About Mel

Dream Project Coach

Helping solopreneurs, freelancers and small businesses like you to finally get those BIG results by owning your true Vision and confidently taking the right steps with ease.

I’ve loved being my own boss for over 20 years! I feel extremely grateful and blessed that my consulting, training and coaching work has taken me all over the globe from across Russia, the Caribbean, Australia and New Zealand, to Greece, Scandinavia, Netherlands, Eastern Europe, Ghana, South Africa and Central Asia.

Passion! My passion is for coaching people like myself – freelancers, entrepreneurs and small business owners – who want to make a positive difference. I know from experience that when you feel a deep calling to share your natural talents and hard-earned skills with the world, it is the best adventure to just take a big leap and go beyond your fears.

Qualifications – I am a trained NLP Practitioner and have a Level 5 Certificate in Coaching and Mentoring (degree level) with the ILM (Institute of Leadership & Management) and an Executive Coaching Skills certificate with ILM. I’ve also undertaken decades of rigorous, ground-breaking training in a variety of areas including Leadership, Management, Communication, Entrepreneurship and Wealth. I’ve also undertaken numerous brilliant and challenging short-term programmes such as ‘Unleash the Power Within’ with Tony Robbins - yes I did the famous fire-walk across hot coals!

Journey - It hasn’t always been like this. Although I am used to leading workshops, working with Boards and public speaking in front of hundreds of people, there was a time when I used to be so shy I would rather hide away. I used to undervalue myself so much I’d be more likely to give my time away than charge what I am worth.

Luckily I discovered that it is possible to develop ourselves no matter what our age, ability or experience. I spent over twenty years in intensive training learning how to coach, to lead and to heal. I am so grateful to the many leaders, coaches and business experts who have cared about me, coached me and taught me. I continue to learn, grow and enjoy the gift of life.

Helping solopreneurs, freelancers and small businesses like you to finally get those BIG results by owning your true Vision and confidently taking the right steps with ease.

I’ve loved being my own boss for over 20 years! I feel extremely grateful and blessed that my consulting, training and coaching work has taken me all over the globe from across Russia, the Caribbean, Australia and New Zealand, to Greece, Scandinavia, Netherlands, Eastern Europe, Ghana, South Africa and Central Asia.

Passion! My passion is for coaching people like myself – freelancers, entrepreneurs and small business owners – who want to make a positive difference. I know from experience that when you feel a deep calling to share your natural talents and hard-earned skills with the world, it is the best adventure to just take a big leap and go beyond your fears.

Qualifications – I am a trained NLP Practitioner and have a Level 5 Certificate in Coaching and Mentoring (degree level) with the ILM (Insititute of Leadership & Management). I’ve also undertaken decades of rigorous, ground-breaking training in a variety of areas including Leadership, Management, Communication, Entrepreneurship and Wealth. I’ve also undertaken numerous brilliant and challenging short-term programmes such as ‘Unleash the Power Within’ with Tony Robbins - yes I did the famous fire-walk across hot coals!

Journey - It hasn’t always been like this. Although I am used to leading workshops, working with Boards and public speaking in front of hundreds of people, there was a time when I used to be so shy I would rather hide away. I used to undervalue myself so much I’d be more likely to give my time away than charge what I am worth.

Luckily I discovered that it is possible to develop ourselves no matter what our age, ability or experience. I spent over twenty years in intensive training learning how to coach, to lead and to heal. I am so grateful to the many leaders, coaches and business experts who have cared about me, coached me and taught me. I continue to learn, grow and enjoy the gift of life.

I have been coaching people successfully for 13 years. I've coached, trained and facilitated a wide range of people in the UK and abroad including CEOs, small business-owners, refugees, school-children, teenagers, return-to-work-mums and marketing professionals.

I am now a trained NLP Practitioner but people began to approach me and ask me to coach them well before I defined myself as a Coach.

My husband says my default mindset is positive and that I put an upbeat spin on everything. When he first mentioned this to me I started to say, “Yes and the great thing about that is...” before he interrupted me by saying, “You’re doing it now!”.

Of course it's not true that I am always positive. I’ve had difficult times in my life just like everyone else. In a way I am grateful for those times because they’ve helped me to grow. In fact I'd say that it's pretty hard to be a good coach without some personal experience of the lows as well as the highs.

“It's pretty hard to be a good coach without some personal experience of the lows as well as the highs.”

I have been coaching people successfully for 13 years. I've coached, trained and facilitated a wide range of people in the UK and abroad including CEOs, small business-owners, refugees, school-children, teenagers, return-to-work-mums and marketing professionals.

I am now a trained NLP Practitioner but people began to approach me and ask me to coach them well before I defined myself as a Coach.

"it's pretty hard to be a good coach without some personal experience of the lows as well as the highs"

My husband says my default mindset is positive and that I put an upbeat spin on everything. When he first mentioned this to me I started to say, “Yes and the great thing about that is...” before he interrupted me by saying, “You’re doing it now!”.

Of course it's not true that I am always positive. I’ve had difficult times in my life just like everyone else. In a way I am grateful for those times because they’ve helped me to grow. In fact I'd say that it's pretty hard to be a good coach without some personal experience of the lows as well as the highs.

Helping you achieve your dreams

Coaching clients - I’ve had the pleasure of coaching and training a wide range of people in the UK and beyond including CEOs, millionaires, freelancers, solopreneurs, small business-owners, refugees, school-children, teenagers, return-to-work-mums and marketing professionals.

Consulting clients – my many consulting clients have included Arts Council England, The Arts Marketing Association, The Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation, The British Council, The Wellcome Collection and The National Trust.

Award-winning Festival founder - I founded and handed over three enduring community-led festivals in Streatham, South London: the community-led annual Streatham Festival, (I was Artistic Director for 5 years, and received a Lambeth Civic Award in 2007), Streatham Food Festival (Director for 2 years) and The Little Big Peace Event (Director for 8 years).