My background and values
I am an ADHD coach and expert on gender, diversity and inclusion. My coaching work sits at the intersection of two things I care deeply about, women's empowerment and ADHD. I have lived experience of the interplay between ADHD and hormones and being diagnosed later in life and of grappling with ADHD along with perimenopause.
I have worked in the gender, diversity, equality and inclusion space for 24 years, and my own ADHD journey has meant that I include neurodiversity as part of my gender, diversity and inclusion work in a more intentional way.
I was diagnosed with ADHD in my early forties and have since explored ADHD, Autism and the interplay between hormones and ADHD (and the gender dimensions of neurodiversity, especially regarding diagnosis, differentiated treatment and social expectations and medical/pharmaceutical research).
Having studied human rights and social anthropology, I bring an intersectional, human-centred approach, one which focuses on the inherent dignity of the human being (and the uniqueness of each person which deserves to be celebrated). I also bring an inter-cultural sensitivity, honed from my time living abroad in 12 countries on 5 continents and my work in over 54 countries across Asia-Pacific, Africa, the Middle East and the Americas.
I have a Masters degree in Human Rights and one in Social Anthropology and have completed the University of Oxford's Advanced Coaching course and the Co-Active Training Institute's (ICF accredited) "Fundamentals of Coaching."