My Story
With an Oxford PPE degree and a J.P. Morgan graduate role, I spent 12 eventful years on the trading floor. I know what it feels like to reach Director level in a very specific niche (in my case, hedge fund rates sales) that no longer feels right, with no roadmap for what right actually looks like once you strip away the prestige, the salary and the identity you've built around your role.
Following my curiosities and my spark towards a career that fit me better took time. I eventually left banking for the tech startup I had co-founded as a side hustle, then launched a freelance professional organising business during Covid.
As one of a small number of Master-level KonMari® consultants globally, trained by Marie Kondo, I've spent over 2,000 hours working with professionals and entrepreneurs during some of the most complex periods of their lives. I learned that sitting with people in the mess, helping them find clarity and systems that work, is what genuinely lights me up.
Alongside a thriving business and a young family, I completed an MSc in Applied Positive Psychology and Coaching Psychology, researching how professionals find meaning in work they've built their identity around.
Now as an experienced coach, accredited by the EMCC at Senior Practitioner level, I combine my academic grounding with my corporate and entrepreneurial experience.
Clarity doesn't come from gathering yet more information, research and well-meaning advice. It comes from the right questions and the right structure for you to be your own best expert. It comes from feeling like you are not carrying the full complexity of your work and life alone.
That's what I bring to every session.
What You Get From Working With Me
A coach who appreciates your complexity.
Your career, finances, home, family obligations. Your dreams and fears. As one of a small number of Master-level KonMari® consultants globally, I don't shy away from mess! With my trading floor background, I don't shy away from the numbers or details either. I go into the detail with you and zoom out to the bigger picture as required.
Sessions you'll look forward to.
Our coaching sessions should be a refreshing hour in your diary, not something to dread. We might be tackling serious issues, but I bring compassion, humour, lightness and playfulness to the coaching space. I urge you to be honest on what's landing for you so together we find a way of working that suits.
Perspective & challenge that breaks the loop.
I bring coaching techniques to get out of your own echo chamber, challenge your thinking and open up options you haven't considered yet. Career redesign can look like exploring multiple small tweaks or larger pivots. I bring a combined corporate, start-up and freelance lens to whatever you choose to explore.
A space to be your own best advisor.
Coaching provides space for you to think aloud, reflect honestly and feel truly supported. The right questions and structure build self-awareness and clarity so you can intentionally respond rather than react. My job is to help you access, articulate and defend your own thinking.
Evidence-based tools curated for you.
I keep up with the research so you don't have to. I read the books and articles, then bring you what's most relevant from coaching psychology, applied positive psychology and life design thinking to help you apply your unique strengths and achieve your personally valued outcomes.
Accountability that creates momentum.
You'll leave each session having strategically chosen your next life/work experiment to learn faster, with someone holding you to it. Together we build a solid game plan aligned with your values and vision. Incremental aligned action compounds to build clarity, confidence and joyful, fulfilling progress over time.
Anjali Employment Law
"Tanya's coaching style is both empathetic and insightful, fostering an environment where I felt heard, supported and challenged to reach new heights."
Nina Doctoral Researcher and Director
"She even made time for an 'emergency' session when I needed one and always encourages me to update her on progress between sessions."
My mission is to help driven people find work and a life that genuinely fits them. I bring rigour, warmth and a non-judgmental space to the messiest parts of the journey.
Coaching Qualifications & Certifications
- Senior Practitioner accredited by the European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC)
- Cappfinity Strengths Profile Practitioner
- SPARK Resilience® Programme Facilitator
- Master Level KonMari® Consultant
- Mental Health First Aider
Academic Qualifications
- MSc Applied Positive Psychology & Coaching Psychology, University of East London (Distinction), including qualitative research on mid-career professionals' experiences of meaningful work
- MA Philosophy, Politics & Economics, University of Oxford (2:1)
How We Can Work Together
Find the path that suits you.
1-TO-1 COACHING PROGRAMMES
Are you a senior professional ready to redirect your ambition toward work, and a life, that genuinely fits? My SPARK programme gives you the structure to get there.
DISCOVER YOUR STRENGTHS
Start here. Everything is easier when you know what you're genuinely exceptional at. The Signature Strengths Intensive gives you deep insight and a coaching session to put it to work.
FOR TEAMS & ORGANISATIONS
Boost your team's performance and wellbeing with evidence-based Positive Psychology workshops — designed around your team's specific context and goals, not a generic off-the-shelf programme.
