It's great to meet you, here's a bit of my background

I'm a mother, home-maker, student, writer, soul midwife, management consultant and passionate campaigner to change our approach and attitude to mental health, the menopause, sustainable living, death and grief.

I spent 25 years as a management consultant, delivering lots and lots of organisational change, but following a period of PND, experiencing grief and entering a pretty tough menopause, I decided to re-assess my life, my priorities and start to get to know myself a little better. 

I choose to change a lot of things. I decided to focus on raising my children, raising myself,  caring for our home and finding a simpler way to live away from the madding crowd. And I'm glad to say I have. My world is a little bit like the 'good life', I live in the countryside in a very old cottage, with my husband, 3 children, lots of dogs and an ever expanding allotment. I've fallen in love with sustainable living and recycle/upcycle whatever I can get my hands on. 

I also discovered a love of writing, re-trained as a soul midwife (end of life emotional and psychological support), volunteered at my local hospice and will be returning to University in September to study for my masters in human rights - a cause close to my heart. 

It's fair to say that my life now and who I am becoming is a long way from where I started, which is good because it means I'm much closer to returning home - to who I am really am, leading the life I really want to.

I am passionate about finding ways to help us all live more sustainable, meaningful and simple lives, to help us define what our individual success looks like, to live more authentically and truthfully and to be our 'whole' selves.

"Your biggest fear is not spiders or sharks - it's you. It's the fear of expressing who you are - lest someone actually see you.“ James Victore

And that is where the real problem lies, if we do not allow our true selves to be seen, we will never lead the life that we are meant to. And that leaves us with something far worse than fear - that leaves us with regret.

So I feel the fear and do it anyway  - each and everyday.

With love

Nik x