The Story Behind the Work

I Wanted to Understand Why We Can Know Better Yet Keep Responding in the Same Way.

My first career was in biomedical science, including medical microbiology and research. With an MSc in Microbiology, I was trained to look beneath the surface, question assumptions and examine evidence. I later moved into education and management, IT leadership and entrepreneurship. Each chapter taught me something different about people, pressure and performance.

In 2002, I opened a salon in Kent serving both Afro and European hair. The business attracted BBC and ITV coverage, but after four years I had to close it. The financial loss was significant. What stayed with me was also the shame, disappointment and damage to my confidence. Not long afterwards, my mother died suddenly.

I knew what I had achieved before, yet I began questioning my abilities and what I could attempt next. I wanted to understand why a painful experience could continue to influence identity, emotions and decisions long after the event itself.

That search brought me back to science. Hearing Dr Caroline Leaf speak about the brain reignited my research curiosity. I immersed myself in neuroscience, neuroplasticity and emotional intelligence, while Scripture, prayer and my dependence on God remained central to rebuilding my thinking and sense of identity.

I learned that understanding a response was not enough. I had to recognise the thinking and emotions influencing my choices, make different decisions, practise them and review what actually happened. This shaped the work I began delivering full-time in training and organisational development in 2016, and The Mindsight Academy, which I launched in 2018.