About Me

Life - ‘The way you see people is the way you treat them, and the way you treat them is what they become’ - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

40+ years ago I was born with both jewish and islamic names, landing into a steely commitment to common ground.

30+ years ago I left 4 siblings and a one-bed council flat for a prestigious boarding school, travelling between very different worlds.

20+ years ago I was diagnosed with my third and most life-changing chronic illness. An ecological alarm clock.

10+ years ago I realised that the future is here - it is what I live now - and that the hardest but most important changes almost always start at home.

Work - ‘Work is love made visible - Khalil Gibran’

I started my working life as a theatre-director, partnering with brilliant playwrights, actors and communities to explore how our perceptions shape us.

I went on to support social leadership development - working with civic leaders, international human rights defenders, politicians, social entrepreneurs, pioneering educators and young people. Leadership is a craft not a birthright.

Now I focus on the deeper roots of transformative change (cognitive, embodied, systemic) helping people to help themselves, their communities and our wider systems - preferably in that order.

Training - ‘you cannot step twice in the same river’ - Heraclitus

I’m certified in Coaching (Association for Coaching) and Systemic Constellations (Jenny Mackewn), I’m an accredited Sourcework & Moneywork Practitioner, and I’m a long-term Diploma Student of Psychotherapy and Facilitation (ProcessWork UK).

I also have 20+ years practical experience across social change, a Level 4 Certificate in Advanced Personal Training and Nutrition (Active IQ), and an MFA in Theatre Directing (Birkbeck College and Drama Centre).