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Hi, I’m Ruth and I'm on a mission to help people perform better in a way that also maximises their well-being. 

After spending a decade in senior school leadership I made the transition to my own business in 2016: I'd been working hard and had been successful however I wanted more balance. 

I used my background in Psychology and Business (I have a BA in Psychology & Management, MA in Psychology & Education and PGCERT in Coaching Psychology) alongside coaching qualifications to set myself up as a coach.

I quickly established myself as a coach specialising in working with leaders and business owners, in 2019 I set up my own training academy.

Over the last five years I've built my own successful academy and learned lots of lessons along the way. 

Ive always been a top performer: first at school, then in my recruitment roles, then in education and now entrepreneurship however, at times, my well-being was impacted. 

I recognised with all my knowledge and experience I was best placed to support others with their own well-being and performance. 

Hi, I’m Ruth and I support business owners to have success with less stress

After spending a decade in senior school leadership I made the transition to my own business in 2016: I'd been working hard and had been successful however I wanted more balance. 

I used my background in Psychology and Business (I have a BA in Psychology & Management, MA in Psychology & Education and PGCERT in Coaching Psychology) alongside coaching qualifications to set myself up as a coach.

I quickly established myself as a coach specialising in working with leaders and business owners, in 2019 I set up my own training academy.

Over the last four years I've built my own successful academy with consistent 7 figure years and learned lots of lessons along the way. 

Ive always been a top performer: first at school, then in my recruitment roles, then in education and now entrepreneurship however, at times, my well-being was impacted. 

I recognised with all my knowledge and experience I was best placed to support others with their own well-being and performance. 

Since 2016 I have run two businesses around my young family and have found added to my existing expertise with a PGCERT in coaching as well as becoming one of less than 100 Master Certified Coaches in the UK. 

I've also come dangerously close to burnout during this time: managing multiple businesses, having a young family and feeling responsible for paying lots of salaries put pressure on me to do more.

I've stretched myself far too much in the past and now my focus is year on year sustainable growth and profitability with my well-being at the centre. 

I embody the work I do with my clients.

 

 

So how did I get there?

When you look back you can connect the dots:   Psychology have been my passions since my teens I first came to coaching when I was at university and learned about it as a leadership technique but went no further, 5 years later when I was managing teams and not getting results I went back to my text books and started using a coaching style which got results (and less resentment from my team!).

Throughout my adult life I've committed to my own development and have a Masters in Psychology and Education alongside a PGCERT in Coaching and many other qualifications. Since 2019 I've also been training coaches in the methods that I use with clients in my ICF accredited school Optimus Coach Academy which has a reputation for having a high quality training approach and we train 200-300 coaches each year in our flagship programs. 

I'm the coach who immerses herself in knowing about how the brain works and positive psychology approaches to enable you to get amazing results and I've even written a best selling book about my work too (published through Wellbeck) 

My unique blend of leadership experience and entrepreneurship mean that I understand what it's like to have multiple completing pressures on you and how you can often fall into the trap of taking on responsibility for everything (and everyone)

This means I have empathy and an understanding of the complexity of many of the challenges you can face when you wear multiple hats as well as the deep and evidence based skills to support you to perform more effectively yet work less (yes really!)

I walked away from a 6 figure salary in my mid 20s as I felt that I was going to implode and then worked in some of the most challenging schools in the UK as a senior leader. I did this whilst suffering from severe PTSD and believe we can ALL overcome challenges.

I strongly believe when we work with our brains we can all enhance our performance and know happiness can be one of the keys to success. This is about you re-writing who you are and need to be. 

Are You Ready??

My unique blend of leadership experience and entrepreneurship mean that I understand what it's like to have multiple completing pressures on you and how you can often fall into the trap of taking on responsibility for everything (and everyone)

This means I have empathy and an understanding of the complexity of many of the challenges you can face when you wear multiple hats as well as the deep and evidence based skills to support you to perform more effectively yet work less (yes really!)

I walked away from a 6 figure salary in my mid 20s as I felt that I was going to implode and then worked in some of the most challenging schools in the UK as a senior leader. I did this whilst suffering from severe PTSD and believe we can ALL overcome challenges.

I strongly believe when we work with our brains we can all enhance our performance and know happiness can be one of the keys to success. This is about you re-writing who you are and need to be. 

Are You Ready??

WOULD WE GET ON?

    • I love travelling and have lived all over the world (US, Ibiza, Australia & Malaysia) travel has slowed down post Covid although we spend a chunk of time in Ghana each year where my husbands family are from and are building a house to eventually split our time  
    • I have two young daughters and they are a big part of my Why, I don't want them to be running the same "work hard" success blueprint that I used to.    
    • I have always enjoyed exercise and love the gym and yoga, in previous years I have run the marathon and as a teen I used to compete in eventing at a national level.
    • I love reading for pleasure as well as self development and have written two best selling books.
    • Friendships are important to me and I love catching up over a glass of prosecco or a cocktail.
    • I used to want to work in magazines and love reading fashion and features, now I am in those magazines I used to buy (this is a pinch me moment). 
    • In a former life I was a club PR in Ibiza, a door to door sales person in Australia and a scuba diving instructor in Malaysia. I have always taken up the challenge!

WOULD WE GET ON?

  • I love travelling and have lived all over the world (US, Ibiza, Australia & Malaysia) travel has slowed down post Covid although we spend a chunk of time in Ghana each year where my husbands family are from and are building a house to eventually split our time  
  • I have two young daughters and they are a big part of my Why, I don't want them to be running the same "work hard" success blueprint that I used to.    
  • I have always enjoyed exercise and love the gym and yoga, in previous years I have run the marathon and as a teen I used to compete in eventing at a national level.
  • I love reading for pleasure as well as self development and have written two best selling books.
  • Friendships are important to me and I love catching up over a glass of prosecco or a cocktail.
  • I used to want to work in magazines and love reading fashion and features, now I am in those magazines I used to buy (this is a pinch me moment). 
  • In a former life I was a club PR in Ibiza, a door to door sales person in Australia and a scuba diving instructor in Malaysia. I have always taken up the challenge!

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