My Story
I believe everything happens exactly as it should.
Every step we take, no matter how messy, hard, or unexpected, leads us to where we’re meant to be.
My story begins with a ream of yellow paper my dad brought home from the pub when I was a little girl. He’d often pick up odd things from locals, but that paper became my blank canvas. Before he passed away when I was 8, I’d spend hours creating; books, magazines, even shoes and bags out of paper. Creativity became my escape, my safe place, and my way to imagine a life beyond the one I knew.
Growing up in poverty, losing my dad so young, and becoming a young carer for my mum and siblings shaped me in ways I didn’t understand at the time. I didn’t know it then, but I was building resilience, grit, and the seeds of what I now call unstoppable self-belief; even if it took years before I could name it.
By my teens, I was sewing bags and scrunchies for my friends. In my twenties, I graduated from Brunel University, worked on the frontline with homeless families, and moved into management roles supporting adults with disabilities. I was driven by one thing: helping people rewrite their stories, no matter what they’d been through. I also launched my first business Violet & May, where I took a very scared step into self-employment, before going back into management.
When redundancy hit, I pivoted into teaching. I wanted to help young people believe in themselves sooner than I had learned to. I quickly became a workaholic and taking into account my previous career, was promoted to assistant headteacher within five years.
But the creative spark never left me, it had just lay dormant as I chased after what I felt I should do to keep me safe. After having my son Jackson, I launched Vivid Wire, my product-based business making bold, colourful wire art.
Leaving my career in education in 2020 to run Vivid Wire full-time was thrilling… and terrifying. The doubts were loud.
The guilt of leaving a secure career was heavy. I felt lost, overwhelmed, and exhausted. But the thing about unstoppable self-belief is; it isn’t about never doubting yourself. It’s about holding your nerve and backing yourself anyway.
Through the darkest moments, I began piecing together everything I’d learned from leadership, coaching, and my Master’s degree in trauma-informed education. I discovered my Warrior Energy; daily habits that fuel my mind and body. I built a formula for vision, strategy, and planning. I developed a money-making mindset, and I learned how to be consistent and focused, even when I didn’t feel like it.
That became my Warrior Boss Method, and at first, I was the only one using it. But I knew there were other business owners like me; warrior-spirited people with big dreams who’d survived challenges and wanted more.
So, I started coaching them.
In 2022, I launched The Vivid Business Club, a safe space for ambitious business owners to talk about their doubts while going after their dreams. A place where no dream is too big, where you don’t have to make yourself smaller to make others comfortable, and where you can show up unapologetically as your most vivid, powerful self.
Everything I do now, whether through 1:1 coaching, courses, or the VBC, is about helping you transform from worrier to Warrior.
I’ll give you tools, strategies, and the mindset shifts to build unstoppable self-belief, take bold action, and design the business and life you dream of.
Because if I can do it, you can too.
You are magic.
You are made for this.
And it’s time the world saw it.
