About
Welcome, I’m Rachel - writer, coach, and mentor for highly sensitive people and empaths. Like you, I know what it feels like to look accomplished on the outside while feeling misaligned on the inside.
I spent years climbing ladders, switching jobs, and hoping the next role would finally feel right - but instead I found myself restless, burned out, and questioning everything.
The truth was, nothing outside of me could fix the ache I felt. The problem wasn’t my ambition - it was that I was living by someone else’s definition of success.
Everything changed when I gave myself permission to step off the conventional path. That’s when I discovered my true north - and began designing purposeful work that finally felt like home.
Finding My True North
Over time, I began experimenting with what I now call a portfolio career — weaving together different roles, skills, and passions into work that’s flexible, meaningful, and truly mine.
For me, that’s meant teaching and consulting in marketing, building a creative studio, and now mentoring highly sensitive people through career realignment, business growth, and personal transformation.
I believe a portfolio career isn’t a fallback or compromise — it’s a powerful model for thriving in a fast-changing world.
My work centres on helping people uncover their truth and design purposeful work that feels authentic, sustainable, and alive with possibility.
I believe in paths built from the inside out, where sensitivity is a strength, unconventional choices are an advantage, and real alignment means you no longer have to shrink parts of yourself to belong.
Because the world is fast-changing, I also believe resilience, creativity, and adaptability are as essential as résumés and skills. That’s why I bring together tools from positive psychology, career coaching, psychotherapy, and somatic work to create a safe space for deep transformation.
Before stepping into this work, I spent more than 15 years in branding and digital strategy, working with agencies, start-ups, and purpose-led businesses.
I loved helping ideas take shape, but I also learned that being good at something doesn’t always mean it’s the right energetic or environmental fit. It took me time to realize that portfolio work - weaving together different roles and projects - brought the freedom, flow and fulfilment I needed to thrive.
Along the way, I trained in career coaching, strategic psychotherapy, and clinical hypnotherapy, and I’m currently studying positive psychology. These tools, combined with lived experience, now shape how I support others in creating meaningful work, aligned paths and lives of their own.
What Guides Me
Every compass needs anchors. These are the values I return to again and again - in my own career, in this work, and in the lives of those I guide.
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Honoring your true nature without apology.
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Choosing alignment even when it’s messy or uncertain.
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Letting questions, not rules, lead the way.
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Designing work that supports both energy and purpose.
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Creating space for sensitivity as a strength.
Outside of this work, I’m a dog-mum to Rosie (a cheeky Toy Cavoodle), yoga devotee, dark-chocolate enthusiast, and a lifelong learner who believes curiosity is one of our greatest superpowers.
If Sunday nights fill you with dread, your nervous system is trying to tell you something. That pit in your stomach isn’t normal - it’s your body’s way of saying this work doesn’t fit your soul.
Your career crisis might actually be your calling. I’d love to help you find your compass.
The path that scares you might be the one that saves you.
The ‘safe’ path isn’t safe if it’s slowly killing your spirit
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The ‘safe’ path isn’t safe if it’s slowly killing your spirit ✷
Get the free Starter Guide.
If you’re burned out, misaligned in your career, or simply craving a fresh start, this guide is your invitation to begin again. Inside, you’ll discover the 5 steps of The True North Compass - my inside-out framework for creating work that feels authentic, energizing, and true to who you are.
