How Did I Get Here?
Â
I am a Chef turned Ship Crew turned Career Coach who loves getting as much out of life as possible.
I fell into Career Coaching during my ship career. Working at sea and being surrounded by 2,000 different people each week and working with a large team – up to 1,000 crew members, naturally means I am a people person.
Being an optimist and visionary produced a strong desire to understand what drives people and understand people who want to live better and get more out of life. A new passion was born to discover and dive into Human Behaviour.
The more I learned the more fascinated I became; I began to understand the “how and why” we do things or don’t do things in many arrays of life and the result that gives us.
As one who has a fear of the mundane not change, I then took this newfound passion and understanding to apply it to “change”. How can I help others become friends with the fear of change? As well as how can I make the change process easier and more comfortable.
I have lived an incredible life so far with many great experiences and learnings along the way. Yet like you I have new chapters in life I want to be exploring; goals, desires and dreams I want to create and achieve, so I needed to take all my life learnings, education, and certifications and apply it to my own life. I want to live a life that I love and don’t need a vacation from but choose to take one to experience more.
In the beginning I experienced confusion with ship to shore transition…perhaps you are too?
Moving from “ship to shore” you can literally compare it to moving to a new city in a foreign country and setting up a life.
It is where I discovered what is needed to excel in this transition was assistance with adjusting to a new life – a new career, home, finances, relationships, friendships, identity, hobbies, in all these different areas of life. The discovering period, the adjusting period, the accepting period, and the living it period.
BUT firstly, what needed to be addressed was “What do I want my next career to be” As you know I did figure this out, but in the process, I found it difficult to find someone who could fully understand and help me with this – many either had knowledge (certificates of training of consulting/coaching), or had experienced something similar, but not both.
I needed help with work and life transition, as both are required when we move from ship to shore and both have a pro-founding effect on each other.
It was through my first-hand experience, and then later my knowledge (certified coaching and positive psychology) that career coaching and work-life balance were founded.
The transformation and results that this combination brings to others were the catalysts for doing what I do now.
Helping maritime crew transform their life’s so they can create their version of their Land Life is extremely satisfying and rewarding for me.
And its possible for you
I find it easy to help others recognize the path of possibility and opportunity.
To me the word impossible needs a grammar fix so it reads: I’m possible
Envision the life you want and then go create it!
What I Love
When I am not working in my business you can find me doing some of my hobbies.
After working at sea for close to 20 years and traveling this globe, my culinary palette is very rich, is the same for you too? It is common to find me in my kitchen creating and cooking.
Thanks to growing up in beautiful New Zealand and doing many ship contracts in Alaska, I am still a lover of the outdoors; so any walks, hikes or bike rides, lakes, rivers, mountains, beaches I am in.
I have two new passions: Ancient History and Healing Modalities. My two new projects are do stand up comedy -yep! and to start writing books. I find myself to be very expressive and would love to make others laugh thru life happenings with comedy and help transform readers with the inside out approach. The ultimate dream is to then take it on stage and travel the world speaking.
You will find me in any great café having an espresso or enjoying a glass of Vino – I swear I must have been Italian in my previous life, Ciao Bella – ha ha
And for anything else I will be under a palm tree at a beautiful beach sipping on a coconut. 
All New Podcast
Never miss an episode…These are perfect for when you are in your cabin, ashore on a break, or when you are on vacation.Â
We’ll be having loads of fun with guest experts, my top tips, and the latest discussions on all things career change and transitioning to your land life.
I RESPECT YOUR PRIVACY. NO. SPAM. EVER
