About Me
Having spent much of my career in HR and then teaching, whilst rewarding and inspiring it is very stressful with long hours, heavy workloads and pressure from increasingly high needs of students. With increasing anxiety, my occasional drinking became more regular and I was drinking at least a bottle of wine every day and more at weekends to “unwind”.
Alcohol was my cure-all for the stress, anxiety and an escape from the endless negative brain chatter. Waking at 3:00 am, heart-racing, anxious and feeling under par every morning I started to question my own beliefs. Having successfully completed a few Dry Januarys and odd breaks at other times, I got curious about alcohol and I started to explore quit lit, podcasts the sober online community.
Following the birth of my first grandchild in 2019, I began to seriously question my relationship with alcohol. Having been blessed with a second grandchild in 2023, and needing to support my elderly mum, I semi-retired and found my “why?” so at the age of 63 I finally ditched the booze. I can honestly say that this is the best decision I have ever made, I now have the energy to have great fun with my Grandchildren, have taken up running again, my sleep is great - in fact life is great.
Wanting to share this transformative lifestyle choice, I am now an accredited sober coach passionate about supporting people in later life to ditch the booze and reignite their passion, joy and energy.
