Welcome — and thank you for being here.
If you’ve found your way here, there’s a good chance you’re a woman who cares deeply.
About how we live. About how we lead. About what’s possible in organisations and a world that feels like it’s asking us to move ever faster, work ever harder, and keep holding it all together — no matter the cost.
You might be in transition — redefining success on your own terms.
You might be an in-house leader — navigating complex systems that weren’t designed with you in mind.
You might be a coach, consultant, or facilitator — supporting leaders inside those systems and quietly questioning how to keep doing that work in a way that feels true to who you are.
Wherever you find yourself, you may be noticing what so many leaders I work with are waking up to:
That many of the ways we’ve been taught to lead — through relentless effort, strategic perfectionism, and self-sacrifice — are no longer sustainable. They never were.
This is where my work begins.
My background spans twenty-five years in coaching, leadership, and organisational development, and is rooted in a simple but radical idea:
Joy isn’t a reward we earn once we’ve worked hard enough.
Joy is the source. A strategy. A leadership stance.
Joy is a source of power — foundational to sustainable, inspiring leadership, to systems change and the creation of abundance that serves the whole.
I call this philosophy Joy-Led Leadership — and it lives at the heart of all my work:
In deep 1:1 coaching partnerships
In transformative group spaces like the Creativity Circle, and my group coaching offerings
And through my work partnering with mission-led organisations and their leaders to create workplace cultures that benefit the whole.
Together, these offerings form an evolving ecosystem — one designed to support leaders who are here not just to survive the old ways, but to reimagine what leadership, success, and contribution can feel like when joy is at the centre.
This philosophy page is an introduction to that work — and a framework that can help you make sense of your own leadership journey, wherever you are in it.
Let’s begin.
Why Joy? Why Now?
Let’s be clear: When I speak about joy, I’m not talking about a fleeting feeling, or something that’s only accessible once the to-do list is complete.
I’m talking about a state of aliveness — a felt sense of presence, possibility, and connection to our deepest knowing.
And when we lead from that place?
We’re more courageous and creative. We recover faster from setbacks. We connect more deeply with others. We stop performing, ‘playing the game’ and start leading in a way that feels true.
There’s growing research across neuroscience, adult development, and organisational psychology to back this up — and there’s the even more compelling data of lived experience.
Because most women don’t need a white paper to tell them what their body already knows:
Pushing through has a cost.
Leading with joy changes everything.
And right now, in a world crying out for more humane, wise, and liberating forms of leadership, joy becomes a leadership imperative.
What is Joy-Led Leadership?
Joy-Led Leadership is a philosophy, a framework, and a practice.
It’s about building a life, a leadership style, and a way of working that energises you so that you can do the work you are here to do.
This work isn’t about chasing constant happiness or bypassing the hard stuff.
It’s about cultivating the inner resources, relational capacity, and systemic discernment to lead with integrity, even (especially) in complexity.
The Five Dimensions of Joy-Led Leadership
Over time, I’ve come to understand that Joy-Led Leadership rests on five core dimensions — each supporting and reinforcing the others. These form the framework for all my work:
1. Sourcing Joy
Practices that connect us to our own sense of aliveness, even in challenging times. Especially in challenging times.
It may sound simple, but it’s not. It is a radical act to choose to prioritise our own joy - especially as women. It is not what most of us were taught to do. But when we make that choice, everyone in our orbit wins.
It is the foundation for our inspiring, mission-led leadership.
2. Embodied Integrity
Leading in ways that feel authentic and aligned — even (and especially) when they go against the grain of dominant culture. This includes how we hold boundaries, make decisions, and build trust with others.
3. Joyful Relating
Cultivating ways of being with others that are rooted in trust, presence, and shared aliveness. This enables us to create spaces, teams and collaborations where others are met fully, invited in, and inspired to bring their whole selves forward.
Joy-led leadership is relational by nature — we lead better, together.
4. Creative Emergence
Holding space for what wants to come through — whether that’s a new idea, a body of work, a movement, or a way of leading. When we’re joyfully connected to ourselves and each other, innovation flows.
5. Systemic Stewardship
Bringing joy into systems means not shying away from what’s broken. It means showing up with clarity, care, and courageous imagination to transform the environments we’re part of, and build bridges from the old to the new.
It involves modelling what’s possible through our way of being and inviting others to do the same so that the out-dated, extractive, fear-led ways become obsolete.
How This Shows up in Practice
These dimensions are always alive in the spaces I hold and the work I do. Whether coaching an individual leader, leading a workshop series for an organisational client, or facilitating a group of women creatives, the same threads are always present:
A belief in joy as a fuel for leadership, not a reward for productivity
A deep respect for the wisdom already inside each of us
A commitment to creating spaces that are brave, kind, creative, and allow truth to be spoken and created from
And this is what all of my work is ultimately designed to cultivate — in the lives, work and organisations of those who feel called to journey with me.
How You Can Work With Me
If you're curious about what this work could open up for you or your team, there are several ways we can connect:
For Individuals
Join a growing community of women re-imagining leadership, starting with their own joy through:
Joy-Led: Morning Practice – a 45-minute guided practice over zoom to support you move into your week with more joy, energy, focus and presence (coming soon)
The Joy-Led Creativity Circle - a transformative monthly space to reclaim your voice, connect with your creative wisdom and cultivate your joy-led leadership in a small group setting of inspiring women (Formerly known as the Joyful Visibility Creativity Circle)
1:1 Coaching Partnership – in-depth, bespoke support for leaders, solopreneurs and changemakers ready to create lasting transformation in how they lead and live.
You can explore my current offerings here.
If you’re not sure what’s right for you, feel free to reach out — I’m always happy to explore what would best support where you are now.
For Organisations
Leadership Development Programmes – tailored engagements that support teams and leaders to create cultures of authenticity, creativity and sustainable impact.
Group Coaching - a cost-effective alternative to one-to-one executive coaching to support your leaders flourish and create the culture change you need.
Executive Coaching – tailored individual programmes to support your senior leaders fulfill their potential and maximise their impact as the joy-led leaders they are here to be
You can read more about my organisational work here, including my official bio.
An Invitation
If you're feeling a resonance, I’d love to stay in touch. You can join my email community to receive reflections, updates and invitations to new offerings as they emerge.
Wherever you are on your path — whether you’re leading inside a complex organisation, running your own business, or navigating what’s next — thank you for reading.
I’m looking forward to staying in connection as this work continues to evolve.
Feel free to reach out any time — via the contact page, or on LinkedIn.
A Note on Timing + Trust
This page was refreshed in April 2025 — to share a truer reflection of the philosophy my work is now grounded in after almost a decade supporting people with this work.
My homepage (and other parts of this site) haven’t caught up yet. I thought about waiting until everything was ‘ready’ — but that felt fear-led, not joy-led.
So here it is, as it is, right now, with more to follow soon.
I look forward to connecting soon!