Since the age of sixteen, when I secured my High School Diploma, Irish passport, and left Canada, my life’s passion has been the pursuit of personal and professional development. 

 

For well over a decade, this largely consisted of personal healing through self- and group-work and the guidance of trusted mentors. 

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I am an avid reader and researcher; and the area of Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (C-PTSD) is of particular interest. Authors, and specialists in this area, such as Pete Walker (C-PTSD), Bessel van der Kolk (PTSD), Pete Burgess (Polyvagal Theory), Bruce Lipton (Biology of Belief) and Gabor Mate (Addiction) have been particularly influential in shaping my views and aiding my own personal development. I have also studied Carl Jung and have a 2-year Jungian Psychology Diploma obtained in 2019 from Ireland’s Jung Society led by Dr. Jasbinder Garnermann. 

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After more than 20 years running my own business, in 2023, I shifted my trajectory into Academia as I wrap up my MSc in Mind-Body Psychology, in pursuit of  my PhD in the area of Complex Trauma. An area of enormous personal interest to me, and one I believe is accountable for a large portion of the challenges businesses face in recruitment, culture, productivity, sales and innovation. ​