I’m a little Londoner currently living in the Cotswolds.
While I was at the BBC, my dad was suddenly diagnosed with stage 4 leukaemia, and tragically died 3 months later.
This was my introduction to grief and completely changed my outlook on life.
I left the BBC in my late 20’s to focus on motherhood as I couldn’t cope with two 24hr roles simultaneously!
While on my career break, my life did another about turn – my mum was also suddenly diagnosed and died of cancer.
This left me bereft and orphaned as an only child, in my early adulthood.
When my boys were at primary school, instead of returning back into the fast paced world of the media, I decided to take a leap into the unknown and reinvent my career and my identity.
I retrained as a Solution Focused Hypnotherapist at The Clifton Practice in Bristol
While training as a Solution Focused Hypnotherapist, my cathartic healing journey continued.
I began writing grief diaries and in total I wrote seven and eventually distilled them into a book.
This is how Good Grief my debut book about healing from deep Grief was born.
Good Grief was published in 2016 and Planet Grief was published in October 2021.
My boys have now grown into incredibly amazing young adults and keep me grounded and filled with pride.
I have a soulmate and life partner Toby who is a Sparkologist
(Yep, that IS a proper job title!)
We also have a grey and white cat called Fluffy.
With awareness and the right practices in place, we can learn how to convert grief into fuel, and more importantly turn our problems into solutions.
Much love,