two hours. one conversation.

Sometimes you don't need a 12-week programme.

You just need to talk to someone who isn't in your world - someone with no agenda, no stake in what you decide, and an (uncomfortable) ability to see exactly what's going on.

lets talk

the problem.

You're going round in circles.

You know something needs to change. You're too close to see it clearly. And everyone around you is either too close, too careful, or quietly hoping you'll stay exactly as you are.

You come with the thing you can't figure out. You leave with a way forward.

That's it. No programme. No follow-up calls. Just the most useful two hours you've had in years.

Some people find it uncomfortable - you might come face to face with something you've been successfully avoiding.

how it works

Two hours. One conversation. I'll tell you what I see.

I don't have a methodology. I don't run a framework. I listen, I look at the whole picture, and I say the thing out loud - the thing you already half-know but haven't been able to name.

After the session I type up notes and send them to you. I also like to sit with what came up and if anything else surfaces I'll come back with it.

That’s it. 

this is not for everyone

This isn't coaching. It isn't therapy. 

It's two hours of complete honesty about where you are and what's actually going on.

‘people always laugh that they go away with a million things to think about after a chat with me.’

About me

I grew up in Belfast in the 70s and 80s as an oldest child of a big family. I have thirty years inside organisations where nobody said or wanted to hear the true thing. And I have spent three years going into the depths of my being to figure out who I am and what makes me tick. 

This is the work most people avoid. 

Through that process I have uncovered, I'm wired to see the whole picture fast and say it out loud. I don't need 6 months of circling. 

This experience and precision is what makes me good at what I do.

want to know more...

FAQs

  • You talk. I listen. I ask things. At some point I'll tell you what I'm seeing and cut through the noise to find a way forward. It usually lands in a way that surprises people. Not because it's shocking, but because it's the thing they already knew and couldn't quite say. 

  • I'll open the conversation, but it's yours. You talk, I listen, then I tell you what I see. No need to prepare.

  • Clarity. Usually on something you've been circling for months. People leave with direction - not a plan someone handed them, but something they can actually see for themselves.

  • On the call I'll tell you what I see. The written reflections are additional. I like to sit with conversations after the call and anything that surfaces after the conversation - a pattern, a connection, something that didn't land in the room. I'll add to the notes and send it. It's not always needed - but when it is, people find it useful.

  • A smart friend has an agenda. They want you to be okay. They're in your world. I'm not, and I don't. I'll say the thing a smart friend won't.

  • Career crossroads or navigating the shift from corporate to a life lived. Decisions you've been putting off. The feeling that something fundamental has shifted but you can't name what. Quietly wondering if any of it was worth it. The moment where the life that looks good on paper stops feeling like yours.

  • Well - of course I am going to say yes.

    But I think most people I have worked with would say it's the most useful conversation they've had in years. I can't promise what you'll do with it. I can promise you won't leave without something real.

  • If you're asking that question, you probably are. Ready doesn't mean comfortable - It means willing.

  • People who want to be told they're doing great. People in acute crisis who need therapeutic support. People who aren't prepared to hear something they don't already want to hear.

  • Completely optional. 

    What's in your chart often confirms what we find in the conversation. It's useful context, but not the point. We can decide if that’s actually useful once we’re on the call - if you don't need it, we don't do it.

    If you do decide - this would be a small extra cost for the additional time and you would need your date, time and place of birth.

  • Yes - it's online, so location doesn't matter. If you would like to do face to face we can discuss when you book.

  • If you feel you didn't get value, talk to me.

    I'd rather have that conversation than leave someone feeling it wasn't worth their time.