I am a reflective, strengths-oriented coach & writer working at the intersection of health, creativity and human change. My coaching supports thoughtful adults at points of transition - midlife reorientation, recovery, identity shifts, retirement, creative renewal, and reduction of harmful substances.

The work is grounded in lifestyle medicine, thoughtful inquiry and social prescription, helping people reflect on where they are and shape where they want to go next. Alongside this, I write across creative non-fiction, personal essay and academic work on society and culture. My writing informs my coaching practice and explores the human stories behind health, behaviour, identity and change.

I hold an Honours Degree in Philosophy & Writing from the University of Galway, along with postgraduate training in Psychology, Modern Health, and Lifestyle Medicine from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland.

My coaching practice adheres to the ethical framework and professional standards of the European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC). I undertake ongoing coaching and professional supervision to continually develop my own practice, working with leading international experts in coaching psychology.

My work is also informed by philosophy, coaching psychology, and over two decades of community programme design and social prescribing in Ireland and internationally.

Lifestyle medicine underpins my approach through its six pillars - physical activity, nutrition, restorative sleep, stress regulation, social connection, and reduction of harmful substances. These pillars are lived rather than theoretical in my work.

I have developed initiatives grounded in movement, endurance sport, adventure and outdoor experience, volunteering, creative arts, and multi-generational wellbeing - from rowing and mountain trekking to community music and writing workshops. These environments create conditions where people reconnect with vitality and meaning.

I have worked internationally with individuals and groups in departments of education, arts, culture and health, and my current interests explore how social prescribing operates across the life course.

Central to my approach is the understanding that health is not only biological, but relational and narrative. The stories people carry shape motivation, belonging, and resilience. I support individuals in examining and reshaping narratives that have become restrictive, and I particularly enjoy working with memoir and personal writing projects.

Having rebuilt my own health after forty, daily physical and creative practice continue to inform how I approach sustainable, embodied change.

I do not offer quick fixes. My work is grounded in steady inquiry and intelligent adjustment to real-life constraints. I work selectively, online and in person, with a limited number of clients.