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For people who were never broken, just badly translated by the systems around them.
The Problem Child is not about being difficult for the sake of it.
It is about the outsiders, pattern-spotters, question-askers and differently wired people who often see what systems would rather ignore.
This is the thread running through my fiction, films, writing, NeuroEdge resources and selected talks: identity, masking, pressure, rebellion and the cost of becoming who others expect us to be.
One-to-One Mentoring
For high-performing outsiders who are done performing their way through life.
I work with neurodivergent professionals, leaders, creatives and system-leavers who have reached a point where the old role no longer fits.
This is not therapy, corporate coaching or motivational noise. It is grounded one-to-one mentoring shaped by lived experience, adult education, frontline leadership and the reality of rebuilding identity when success has come at a cost.
We focus on clarity, self-trust, masking, transition, communication, creative direction and what needs to change next.
Certified life coach. Qualified adult educator. Former senior frontline leader. Neurodivergent mentor.
Simple pricing
Single Session
From £70
A focused one-off conversation for clarity, decision-making or a specific sticking point.
Three-Session Reset
From £200
For people who need space to untangle masking, identity, transition or what comes next.
Six-Session Mentoring Block
From £375
For deeper work around self-trust, confidence, direction and rebuilding on your own terms.
The Problem Child keynote
Why neurodivergent outsiders are often the leaders organisations need most.
A direct, uncomfortable and practical keynote for organisations ready to stop confusing conformity with performance.
Drawing on two decades in frontline policing, lived neurodivergent experience and a career spent inside high-pressure systems, I explore what happens when capable people stop masking, start questioning, and refuse to keep performing a version of belonging that costs too much.
This keynote challenges leaders to think differently about difference, difficult voices and the hidden value of the people most likely to be misunderstood.
Core themes
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The cost of masking in high-performance environments
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Why conformity is often mistaken for leadership
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How systems overlook the people they need most
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The hidden value of neurodivergent and different-thinking professionals
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What organisations must do differently if they want authentic performance, not polished compliance
From £750
Keynote + Q&A
Limited availability
Trusted in the room
The Problem Child grew out of real conversations in real institutions, not theory.
I have spoken on neurodivergence, identity, masking, performance and leadership across policing, education, media and professional settings, including:
Metropolitan Police • Police Federation • Derbyshire Constabulary • Nottinghamshire Police
Derby University • ADHD Biography Podcast • East Midlands Special Operations Unit
Prosper Health • BBC Radio
From frontline leadership to creative work, the message stays the same: the people labelled difficult are often the ones seeing what others have learned to ignore.
Limited availability due to existing professional and creative commitments.