Hi, I'm Susan

Mmmmm … so what can I say about me 🤔

Well, I’m different, would probably be the best description  😂 I don’t fit neatly into a box.  I have a ton of life experience. I’m successful, in every area of my life (a bold statement huh 🤣) and I have an amazing life.  I’m what some people would call old.  But as some wise woman once said “I’m younging gracefully”.   So, I’m not old, I'm just wiser than I once was!  I’ve just turned 63 and I am working on what I want to do with the next 30 years of my life. 

I have done many things in my 63 years.  I have worked since I was 14.  I got my first degree in Genetics, I then went on to study law.  I worked in the corporate sector, local government, charities, and eventually I set up my own firm as a Solicitor Advocate in the area of Employment and Discrimination law so that I could look after my two kids when they came home from school, and continue my career. I eventually became an Employment Tribunal Judge, and remained in that role for 5 years.  I left the Judiciary to become a Mediator,  thinking I would have more impact in the world by helping in conflict resolution. I quickly realised that Leadership and Executive Coaching was more effective at resolving conflict and had a greater impact on my clients and in society.  I have set up, run, grown and failed in business.  I am essentially a serial entrepreneur who invests in nurturing and supporting future leaders and entrepreneurs to develop their full potential.  I closed my sole practitioner legal practice, but have continued with my legal career by joining an international legal firm, that operates in an expansive and collaborative way that allows me to continue to do the work that I love.

I am a founder and Chief Executive of a group of GP practices that I have helped to grow over the last 25 years from 5 staff and 2,000 patients, which now serves over 50,000 patients, and employs approx 160 staff.
 
And in between, I have loved wildly, controversially and passionately, and maintained and thrived in a successful marriage for over 39 years. I have raised two amazing children. I am an Artist.  Once upon a time my younger self acted in plays and I was even a star in a short film that was shown at a film festival at the NFT.

I am uniquely unashamedly me. It has not always been easy, but I have lived a very very full life, and have very few regrets that I have not been able to resolve. 

And … At the age of 58 I was diagnosed with ADHD. Wow, I did not see that coming!  I just didn’t realise it until COVID hit and my life became so overwhelming, my previous organised self fell off a cliff.  According to my husband (who is a GP) I am one of the most organised people he knows.  So, for him, the diagnosis did not fit.  But, for me, when I eventually managed to read all about it, and went through some therapy to help me process the diagnosis, so many things just fell into place.  I'm not always organised.  I have just developed systems over the years that have allowed me to flourish in the right space!  So what, I’m neurodivergent !  I think differently to many other people.  And it's OK. In fact it’s brilliant. I have a superpower.  I don't think in a linear manner, I think in spheres.  Which is perfect for a Solutions Consultant, Leadership Coach and Relationship Mentor who is out to make a meaningful difference in the world.

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I'm certainly not perfect.  I'm human.  I doubt myself and my abilities too much of the time, and yet I continue to grow and learn (I'm currently learning French - its soooo hard) but best of all, I love my life.  I am blessed to be surrounded by a group of people who support me to be the best possible version of myself.  And now, I am offering that to you.  Come join me.  Create a life you love.