About Me
A grounded approach to navigating meaningful change
Many of the women I work with are highly capable, thoughtful, and used to performing at a high level. They are often managing significant responsibility — in their careers, their families, or both — when something begins to shift.
Sometimes that shift is menopause.
Sometimes it is sustained pressure, burnout, or a growing sense that familiar strategies are no longer working as well as they once did.
My work sits at the intersection of these moments — helping women understand what is changing in their minds and nervous systems, and how to respond with greater clarity, steadiness, and confidence in their judgement.
My work today is grounded not only in neuroscience-informed coaching, but in many years operating in high-responsibility professional environments.
Professional foundations in high-performance environments
Before moving into coaching, I spent many years working in international and corporate settings.
My early career included five years in China working directly with the CEO of a major European automotive manufacturer. That environment gave me close visibility of senior decision-making, operational pressure, and the level of sustained focus required in high-stakes roles.
After moving to Australia and completing my MBA, I rebuilt my career locally, ultimately spending a decade in sustainability reporting and compliance within a large Australian construction and infrastructure environment.
Throughout this period, I experienced first-hand the cognitive load, pace, and complexity that many professional women continue to navigate today.
The moment coaching began to make sense
During my time in the construction sector, I was offered leadership and women-in-leadership coaching. What struck me was not the theory, but the visible shift that occurred when people began to recognise limiting patterns, see new perspectives, and respond differently under pressure.
That experience stayed with me.
I later trained as an Associate Certified Meta Coach and qualified as a Certified Workplace Mindfulness Facilitator, initially to deepen my understanding of how attention, thinking patterns, and nervous system regulation interact under pressure. I went on to complete an Advanced Diploma in Neuroscience in Leadership, further strengthening the evidence-informed foundation of my coaching approach.
Over time, it became increasingly clear that supporting adaptive capacity, clarity, and emotional regulation was the work I felt most drawn to.
When my role was made redundant following the sale of my division, I chose to see it not as a setback, but as an opportunity to deepen my coaching training and begin building this practice more intentionally.
“When we understand what is changing, many women begin to feel like themselves again.”
Lived experience of pressure, endurance, and transition
Alongside my corporate career, long-distance hiking became an important personal practice. It was — and continues to be — one of the ways I actively work with the same principles I support clients to build: pacing, regulation under load, and steady decision-making over extended periods.
I was navigating my own menopause transition while working in high-responsibility professional roles and during one of my long-distance hikes — an experience that reinforced just how significantly hormonal shifts can affect focus, energy, and emotional regulation under sustained pressure.
More recently, I completed a 1,400-kilometre hike through Switzerland, taking extended leave from my role on a major Australian infrastructure project at the time. The experience was physically demanding, and a powerful real-world reminder of how capacity can be strengthened when we work more effectively with our physiology and attention — rather than against them.
(And yes — I also took up rock climbing in my late forties, which continues to keep me humble.)
Why menopause and cognitive change matter in this work
Over time, I became increasingly aware that many highly capable women were experiencing cognitive and emotional shifts during perimenopause and menopause that were poorly explained, unacknowledged and often destabilising.
What I saw — both professionally and personally — was that this phase is rarely about loss of capability. More often, it is about the brain and nervous system operating under different conditions than before.
When women understand what is happening at that level, the experience of this transition can change significantly.
That is the focus of my work today.
How I work
AdventureYourself offers structured, neuroscience-informed coaching designed to help women:
understand how their brains respond to stress, pressure, and hormonal change
stabilise their nervous systems under load
strengthen cognitive clarity and decision-making
rebuild confidence and self-trust during periods of transition
develop practical, sustainable ways to move forward
My approach is thoughtful, grounded, and realistic. It is not about pushing harder or returning to a previous version of yourself. It is about building the capacity that is needed now.
A quiet belief that underpins everything
I believe many highly capable women can feel unexpectedly unsettled during periods of significant change.
With the right understanding and support, clarity and steadiness can return — often more sustainably than before.
If you are navigating menopause or another meaningful transition and looking for a calm, evidence-informed space to think clearly again, you are very welcome here.
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The AdventureYourself Approach
AdventureYourself reflects both my philosophy and the way I approach growth and change — as something we engage with consciously, with curiosity, courage, and presence, rather than something that simply happens to us.
To AdventureYourself means:
1. Redefining adventure
Not only the big life moments, but the smaller shifts that reveal new confidence — choosing steadiness over reactivity, setting clearer boundaries, or approaching a challenge with greater awareness.
2. Taking the next step
Leaning into change rather than bracing against it. This might mean initiating a difficult conversation, adjusting a long-held pattern, or committing to a more intentional way of responding under pressure.
3. Cultivating an adaptive mindset
Remaining attentive and curious as conditions shift. Being willing to examine assumptions, understand stress responses, and meet change with greater perspective.
4. Making it a practice
Turning insight into consistent action. Each choice builds capacity, confidence, and steadiness over time.
Through this lens, coaching becomes more than a conversation. It becomes a structured way of engaging with your own development — thoughtful, grounded, and responsive to the transitions you are living through.
AdventureYourself — meeting change with clarity, courage, and steadiness.
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