Leadership & Culture Coach & Consultant

Focus on your happiness

When you give yourself permission to cut loose the things that are weighing you down, you’ll have more time and energy left for what you really value.

I LOVE this! Karen Boyle

It really is a life milestone.

This is BEYOND unbelievable. These men should be in jail for their treatment of these players and their families. Instead they are lauded as heroes and paid a fortune as 'leaders' of a 'great sport'. This story is so disgusting i feel sickened to my bones. How dare they?!? For fu***ng sport!!! If anyone was to wonder whether its true that our unacknowledged history has left a very dark, violent and despicable core to our culture, this story says it all. While men can behave like this, and not even be reprimanded, let alone punished, the evil,sickness continues. I cry for every young, indigenous man or woman trying to make their way in this place. 😥 I am sorry.

Family separations and pregnancy termination: Hawthorn racism review reveals shock allegations against former coaches Alastair Clarkson and Chris Fagan are named in a Hawthorn review into how First Nations players were treated during Clarkson's time at the helm of the Hawks. Warning — this story contains details of self-harm, pregnancy loss, and intergenerational trauma for Indigenous people.

Just saw this quote from Steve Job and WOW! totally agree! Life is short. and oh so sweet, let's not waste it!

I am a passionate life and leadership coach who believes that our greatest life purpose as human beings is to find out what our heart truly desires and then learn how to become the person we need to be to live that life.

My own heart's desire is to help create, and live in, a world of people living, and leading, from their hearts; in business, at work, at home, in relationships, in politics, in how we 'do' this thing called life.

I founded Great Expectations Coaching & People Development, a coaching & consulting practice, to support people to find out what they truly want, bust through the personal and professional roadblocks that are holding them back from that, and lead the life they passionately, or secretly, want to live.

I also support organisations, teams and leaders to develop heart-centred cultures, to engage their people, leverage their diversity and exceed all their expectations. Modern organisations recognise the need for a whole new level of 'employee engagement'. Encouraging people to bring their hearts to work and knowing how to support their development as whole people blasts old-fashioned engagement practices out of the water. Want committed, passionate advocates for your organisation in your team? Then you need to try a heart-centred, whole person approach.

Ten years as a lawyer in a global corporate law firm, taught me how unhealthy it is to be 'unaligned' with where we are and what we're doing. Don't get me wrong, I worked with some amazing, brilliant people and I learned SO MUCH. But I was also miserable. When the GFC came, I was lucky to 'fall' out of law and into HR in the community sector, where I learnt so much more!!! About myself, the power of coaching (both for individuals and organisations), about 'person-centredness' and aboutbeing aligned with who you really are. It totally changed my life and how I see the world & I fell in love with the possibilities coaching and Person-centredness create for personal and professional development. It took me a while to turn this into 'becoming the person I needed to be' to live my own heart's desire, but life is a journey, right? I knew I’d found the place (& way) that I could make the biggest positive difference in my world: by supporting people to gain self-knowledge and clarity, create powerful changes in their lives and become extraordinary leaders.

Hi there, and welcome to my page!

I am a passionate life and leadership coach who believes that our greatest life purpose as human beings is to find out what our heart truly desires and then learn how to become the person we need to be to live that life.

My own heart's desire is to help create, and live in, a world of people living, and leading, from their hearts; in business, at work, at home, in relationships, in politics, in how we 'do' this thing called life.

I founded Great Expectations Coaching & People Development, a coaching & consulting practice, to support people to find out what they truly want, bust through the personal and professional roadblocks that are holding them back from that, and lead the life they passionately, or secretly, want to live.

I also support organisations, teams and leaders to develop heart-centred cultures, to engage their people, leverage their diversity and exceed all their expectations. Modern organisations recognise the need for a whole new level of 'employee engagement'. Encouraging people to bring their hearts to work and knowing how to support their development as whole people blasts old-fashioned engagement practices out of the water. Want committed, passionate advocates for your organisation in your team? Then you need to try a heart-centred, whole person approach.

Ten years as a lawyer in a global corporate law firm, taught me how unhealthy it is to be 'unaligned' with where we are and what we're doing. Don't get me wrong, I worked with some amazing, brilliant people and I learned SO MUCH. But I was also miserable. When the GFC came, I was lucky to 'fall' out of law and into HR in the community sector, where I learnt so much more!!! About myself, the power of coaching (both for individuals and organisations), about 'person-centredness' and aboutbeing aligned with who you really are. It totally changed my life and how I see the world & I fell in love with the possibilities coaching and Person-centredness create for personal and professional development. It took me a while to turn this into 'becoming the person I needed to be' to live my own heart's desire, but life is a journey, right? I knew I’d found the place (& way) that I could make the biggest positive difference in my world: by supporting people to gain self-knowledge and clarity, create powerful changes in their lives and become extraordinary

Whether we call it our 'heart' or our 'soul' or our 'Higher Purpose' we all have a deep, pure compass inside us that tells us when we're on the right path. For us. Sometimes our whole life's training has been about learning to ignore that compass and follow someone (everyone?) else's expectations.
But that way lies heartbreak.💔
We must learn to listen to our own heart and meet our own desires and expectations. Life is too short and precious for anything else.

I've been thinking a lot about self-compassion lately (and re-reading the amazing Dr Kristin Neff's book 'Fierce Self-Compassion') and it struck me how much our fear of OTHER people's criticism can feed into our cruelty to ourselves.

Then I came across this quote from the extraordinary Oprah Winfrey, that is right on point. If we cannot accept ourselves as whole, with all our imperfections and flaws AND gifts, then we cannot hold ourselves out to the world in fear of other people's judgement. It takes real courage to have self-compassion. Because we are telling both ourselves AND the world 'This is who I am'.

Despite having compassion for others, many women find it incredibly difficult to find this courage. Oprah is an amazing example of what we can achieve, against extraordinary odds, if we can find this courage.

Are you showing this courage in your life? Are you treating yourself with the same love, compassion and acceptance that you give to those you love? Would you like help to do more of that?

I can support you to live with more self-compassion and courage to create the life you want. Message or call me to talk about coaching opportunities (Discovery call completely free).