I’ve always liked to look under things. It used to drive my Dad batty in the garden. I would be fascinated by not just what I found, but also what was behind, beside, and beneath it, how it got there, and what could happen to it next.
The archetype of the Seeker made its presence felt in me from an early age. I grew up in Scotland, a country of great depth, beauty, and drizzle, yet throughout my teens, and into early adulthood, I never felt like I ‘fit’ there, no matter which waterproof jacket I was wearing. There was a restless discomfort, a questioning, an indefinable sense that I belonged somewhere else. There were early signs as to where that was: I developed an obsession with Australia when I was eight; running home from primary school to watch The Sullivans, A Country Practice, Sons and Daughters (I’m not claiming I was discerning in my tastes, I was just enraptured by screen doors), and taking any excuse at school to launch another project about the faraway wide, brown land.
It took me nearly two decades to answer that call to adventure. When I landed alone in Sydney fifteen years ago, I cried for a day. I was home. And then the magic of this country initiated my awakening journey. I left my film and screenwriting career behind, and retrained- first in sports therapy, then in kinesiology, and finally in transpersonal coaching. Alongside that external reflection of change, I travelled down the rabbit holes of myself for many years, dismantling and transforming the identity that had long held me captive in discomfort. It was a challenging but liberating adventure, driven by something always calling me forwards, asking me to grow, to expand my consciousness, to go deeper and wider until I completed this Hero’s Journey and could see, with new eyes, the truth of who I am and what I’m here to give to the world. If it hadn’t been for The Sullivans, I may never have taken the journey.
I believe that human beings are essentially compassionate, courageous, and capable of great and repeated alchemy in their lives. Our spirit is never far from being revealed through conversation, if you really listen, if you’re really looking for it. And this is what drives my passion for coaching- the privilege to witness and illuminate the soulful heroism in every client I meet, and the opportunity to enable each one to lift any stone, turn the soil, and become the full expression of who and what they were born to be.