Whilst coaching is now my mission, and work, I have a degree in business and marketing.
I bring a 20+ year commercial career, working at a senior corporate level, for 3 of the largest food companies in the world, as well as a number of small/medium sized businesses. I am no stranger to surviving in the boardroom, whilst trying to live a life, and raise a family, in an increasingly challenging society and culture.
I practice with clients, what has worked for me, and what I have seen first-hand work for others, on my own healing journey.
On my personal journey 20+ years of counselling, CBT, and talk-therapy didn’t touch the sides of the wounds and complex trauma/PTSD I was carrying. I was let-down by the NHS mental health system that was over-stretched, under-equipped, and out of fresh ideas. Following a breakdown at aged 40, in my hour of greatest need, I found the right coach, and a path to healing modalities and styles that opened my mind, and saved my life.
Now my work has brought together 23 years of working, parenting, seeking, learning and healing, into a fresh approach to personal development.
When working with clients, I have access to a diverse knowledge and experience base including:
- Person-centred counselling approaches
- Working with the body, through the practice of Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT)
- Matrix reimprinting (accessing and transforming traumatic and limiting memories and experiences)
- Mindfulness, Meditation
- High performance coaching
Why Growth Wave?
Growth Wave came about through two of the great loves of my life. Personal growth & development, and a love of the ocean. I have discovered much through a life spent in the water. Jon Kabat-Zinn, the American godfather of the mindfulness movement, said it best, “You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf”.
A surfer and watersports enthusiast, I live and practice on the beautiful south coast of the UK, in Poole, Dorset.
I am blessed to be a Father of two incredible daughters, and to one amazing son, who sadly passed away aged 4. Parenting remains my greatest achievement, challenge, and joy.
We will all have felt the turbulence of the human existence in our years on this planet. Too often though, the inevitable pain that comes on our journey, which should be short-lived and transient, quickly turns to long-term suffering. Unresolved traumatic experiences, particularly from our younger formative years, become hardwired into us.
Laying a blueprint for our thinking, and behaviour, for decades to follow. These, if left unresolved, can reduce our joy, close doors that should be open, and limit our human potential.
Growth Wave is here to support any individual, that is willing to look at what is not working for them, and do something about it.
