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A visionary coach, experienced psychotherapist and conscious catalyst for evolutionary change, Charl "We all have a history, we all have known suffering.

As a multidisciplinary psychotherapist and coach, Charlotte is passionate about the power of becoming conscious. With a thirst for personal growth, Charlotte is qualified in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, Couples Counselling, and Psychosynthesis Life Coaching; her present ventures also include Individual and Organisational Leadership Coaching and writing her thesis for an MA in Psychosynthesis Coaching. She continually studies neuroscience, attachment theory, trauma recovery, existential crisis, mind-body connection and embodied leadership. Whilst we do our best to move on, unresolved wounds impact our sense of self and we inherently take this into our lives, our relationships and our workplaces. When we aren't conscious of our internal wounding we live from our 'survival self', projecting on other people and our external environments. This affects how we move in the world and hinders the quality of our personal and professional relationships. However, this wounded 'survival self' is not who you are. Becoming conscious is about healing from history, unlearning your conditioning and aligning with your authentic Self, so that you can embody the fullest expression of your true potential in life, in love and in leadership." A specialist in her field, Charlotte's expertise is qualified by years of in-depth training and extensive clinical experience. Through her successful private practice, she has supported hundreds of clients, including a number of influencers, sports and TV personalities. Her approach is an alchemy of empowering psycho-education, conscious awareness and radical compassion that when embodied, cultivates fertile ground for life-long personal and professional transformation.

25/03/2026

For months now, I have observed an emerging pattern with the clients and organisations I work with. Not burnout, not breakdown. Something quieter, but just as consequential.

These are some notes that I have made...do they resonate?

- We are asking leaders to sustain performance in conditions that are systematically degrading their capacity to think, feel, and lead well.

- High performers who are still delivering…but no longer feel fully present in their work or their lives.

- Leaders who appear physically well and professionally successful… but are psychologically fragmented beneath the surface.

- Decision-making that is faster and more efficient (even more so with AI)…but noticeably less reflective and less considered.

- Emotional intelligence is being spoken about…but emotional experience is still being managed as noise rather than used as data.

- A growing dependence on external inputs…and a diminishing relationship with one’s own thinking.

- Careers built on performance and validation…that become structurally fragile the moment conditions change.

- Lives that look full from the outside… but feel increasingly thin on the inside.

This is not burnout. It’s psychological erosion.

And it’s why we need a more complete conversation about longevity, one that includes the psychological experience of being human.

This is the focus of my new keynote:

🧠 Psychological Longevity: Leading with Human Intelligence in an Age of Acceleration.

I am genuinely concerned about the looming capacity crisis with the seismic change that AI presents in the next 5-10 years. And what the impact on people’s physical and psychological health and quality of life.

What’s your thoughts?

20/03/2026

Last September, I walked into not knowing anyone. This week, I walked into their Encore event and was welcomed back like family.

Whether it is in a field (or seemingly a beer house in the middle of London), there is something rather special about what and the team have created.

The blend of informality, genuine fun and unapologetic ambition makes it feel less like a networking space and more like a collective hype team, generously sharing insights and opening doors for one another.

As great as social media is at making connections, and as convenient as Zoom or Teams is...nothing beats in person (even with a 4 hour journey home!)

Really good to hang out with people like and finally get to hug .psychological.fitness.dr IRL!

Until September... 🎉 (And if you haven’t got your tickets for Ideas Fest...you’re setting yourself up for some serious FOMO)

12/03/2026

The biggest risk of AI isn’t what it will do to us.
It’s what we might stop doing ourselves.

Last night I attended a Claude Code Curious event with 70 people selected from over 1,000 applicants - engineers, founders, filmmakers, lawyers, people from Apple and government.

Ironically, the tech failed and the WiFi struggled so there was 0 demos or actual Claude usage 🤦🏻‍♀️

But something better happened.

A room full of people gathered to talk about artificial intelligence… with phones down and laptops closed. Humans talking to humans 🙌🏼

One of the themes of the conversations that stayed with me was how many people working closest to AI and understand what is it, still turn to it first when they face emotional or relational dilemmas.

Not friends. Not partners. Not colleagues. AI.

Because what they are often seeking is validation - which human beings innately need.

But humans don’t just need validation.
We need relationship
Challenge
Reflection
Accountability

I also heard the existential tension from people building AI - creating tools of immense power while knowing they cannot fully predict how those tools will unfold in society.

My concern about AI isn’t a dystopian takeover, it’s the quiet atrophy of our human capacities:

Metacognition
Discernment
Critical thinking
Emotional regulation
Presence

As AI accelerates, the real differentiator won’t be artificial intelligence, it will be human intelligence - our values, wisdom, discernment and responsibility.

As part of my work on I’m currently developing a series of keynotes and leadership workshops on human intelligence in the age of AI.

If this conversation resonates and you want to bring it into your organisation, let’s talk - human to human first!

03/03/2026

February felt full - in a way that had definitely expanded my vision!

Speaking in the mountains of Davos at PAF Europe with , where the real conversations didn’t stop when the sessions ended… they continued on chairlifts.

Celebrating milestones with family - food, music, laughter and remembering how much fun it is to actually have fun. We need that reminder more in adulthood than we admit.

Leaning into the paradox of planning and spontaneity - deliberately carving out time to move my body (even when I tell myself I’m “too busy”), while also stumbling across cool new places in the middle of nowhere.

Dashing into London for what can only be described as speed networking - meeting founders and investors building bold things that are stretching my own ambition to think bigger.

And ending the month , speaking on a panel about movement and the mind, psychological longevity and continuing to bridge the gap between mind and body.

Full. Grateful. Inspired 🙌🏼

Let’s see what March brings!

02/03/2026

My feet have only just recovered from two full days at last week!

It was so encouraging to return for a 2nd year, and see just how much is shifting in the ‘fitness space’…

Moving beyond aesthetics and output toward something more integrated and more whole-person.

Performance isn’t just how you look or what you lift.
It’s how you live.
How you regulate.
What you carry.
How you recover - internally as well as physically.

It was brilliant to see familiar faces (even if I never quite get to all the conversations I hope to). And as always, some of the most meaningful moments came from unexpected connections - especially those exploring how we more intentionally bridge psychological depth with physical wellbeing.

A few highlights:

🔥 A powerful fireside chat with & - a reminder that sustainable excellence is always an inside job (more on this soon).

– Reuniting with and talking about the importance of integrity and nuance in health conversations

– Deep diving into biological alignment with

– Finally meeting & .giddings_ IRL with conversations that felt like the beginning of something

– Sitting on the Motion in Mind panel with .insight (must work on my ‘panel resting b*tch face’ 😅 scroll to the last photo)

What I love most about events like this is the humanity. Being in the same room. Feeling energy. Connecting properly.

Two days online would deplete me.
Two days here? In the words of Jonny: Joyful pain. The kind that reminds you you’re fully alive.

19/02/2026

🎤 Next Thursday I’ll be back on stage, this time at

I will be joining a panel speaking directly to one of the biggest (relatively untapped) opportunities for the industry:

🧠 Movement for Mind: The Role of Fitness & Leisure in Supporting Mental Health

We’ll be exploring a very practical question facing the sector right now:

❓ How do leisure facilities and the health & fitness industry respond meaningfully to rising mental health need - without over-simplifying it (or over-complicating it!), tokenising it, or overwhelming their people in the process?

I’ll be back alongside my wingwoman from , Hayley Jarvis from and Julie Allen from .insight , drawing on consumer insight from Mental Health in Motion - but also on what I see every day in my clinical and organisational work.

Much of my work sits at the intersection of bridging psychological and physical wellbeing, identity and nervous system regulation.

I’m interested in how we build - helping people stay well, motivated and connected across a lifetime of change, rather than offering short-term fixes to long-term human problems.

Join us at 4:15pm in the main Auditorium! Who else is attending PerformX Live? Tickets are FREE!

I’d love to catch up with new and familiar faces 🙌🏼

10/02/2026

Some (slightly cheesy) ‘life & leadership lessons’ from Swiss slopes last week at ⛷️that have carried me through...

⛷️ When life is going downhill, lean in, not back (especially if you are ACTUALLY skiing!)
Resistance creates panic; commitment creates momentum.

👥 The best business conversations sometimes happen on chairlifts, not in meeting rooms.
Trust grows faster when hierarchy melts and humans are side-by-side.

🏂 Speed comes from flow, not force.
Sustainable success isn’t about pushing harder - it’s about mastering your balance.

🏔️ You don’t conquer the mountain, you learn to read it.
The smartest leaders adapt to conditions instead of trying to dominate them.

🛑 Falling isn’t failure - refusing to get back up is.
Progress belongs to those willing to look clumsy on the way to competence.

🔝 Confidence grows turn by turn, not from standing at the top.
Overthinking the whole journey stalls action; movement builds belief.

🎿 The right equipment helps - but it won’t ski for you.
Tools and strategies matter, but growth still demands personal responsibility.

✨ Advanced runs reward humility, not ego.
The moment you think you’ve “got it,” the system (or slope!) will correct you.

🌨️ Weather changes - so must your expectations.
Rigidity creates frustration; flexibility creates resilience.

☕ And finally… rest is part of the run, not a detour from it.
Pausing to recover along the way is how you make it down the mountain intact.

Beyond the strategy and the slopes, when we step out of rooms and into shared experience, we learn faster, have better conversations, and make braver decisions.

In a world that’s moving fast, collective learning (not individual heroics) is what gets everyone down the mountain 🏔️

06/02/2026

So many pinch-me-moments at in Davos 🇨🇭

In a world overwhelmed by hyper-connectivity, it was an absolute privilege to spend the last few days with an intimate group of change-makers and genuinely lovely human beings.

I’ve long held a vision of bringing a psychotherapeutic lens into the fitness and leisure industry, and this week I got to. Properly.

As we continue to move toward whole-person health - where mind, body, wellness and longevity are no longer siloed - these conversations feel not just relevant, but essential.

Being invited to contribute my voice 🎤 and experience alongside the legend that is physiotherapist created a fireside chat rich in depth and humanity.

Together, we explored how organisations can better support their teams, members and clients by understanding the human beneath performance, metrics and outcomes 📈

And exemplifies best practice in creating environments that genuinely facilitate connection 🙌🏼

Nestled in the mountains at the truly divine , time really does slow down (which is rare nowadays right!!) 🗻

Conversations that began in the meeting room continued on the mountain ⛷️

This wasn’t transactional networking, it was relational. Personal. Human. Stories were shared, trust was built, and real connection happened.

And this is what the industry - in fact, every industry - is craving 💡

People want personalised, intimate experiences that foster belonging, shared identity and community 👥

👉🏼We can absolutely leverage the incredible technology at our fingertips - but only if we keep humans firmly at the helm of what we build and who we serve.

The event may be over, but the energy is coming home with me.

I’ll be continuing to share reflections, insights and snippets from the conversations sparked in Davos - because this work, and this way of working, feels more important than ever.

Human first. Always. 💙

06/02/2026

💡 One of the biggest misunderstandings in mental health is that psychological suffering is a problem of the *mind* alone.

In reality, biology drives psychology 🧠🧬

Many experiences we label as “mental” - anxiety, imposter syndrome, rumination, low mood - are deeply rooted in the state of the nervous system.

Last week was a powerful reminder of what’s possible when regulation is done well.

I reunited with , founder of who I introduced to the brilliant team at the (well worth a follow for honest conversations on mental health in football and beyond).

Before recording 🎙️ we experienced one of Julie’s regulation mats - and in just 20 minutes, I felt a genuine shift.

Julie’s work is grounded in one essential principle: balance.

Her multidisciplinary team combines therapeutic brain-entrainment soundscapes with vibro-acoustic stimulation to support vagal tone and parasympathetic activation.

💡 Simply put: helping the brain and body come back into a parasympathetic state (aka rest & digest) where real repair, clarity and integration happen.

The benefits ripple out:

• improved emotional regulation
• clearer thinking and decision-making
• reduced stress reactivity and burnout risk
• enhanced performance through recovery (not adrenaline)
• better sleep, immunity and overall quality of life

As I lay on the mat, my body softened into a depth of relaxation I hadn’t felt in a long time — not the kind we squeeze between work and parenting, but something far more fundamental. And the effects carried me through a poorly toddler and back-to-back clients the next day.

As life gets faster and more demanding, proactive nervous system regulation is becoming essential - not optional.

This is where well-designed technology can genuinely support human wellbeing 🌱

I’m especially excited about the potential of these mats in wellbeing and leadership settings - paired with psychoeducation every human should have access to.

Julie and I are keen to pilot this together. If you’re curious about what proactive recovery could look like in your organisation, drop me a DM

♻️ Share this with someone who also needs this 🙌🏼

30/01/2026

One of the best events I’ve been to in a long time 🙌🏼

Huge congratulations to the team for an incredible 2-day Salon Summit in Dublin - my first time attending, and definitely not my last.

Growing up alongside a family business in health and beauty, I’ve always known there’s far more depth here than the surface-level narratives of ‘vanity’.

Yes, we’re living in a world of filters, algorithms and constant scrutiny.

But the health, wellness and beauty industry sits right at the heart of human contact ❤️

Touch. Conversation. Trust. Presence.

In a time where life is becoming more digital and less embodied, this industry continues to quietly lead the way in something many others are still struggling with - how we stay human.

This year’s theme - The Human Experience, Powered by Technology, was beautifully lived out.

AI, software, WhatsApp, systems - not replacing people, but removing admin, noise and friction, so there’s more space for what actually matters…connection!

Some standout moments:

✨ on trust, truth and transparency
✨ on ethical AI and emotional infrastructure
✨ bringing the energy and the WOW
✨ And held the whole room in silence, reminding us of the strength of the human spirit and the power of presence

But to be honest, one of the most powerful things was simply being in a room with hundreds of people - learning, sharing, championing each other. Nothing replaces that 🙌🏼

As we move faster towards automation, I feel more convinced than ever that technology should support humanity, not replace it. Used well, it gives us more time to be human, not less.

Finishing the week feeling inspired (and knackered — the Irish really know how to pack it all in 🇮🇪) and quietly hopeful that maybe next year, I’ll be part of the conversation on that stage too (see photo 1 for a cheeky AI mock up that my brother made as an awesome manifestation tool!) 😜

🙏🏼 Thank you to the speakers, awesome people and the entire Phorest team for the experience - and for restoring a little faith in humanity too.

22/01/2026

I got my visualisation juices flowing last night at Mental Fitness Live with .mental.fitness ✨

And it reaffirmed just how important adult education is!

Most of us were taught physical fitness at school - yet almost none of us were ever taught ‘mental fitness’ (as Maya puts it) - How to work with our thoughts, emotions, and inner world 🧠

That absence matters and impact us every day.

What stood out at the event wasn’t just the tools - visualisation, focus, emotional regulation - but the psychoeducation underneath them.

When people understand how the mind works, behaviour change stops being willpower-driven and starts becoming sustainable.

Maya’s work is powerful because it’s lived, not just taught. Her relationship with visualisation was forged through pain and survival with physical illness, before becoming purpose and passion to help others. And that level of embodiment is where change happens 🙌🏼

At the event, Maya and I spoke about how experiences like this are such an effective way to get this education out of the therapy room and into the world. Spaces where learning is embodied, shared, and normalised - across ages, backgrounds and identities.

This is something I’m deeply passionate about as I take my own expertise around Psychological Longevity onto stages and podcasts - translating psychological insight into accessible, practical education that people can actually use.

Because between behaviour and belief, identity is shaped 💡

And psychoeducation gives the brain a map for how to get there.

I’ll certainly be taking inspiration from Maya for my fireside chat with at in a couple of weeks time 🎤

19/01/2026

❗️We’ve normalised living in ways that quietly erode us -
and then we wonder why so many people feel exhausted, anxious or disconnected.

Burnout, anxiety and disconnection are often treated as personal problems.

Failures of resilience. Issues to fix.

What if they’re something else entirely?
What if they’re intelligent signals - pointing to a mismatch between modern life and human psychological capacity?

This is my focus for this year, which I am naming Psychological Longevity:

🌍the lifelong capacity to remain well, whole and human in a world that continues to accelerate.

Not by avoiding stress.
Not by optimising ourselves endlessly.
But by developing the internal resources required to adapt without eroding.

Have a swipe, read the words slowly…

I’d love to hear what this brings up for you.
What feels most true - or most challenging?👇🏼

Charlotte ✨

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