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Leadership & Behavioural Coach helping professionals and leaders understand what's really getting in the way so they can think clearly, communicate effectively and lead with intention.

19/10/2026

“I can do it” is a small phrase, but it can be powerful.

Sometimes, just saying it helps us notice that automatic “I can’t” that shows up before we’ve even tried. That’s the beginning of recognising our patterns.

And each time we give something a go, even when we’re unsure, we create an opportunity to build a little more belief in ourselves.

For decades, I made myself smaller in rooms because I couldn’t see my own strengths.When I had my boys, I started to see...
06/10/2026

For decades, I made myself smaller in rooms because I couldn’t see my own strengths.

When I had my boys, I started to see my patterns showing up at home too, snapping at them and getting caught in loops of reactivity that weren’t good for them or for me.

I realised that if I wanted them to learn a different way, I needed to model it first. At first I did the work for them. Somewhere along the way, it became for me too. And I began to see how changing our own patterns can have a positive ripple effect on the people we love and the communities around us.

Across more than ten years in people and leadership development, at Goldman Sachs, EY, Ashurst and Xero, I saw the same thing in so many capable people. Overthinking a decision they were ready to make. Saying yes when they meant no. Taking over because letting go felt harder. Knowing exactly what they wanted to do differently, and still not being able to shift it.

That’s why I started Rise and Thrive. I work with professionals and leaders, and with kids and teens through Take Root, getting curious about what can sit underneath those patterns. The aim is more choice in the moments that used to feel automatic.

I don’t believe people need fixing. Behaviour usually makes sense once you understand what may be driving it.

A little more about me: I’m Melbourne based, you’ll find me at basketball on Saturday mornings, and River is usually somewhere nearby.

If you’re new here, hi. I’d love to know what brought you here.

05/10/2026

A lot of what feels like ‘just how I am’ can be shaped by what we experienced long before we were able to question it.

In NLP, this process of learning through observing others is known as modelling.

Understanding where a pattern may have come from can give you more choice about whether it still fits.

Comment ‘model’ and I’ll send you my short guide on where patterns come from and how they can shift.

28/09/2026

The "what ifs" at bedtime can be exhausting, for them and for you. Sometimes the questions aren't asking for more answers. They're looking for something to feel safe. Getting curious about the worry, rather than trying to answer it away, can open things up in a different way.

Take Root is behavioural coaching for children and teens aged 6 to 17. Link in bio.

You're the only one who can be trusted to do it properly. At least, that's how it feels.So you keep taking things on. Th...
09/09/2026

You're the only one who can be trusted to do it properly. At least, that's how it feels.

So you keep taking things on. The task nobody else offered for. The problem that needs sorting before it turns into someone else's emergency. The thing you could probably hand off, if you actually let yourself.

It's not that you don't trust anyone. It's that trusting them means giving something up, and that part feels harder than just doing it yourself.

Save this one if it's hitting close to home.

06/09/2026

I thought I was a risk taker.

Turns out, I’m much more cautious than I realised.

Yesterday I did DISC profiling and came out as a strong S.

My first reaction?

I discounted it.

There were parts of the profile that didn’t sound like me, so I almost dismissed the rest of it too.

Then I did something that, ironically, is probably very S of me.

I went away, sat with it, thought about it, and came back to it with a more open mind 😂

And I started to see myself very differently.

I realised that while I’ve taken some big risks in my life, in the day-to-day running of my business I’m actually much more considered and cautious than I thought.

I naturally take my time.
I think things through.
I consider how decisions might affect other people.
My communication can be indirect.
And saying no when I know someone has expectations of me doesn’t always come easily.

None of those things are inherently a problem.

But zoomed out, I could suddenly see how some of those behaviours have been influencing the way I’ve grown my business.

Where I’ve waited.
Where I’ve softened what I really wanted to say.
Where I’ve accommodated.
Where I’ve wanted a little more certainty before acting.

That was the part that landed for me.

Sometimes we’re so close to our own behaviour that we can’t see the pattern. We just see the outcome and wonder why we’re not moving forward in the way we want to.

Self-awareness doesn’t mean deciding there’s something wrong with who you are.

For me, it means understanding what comes naturally to me, recognising when it serves me, and knowing when I need to consciously do something differently.

And apparently, sometimes it means sitting with the fact that you’re an S long enough to realise just how S you actually are 😂

What’s something you’ve realised about yourself that you couldn’t see until you zoomed out?

03/09/2026

Ever notice yourself having a much bigger reaction than the situation seems to call for?

Someone dismisses your advice, and you feel yourself shut down. You wave at someone and they don’t wave back, and somehow you’re still replaying it an hour later, wondering what you did wrong.

And you know it when it’s happening. Some part of you can feel that the reaction is bigger than what’s actually going on in that moment.

That can be a clue that something else is sitting underneath it.

Maybe it’s not really about the wave. Or the advice. Maybe something about that moment has touched a pattern that’s been there much longer.

Where does this show up for you?

1-8 to a completely different season.The Carlton players didn't suddenly get more talented. But something changed, and a...
01/09/2026

1-8 to a completely different season.

The Carlton players didn't suddenly get more talented. But something changed, and a lot of it comes back to one word: belief.

Liam Jones said it about Josh Fraser, as reported by AFL.com.au: "He can see so much positivity in what players can do, as opposed to what they can't."

Sometimes what's holding us back isn't a lack of ability. It's the beliefs we've built around it. What we think we're capable of. The mistakes we're trying not to repeat. The story we've started telling ourselves about who we are.

Good coaching isn't cheerleading. It's helping someone see what's in the way and create space for something different.

The capability might have been there all along.

Swipe 👉 then tell me, where do you notice this in yourself?

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31/08/2026

You know what you want to do differently. Then the same pattern shows up anyway, before you’ve even had a chance to choose something else.

That’s not a willpower thing. Somewhere along the way that pattern gave you something you needed. Safety. Reassurance. A feeling of being enough. So it stuck around.

You can’t shift what you haven’t understood yet.

Comment ‘pattern’ if you want to start understanding what yours has been giving you.

Some behaviours are built through repetition.Others can begin with a single experience.Something happens. We make meanin...
20/08/2026

Some behaviours are built through repetition.

Others can begin with a single experience.

Something happens. We make meaning from it. And we learn how to respond.

Don’t speak up.
Stay in control.
Keep everyone happy.
Don’t ask for help.
Don’t let yourself fail.

At the time, that response may have made complete sense.

But here’s what fascinates me about behavioural change:

If we can learn a response that quickly, why do we assume it has to take years to change it?

I often hear people describe their behaviour as if it’s a permanent part of who they are.

“I’ve always been an overthinker.”
“I’m just a people pleaser.”
“I’ve never been confident.”
“That’s just how I react.”

I don’t hear those statements and think, that’s who you are.

I get curious about what you learned.

When did this response start?
What was happening at the time?
What did it allow you to do, avoid or protect yourself from?

Because trying harder to stop a behaviour doesn’t necessarily change what’s driving it.

That’s where behavioural change work comes in.

Understanding why the response exists, working with what’s underneath it, and creating a different response that works for who you are now.

You learned to respond one way.

You can learn to respond differently.

If there’s a behaviour you know you want to change but haven’t been able to shift on your own, send me a message.

This is the work I do.

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