I am a trauma-informed, internationally accredited coach and author who helps people make sense of their lives through storytelling. My work focuses on how personal narratives shape identity, behaviour, and recovery after trauma.

As a child, I instinctively wrote fictional stories during upsetting moments, using distance and character to make sense of difficult experiences. Years later, while writing Once Upon a Real Life, I recognised that viewing life through a third-person, story-based lens helped transform pain into understanding rather than avoidance. This insight became the foundation of the Once Upon a Real Life (OURL) method

I developed the Once Upon a Real Life (OURL) method through both professional practice and personal experience, after noticing that many people could articulate what had happened to them, yet remained trapped in stories that defined them by pain, blame, or powerlessness. Drawing on narrative structure, archetypes, and lived human experience, Once Upon A Real Life offers a practical way to recognise and rewrite the internal stories that shape how people see themselves and their future.

I have written both fiction and non-fiction exploring trauma, identity, and healing, including work for children and adults. My work sits at the intersection of storytelling, psychology, and resilience, helping people move from surviving their story to authoring what comes next.