I am a hospitality consultant, speaker, and leadership mentor who works with owners and senior leaders operating under sustained pressure.

I believe running a great business should not come at the cost of your health, your relationships, or your sense of self.

My path into this work did not start with coaching. It started with lived experience.

When I was a kid, I sat in the passenger seat of my dad’s car while he sang loudly with the windows down, completely lost in the music. People stared. I told him it was embarrassing. He turned the music off, looked at me, and said, “Never let what other people think of you change who you are or what you do.” Then he turned the music back up and carried on singing.

I never forgot that moment. But somewhere along the way, I stopped living by it.

As the founder of Ojo Rojo, a multi award winning restaurant and mezcal cocktail bar in Bournemouth, I spent nearly a decade inside the chaos, creativity, and constant pressure of hospitality. I carried staff livelihoods, finances, systems, customers, reputation and expectations all at once. I poured my time, energy and identity into the business. When things went well, I felt like I was enough. When they didn’t, I questioned everything.

Over time, I stopped noticing where the business ended and I began.

I ignored the early warning signs because the business needed me. I believed carrying everything was strength. Eventually that belief led to burnout, panic attacks, and a forced reckoning with how I was living and leading.

That moment changed how I understand success.

True success is not just growth, awards or momentum. It is clarity of mind, steadiness under pressure, strong relationships and the ability to enjoy what you are building while you are building it.

Now my work is about helping other hospitality leaders avoid learning those lessons the hardest way.