I created Polka Dot Coaching to provide a service for parents who weren’t finding parent hood a ‘walk in the park’!

In my former life B.C (before children) I was a high-flying, globe trotting fashion designer earning lots of cash and having a ball! I had freedom, choices, money, and no one to think about but myself. Then I had children.

After my second child was born (I was pregnant with the second when the first was only six months old!) I suffered Post Natal Depression. My world fell apart, like a bomb had dropped in the middle and plunged me into total blackness, where there was no light. It’s because of my experience that I understand the loneliness, confusion, terror and the disconnection from the outside world that P.N.D brings. It was as a result of how I was treated by my G.P., arrogantly and dismissively that my suffering lasted 3 years.

I aim to help women recover from P.N.D in the most natural way. Coaching is like medication for the mind…..without the drugs!

The biggest challenge I have had, apart from overcoming P.N.D, was to discover my new identity, learn how to make my new life work for me, get to know who I have become and stop fighting my situation.

SO WHY WORK WITH ME?

• Being a qualified Psychotherapist too, I can work with any issue from the start (except addictions), unlike other coaches, who would have to refer their clients for counselling should they present deep emotional or psychological issues, which Life Coaching training does not qualify them to deal with.

• I am a mum of two, and so I’ve been there got the t-shirt! This makes me better equipped to understand and empathise!

• I suffered Post Natal Depression for three years so I have first hand experience of the difficulties parents can face. I am also proof that you will recover and become who you want to be and have the life you want to live!

• I am flexible with coaching sessions. Coaching can be done face-to-face, over the telephone, or Skype. I can arrange day, evening or weekend sessions, I also offer home visits (for a small additional charge within a 5 mile radius)

• I offer a free introductory session, with no obligation, so that you can see whether coaching is for you.

GOALS WITHOUT ACTION REMAIN DREAMS!

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I have done a number of articles and interviews for national magazines, newspapers and radio, on the subject of Post Natal Depression. I am passionate about raising awareness of this illness and improving treatment for women suffering with it. I am also a media volunteer for M.I.N.D.