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My Story
I didn’t give up alcohol because things had fallen apart.
From the outside, everything looked normal.​ But underneath that, I knew something wasn’t working.
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I was what most people would consider a “normal drinker.” A few glasses of wine in the evenings, with the occasional night that tipped further — followed by the familiar cycle of regret, exhaustion, and starting again.
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With three children, life was full. Busy. Demanding. And somewhere along the way, drinking had become something I told myself I needed — a way to switch off, to cope, to take the edge off the day.
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But as I approached 40, something shifted.
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I realised that if I truly wanted to take care of myself — and show up fully in my life — then alcohol wasn’t supporting that. It was taking from it.
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I quietly stopped drinking in 2018.
Not because I had to.
Because I chose to.
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That decision didn’t just change my relationship with alcohol —
it changed how I live, what I value, and the work I now do with other women.
"I don’t just understand sobriety — I live it, I genuinely love it and the life it has given me."
The Work I Bring
My work brings together professional training in addiction, behaviour change, and evidence-based health and lifestyle practices — alongside lived experience.
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This is not life coaching built on motivation — it’s structured, evidence-informed work designed to create lasting change.
Addictions and Recovery Coaching
Stress Resilience Coaching
Food Addictions Support
Nutrition and Exercise Physiology​
Exercise Specialist for Those in Recovery​
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Trauma-Informed Practice
Positive Psychology
A Comprehensive Approach to Sobriety
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The way I work is built on a simple belief:
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Sobriety isn’t something you “try to maintain.”
It’s something that becomes sustainable when your life starts to support it.
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This is where my approach differs.
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This work isn’t about willpower.
It’s not about labels.
And it’s not about fitting yourself into a fixed model of recovery.
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It’s about understanding your relationship with alcohol — and then building a way of living that makes that relationship no longer necessary.
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That means looking beyond drinking itself.
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I work through a structured, holistic approach that brings together everything that influences how you feel, how you cope, and how you live:
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• your patterns, triggers, and behaviours
• your nervous system and stress response
• your lifestyle — including movement, nutrition, rest, and connection
• your mindset, identity, and sense of self
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Because lasting change doesn’t come from one piece alone.
It comes from how everything works together — consistently, in real life.
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This isn’t about removing alcohol and leaving a gap.
It’s about building something solid in its place.