marathon to Ragnar Relay (an overnight relay race) and various fell runs and ultramarathons in the Peak District and Lake District.

From 2019, I shifted my focus to include mental and emotional health, with features in Women’s Health and leading Reebok’s Purpose Partnerships Initiative with partners including LADbible, GUAP, Kind Snacks, TCO/Huck magazine and Gay Times, earning global recognition. I also formed the Unity Group at adidas which led the company’s European response to Diversity, Equality and Inclusion, winning a European Superstar Award for this work in 2020.

By this time I had set up We Are The Antidote and knew it had something unique to offer the world. Instead of going back to university to study for a conventional degree in health or behavioural sciences, I chose to study with one of the world’s leading business coaches who blends spirituality with her teachings and was perfect to help bring WATA to life in all its glory.

Now as a parent, the wisdom and processes I teach have taken on a new dimension. During pregnancy I experienced the loss of my dad, who was a huge inspiration to me as a life-long fell runner and adventurer, and my processes were put through their paces as I worked through my grief whilst working full time, running my business and ensuring a healthy pregnancy, too.

This combination of skills, experience and character makes WATA unique in its field of individual and leadership wellbeing.

WATA courses and mentorship are unique and transformational - which means they are not for everyone.

I am currently accepting individual clients or leadership teams who are ready to change their relationship with stress for good. If you want to lead with greater compassion and empathy without sacrificing business results and recognise any of these traits in yourself, a WATA course could be right for you:

• you feel stressed or anxious some or most days

• you experience imposter syndrome

• you have low self-esteem

• you are unsure how best to support your team with their mental health

• you feel physically out of shape but lack motivation to change

• you are close to or at burnout, or have many employees who are

• you feel you have potential but have no idea how to start reaching it

• you know your lifestyle is unsustainable but haven’t found a solution that works for you.

If this is you, please get in touch to arrange a complimentary and confidential chat.