For more than 20 years, I have been interested in how people make sense of their experiences, the patterns that keep them stuck, and what becomes possible when a problem is seen differently.

As an NLP Master Trainer, author and accredited Metaphors of Movement Trainer, I have worked with individuals and trained coaches, educators and helping professionals in communication, behavioural change and pattern recognition.

A particular focus of my work is the relationship between language, perception and behaviour. People naturally describe difficult experiences through everyday expressions such as walking on eggshells, hitting a brick wall or going around in circles. I am interested in what these descriptions can reveal about the way a person is experiencing a situation.

This thinking led to the development of What’s Your Problem Like?, a 40-card resource using visual metaphor, everyday language and structured questions to help people step back from a difficult situation, see what is happening more clearly and work out what to do next.

I am also the author of Essential Scripts for Coaches and Healers and have developed professional training programmes, facilitated workshops and retreats, and trained practitioners and helping professionals across Australia.

Some problems are difficult to solve until they make sense.