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Where brilliant professionals go out and move mountains they once thought were impossible

You don't need to prove that you belong here.

You just need to remember why.

You've got the job title, the credibility, the track record.

You're trusted. Respected. The go-to person when things get hard.

But if I were sitting quietly beside you on a normal weekday, I'd see something else.

I'd see you exhausted from managing the gap between who you really are and who you think this role requires you to be. I'd hear you questioning decisions you'd have made confidently six months ago. I'd notice you working harder to prove something you've already proven a hundred times over.

Here's what I know: You don't need fixing. You don't need another framework or strategy.

You need a brave space to remember who you were before the world told you who you should be - so you can go move mountains you used to think were impossible

Ready to come home to yourself?

There are three ways you can work with me

Let's have a conversation. Not a 20-minute "discovery call" where I pitch you something. A proper conversation where we explore what's really going on and what's actually possible.

If, at the end of that, we're both a yes, I'll show you exactly what working together would look like.

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YOUR NEXT BOLD MOVE

Getting unstuck and moving into action

A six week guided journey for high achieving professionals who are ready to choose one area of their life, to commit fully, and finally create the breakthrough that they have been circling for months (if not years).

You choose the focus. The decision, conversation, shift, or action you’ve been putting off.

And then we do it.

You don’t need to be certain about everything.

You just need to be willing to begin.

How it works: 6-week guided programme for people ready to commit fully to one area of change or a one off one-to-one strategy session.

EXECUTIVE COACHING AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT

Leadership from the inside out - because real leadership starts with leading yourself

You've mastered the external game - the job title, the credibility, the track record. But you're exhausted from managing the gap between who you really are and who you think this role requires you to be.

This is about: Getting that alignment back. Leading from your essence, not your performance.

Leadership of self - the foundation everything else builds from.

How it works: 9-month group programme or 1:1 coaching, depending on what fits your situation.

GEEKS WHO SPEAK

(TEDx) Speaking Coach and Presentation skills training

It's time for the world to hear your game-changing ideas.

You're brilliant at what you do - the technical expertise, the research, the complex ideas. But when you need to translate that for "mere mortals," something gets lost. You end up being judged for your communication skills - or lack there of - rather than heard for your genius.

This is about: Letting go of the need to be the smartest person in the room, and instead start guiding a conversation.

How it works: Usually 1:1 coaching to prepare for a high stakes presentation or meeting, sometimes TEDx cohorts or presentation intensives.

Sound familiar? You might relate to one gateway, or see yourself in all three at different times. The question isn't which one you need - it's what's most alive for you right now.

Ready to explore which path is right for you? Let's have a proper conversation.

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Meet Joanna

I spent nearly two decades in Big 4 firms. Director by 2010. I was the tax expert speaking on stages worldwide, advising multinational household names.

Then I burned out. Not once — twice. (I've always been an overachiever.)

In March 2014, a colleague died by suicide, and I realised: if I didn't change my life, I would be dead by 45.

What I learned later - and what took me years to understand - was this: Being capable at your job and being connected to who you really are aren't the same thing.

I also had to learn that I wasn't broken and didn't need fixing. That's been the real journey over the last number of years.

Since then, I've worked with leaders who look successful on the outside but feel quietly disconnected on the inside.

My philosophy is simple:

Until now, you have been doing what makes sense to you, based on how you understand the world. And some of the resulting behaviours just haven't been working for you.

Part of that underlying understanding has had you forgetting who the f*** you are (excuse my French) ... and what you are capable of.

If you want to change behaviour - and shift into something that does work - you need to shift how you understand the world. I create a brave space where you can remember who you were before the world told you otherwise. When you do that, you will shift the behaviours that weren't working, and go move those damn mountains.

"By the time I stepped onto the TEDx stage, I did so with empty hands and a full heart, trusting myself and my message in a way that would not have been possible without Joanna's support. That shift from trying to get it right to allowing it to be true is entirely down to her way of working."

— Linda,Senior Lecturer, Microbiologist

"I used to live in the eye of the storm. Now I know how to step out of it – so that when I step back in, I am the storm."

— Katrina, Evaluation and Research Specialist

"I don't feel like I have a work version and a life version of me anymore. I feel whole. I don't feel alone."

— Debs, Award Winning Non Fiction Strategist

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