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Find Your Joyful Life!

That is what I am here to help you do. Life is too short to live in mediocrity. Let me help you to build a life-changing plan that brings joy, fulfilment and success to your life.

If you are you looking for a way to break free of the limitations that life is placing on you, then you have come to the right place.

Here at Find Your Joyful Life, you will find inspiration, ideas and resources to help you make positive and lasting changes in your personal life and your career.

Find out you can make career breakthroughs to live your Joyful Life.

Find Your Joyful Life!

That is what I am here to help you do. Life is too short to live in mediocrity. Let me help you to build a life-changing plan that brings joy, fulfilment and success to your life.

If you are you looking for a way to break free of the limitations that life is placing on you, then you have come to the right place.

Here at Find Your Joyful Life, you will find inspiration, ideas and resources to help you make positive and lasting changes in your personal life and your career.

Find out you can make career breakthroughs to live your Joyful Life.

Who am I?

I came from a very poor dysfunctional family. Brought up in Birmingham by Irish parents, I left school with no qualifications and no clue what to do.

Eventually I went back to education, gained a BA(Hons) and two Masters degrees and built an enviable international career as a business consultant.

But on the inside, it was a different story. Constantly rushing from one client project to the next, addicted to being busy and proving myself, I literally ran myself into the ground with exhaustion. And for what? I was driven by external factors, such as being valued by others, being seen to have the right lifestyle and constantly proving that I was ‘good enough’. So if this is your life right now I can relate to what you are feeling.

For over 20 year’s I’ve had an international consulting career, helping organisations build inclusive workplaces, and have written three award-winning books, including Coming Home to You and The Female Edge.

Now I help women to find their authentic path to success. I’ve distilled my learning into a powerful set of tools, enabling you to make rapid progress in turning your life and career around with proven techniques and focused coaching sessions.

Finding Lasting Career Success

How we think about ourselves, our ability, our chances of success has a direct impact on our life outcomes. If we hold self-defeating thoughts, we are likely to find success difficult.

If we hold positive and confident thoughts, then we are likely to achieve our goals. This is particularly true in our career where the stakes can feel so high if we make the wrong decision. We can stay in our fear rather than move towards our potential.

We all have fears that get in the way of our success. Some of them we know and understand and others run on automatic pilot, that we don’t see.

Find out if you are sabotaging your career prospects by falling into these traps.

Perhaps you are held back from doing something you love, because you have never quite believed you could do it? Let me share with you the four ways you might be sabotaging your career success and what you can do about them.

What is coaching and is it right for you?

Coaching is different things to different people, so perhaps a better way of looking at it, is to describe what coaching is like with me.

First of all, it is life-affirming. We build a positive, trusting and support relationship. Our sessions are a safe and confidential space for you to explore your values, beliefs and the inner challenges that might be holding you back.

Perhaps the most important aspect of coaching is the way we work together to build meaningful strategies to enable you to build and live the life you want.

Often the reason we don’t achieve our goals is because we are not good at holding ourselves accountable for our actions. Through coaching you get that external accountability which makes it 10x more likely that you will achieve what you have set out to.

A distinction of my style of coaching is that it is based on your goals, and follows the New Level Results methodology, where every month your progress is measured, you reflect on your challenges and you set new goals for each successive month.

Together, we focus on moving to action through a process of understanding intention, objectives and results. Using deep insight into human behaviour, mindsets and how to develop new beliefs to bring about positive change, you will receive targeted, pragmatic and confidential advice through one-to-one coaching with follow up materials and ongoing email support.

What my clients say

Your coaching is truly an amazing gift to anyone who is open to learning more about themselves and indeed who may be open to change and/or new ideas. Your coaching went deep and it has instilled a sense of confidence, as I approach my new career journey.
I want to thank you very much for provoking so much from me and indeed for giving me the safe space and guidance to bring me to where I am today.”

Mary is a pleasure to work with, collaborates on content for the most impact for your unique situation, and is eager to receive feedback and find areas and ways to scale her impact. Highly recommend bringing Mary in. I will be planning on doing another session with Mary again soon!

Mary worked with my team as an advisor and external facilitator for an internal global women's development programme. Mary’s input as a subject matter expert was invaluable particularly as we designed the programme to scale ensuring nuance for global audiences. My team and I thoroughly enjoyed working with Mary and would readily recommend her services and expertise.

Mary is an excellent listener with a remarkable ability to get to the heart of a problem, offering insightful solutions that empower me to move forward positively. Her unwavering support and ability to hold me accountable have been instrumental in helping me not only meet but often exceed my personal goals.

Mary’s coaching brought me deep insights that moved me to make substantial changes to how I work and the results followed.

Mary’s coaching sessions always give clear guidance. She helps you understand what needs to be undertaken to achieve the goals you set for yourself.

How our award-winning coaching platform will keep you on track

Coupled with expert coaching, is the award-winning, intuitive software that maps and tracks progress individually and collectively.

The Curve® supports your coaching journey by creating an exciting plan for your life-changing year, together with clear and meaningful goals. The user-friendly secure and confidential platform can be used on any device, offering exceptional functionality to track goals, set reminders and note-take with learning logs, delivering a reflective overview on progress and monthly goals.

The monthly dashboard is reviewed in each of our coaching sessions, where we can delve into issues, celebrate successes and set meaningful goals to focus on for the month ahead.