Mandy Manners

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

I am a volunteer Ambassador and part of the Associate Training and Consultancy team for Alcohol Change UK and a Trusted Advisor for the She Recovers Foundation. I am an associate Trainer at The Coaching Academy and an Associate Coach and Trainer for Real Clear Coaching and I sit on the advisory board of the Women’s Recovery Leadership Foundation.

I am currently upskilling on a 9 month coach supervision programme.

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