How I came to do this work
For most of my adult life, I was very good at pushing through.
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I trained and qualified as a solicitor, built a demanding professional life and held myself to a high standard in almost every area: work, achievement, discipline and productivity.
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On the outside, I looked capable and resilient. Underneath, I was finding it increasingly difficult to sustain the way I was living.
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Stress showed up in ways I did not immediately recognise as stress.
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My energy was inconsistent. My relationship with food became reactive, and I moved between restriction and overeating. I experienced severe PMS and PMDD symptoms that affected my mood, appetite, relationships and ability to feel like myself. Rest felt unproductive, so I often avoided it.
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Eventually, I reached a point where continuing in the same way was no longer possible, and I stepped away from law.
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Leaving was not a failure. It gave me the time and distance to recognise how overwork, emotional patterns, perfectionism and the need for control had shaped the way I treated my body.
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I began rebuilding my relationship with food, learning about my nervous system and stress responses, paying closer attention to my menstrual cycle and reconsidering what recovery actually required.
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That process was not a perfect upward line. There were setbacks, periods when old patterns returned and plenty of things that helped for a while before needing to change.
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Learning how to respond to those moments without punishment or another complete restart became as important as any individual health practice.
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Over time, I returned to law.
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I did not return because I had become better at tolerating pressure. I returned with clearer boundaries, greater awareness of my patterns and a more respectful relationship with my health and capacity.
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Today, I practise law alongside health coaching. This means I understand demanding professional life from the inside, while also knowing that a woman’s job title alone does not define what she is experiencing.
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My clients may work in law or in other demanding careers. What connects them is the experience of being capable and conscientious while noticing that pressure is beginning to influence how they sleep, eat, recover or experience their bodies.
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My coaching is informed by professional training, but it is not based on theory alone. It is also shaped by the ongoing work of practising, experimenting, struggling, learning and returning.
Why this work matters to me
A core motivation behind my work is long-term women’s health. Particularly for women who want demanding, meaningful careers and the option of motherhood in the future.
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As I moved through my late twenties, I became increasingly aware of the tension many women live with: balancing professional ambition, biological reality, relationships and the quiet pressure of timelines that aren’t always spoken about.
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I didn’t want to sacrifice my health now and pay for it later with fertility challenges, burnout or a body that no longer felt like home. I wanted to give myself the best possible foundation for pregnancy, recovery and motherhood one day, while still showing up fully in my career.
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That intention shaped how I approached healing my menstrual cycle, emotional eating patterns, stress response and recovery. It also shapes how I work with clients.
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My approach is holistic, but grounded. Preventative, not extreme. We look at how stress, nutrition, sleep, hormones, work demands and recovery interact. And we respond early, gently and proportionately.
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This work isn’t about fixing yourself or striving for an ideal. It’s about learning to listen to your body, understanding what it’s responding to and creating a way of living and working that feels sustainable now, and for the life you want in the future.
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If you’ve been coping well but can sense the cost underneath, I want you to know there is another way forward.
My Qualifications and Training
Mental Health First Aider
MHFA England
2023
This training equips me to recognise the early signs of mental health distress, approach conversations with care and confidence and signpost appropriately when specialist or medical support is needed. It supports safe, ethical boundaries within my coaching work.
Holistic Health Coach Training
Institute for Integrative Nutrition
2022 to 2023
My training at IIN provided a broad, integrative foundation in nutrition, health and lifestyle coaching. The programme emphasised the interconnected nature of health (including stress, work, relationships, movement and mindset) rather than focusing on areas of health in isolation.
CrossFit Level One
CrossFit
2022
This certification gave me a foundational understanding of movement, training principles and physical resilience. While I do not coach fitness, this background informs how I think about sustainable movement, recovery and the physical demands placed on Busy Women.
The Landmark Forum
Landmark Worldwide
2022
The Landmark Forum is a personal development programme focused on awareness, responsibility and communication. My participation contributed to my understanding of mindset, perspective and behavioural patterns, which informs my coaching approach.
I am half English and half Foochow (Chinese). I value the influence of both cultures in my life and work, particularly around food, family and long-term health. This perspective naturally shapes how I think about nourishment, balance and sustainable living.
When it comes to health, I’m not interested in rigid rules or one-size-fits-all solutions.
Bodies change. Circumstances change. Capacity changes.
What supports you at one stage of life may not be what supports you at another.
My role is to help you understand what your body is responding to and to work with that information thoughtfully, rather than forcing yourself into someone else’s framework.
I’m here to help you with...
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Navigating stress and nervous system load
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Building a steadier relationship with food and eating
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Supporting menstrual cycle health and hormonal balance
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Improving energy, recovery and sleep
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Developing clearer boundaries around work, responsibilities and capacity
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Reconnecting with body signals in a grounded, practical way
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This work is not about fixing yourself.
It’s about understanding patterns and responding in a way that’s sustainable for you.
WISWY​
Work In Sync With Yourself
WISWY Health is built on a simple but often overlooked principle: health works best when it’s individual, contextual and responsive. Not rigid or prescriptive.
This is a space for women who are thoughtful, capable and carrying a lot. Women who don’t want another set of rules, labels or ideals to live up to, but instead want to understand their bodies and support them more intelligently.
Rather than asking: “What should I be doing?”, WISWY encourages a different question: “What is my body responding to and what actually helps right now?”
The work here is holistic, but grounded. Preventative rather than reactive. Focused on long-term wellbeing, not quick fixes. What works, works. And that may change as your life, capacity and priorities evolve.