About me:

BA(Hons), CELTA, CPC, CPRC, SRCD, IRC, Gray Area Drinking Coaching, Trauma-Informed Coaching (The Voyage), ICF ACC. Disc Profiling.

CPD: Holistic Coaching, Transactional Analysis.

Mental Health First Aider, and Trainer for First Aid for Mental Health.

After graduating with a BA (Hons) in Humanities from Brighton I started my career working in the arts for a London west end theatre producer, working on Matthew Bourne's ballets. Then for a not-for-profit arts marketing agency in event management, research and writing tenders supporting venues across Sussex.

With a view to moving to France I retrained as a language teacher with a CELTA from Cambridge and worked as an English for Business Teacher for a decade at France’s top private Business Schools creating courses and developing the student’s confidence in public speaking, business skills such as negotition, persuasive writing, debating and marketing.

After a serious rethink of life, values, the work/life balance and my own mental health and recovery, I took some time out to study and decided to move into coaching.

I trained with the IAPRC, for an ICF accredited dual programme, as a certified professional Life coach and a certified professional recovery coach, focusing my personal study on the interplay between mental health, trauma and addiction. I am a SHE RECOVERS© Designated Coach, a The Nourish Method by Jolene Park for Gray Area Drinkers, and International Recovery Coaching trained by Janique Svedberg.

In 2017 I co-founded Love Sober with Kate Baily and we wrote two books together aswell as developing Love Sober as a platform for online courses, the Love Sober Podcast, workshops and writing and community. I left Love Sober in 2022 to develop my skills and offerings in more diverse areas.

In 2022 I trained with Lou Lebentz, under The Voyage Programme for Trauma-Informed Coaching.

I am an author, public speaker, trainer. Working to raise awareness and to destigmatise experiences of trauma, mental illness and substance use disorders.

I am a volunteer Ambassador for Alcohol Change UK and a Trusted Advisor for the She Recovers Foundation. I am associate Trainer at The Coaching Academy and an Associate Coach and Trainer for Real Clear Coaching.

I speak English and French, work internationally and online and live in France with my husband, two children, cat and dog.

 

“Mandy has a great method on how to look at your life. Using specialist tools in visualisation and self expression. Mandy is very relatable and makes you feel at ease straight from the get go. I've taken a lot from my sessions with Mandy which I will carry with me in years to come.”

— KOB, London UK