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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.
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.
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.
But as I approached 40, something shifted.
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.
I quietly stopped drinking in 2018.
Not because I had to.
Because I chose to.
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.
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
The way I work is built on a simple belief:
Sobriety isn’t something you “try to maintain.”
It’s something that becomes sustainable when your life starts to support it.
This is where my approach differs.
This work isn’t about willpower.
It’s not about labels.
And it’s not about fitting yourself into a fixed model of recovery.
It’s about understanding your relationship with alcohol — and then building a way of living that makes that relationship no longer necessary.
That means looking beyond drinking itself.
I work through a structured, holistic approach that brings together everything that influences how you feel, how you cope, and how you live:
• 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
Because lasting change doesn’t come from one piece alone.
It comes from how everything works together — consistently, in real life.
This isn’t about removing alcohol and leaving a gap.
It’s about building something solid in its place.