Be present. Be yourself. Be fulfilled.
You’ve spent years holding everything together. Now it’s time to lead on your terms.
For mid-level women in STEM who are done with being overlooked, overworked and under-rewarded - welcome. This is where you step into your voice, reclaim your time, and build a leadership identity that doesn’t cost you your health, happiness or authenticity.
ALIGN • CHANGE • THRIVE
Leadership without self-abandonment.
Be present. Be yourself. Be fulfilled.
You’ve spent years holding everything together. Now it’s time to lead on your terms.
For mid-level women in STEM who are done with being overlooked, overworked and under-rewarded - welcome. This is where you step into your voice, reclaim your time, and build a leadership identity that doesn’t cost you your health, happiness or authenticity.
ALIGN • CHANGE • THRIVE
Leadership without self-abandonment.
For high-achieving female managers who are overworked and overlooked…and crave fulfilment and balance in their life
Hi, I'm Karen
Dog-lover, nature seeker, mother, yogi, scientist, leader of $ billion commercial healthcare teams. Personal and leadership development coach.
I know you.
You’re brilliant at what you do.
You deliver results.
You hold the team together.
You’re the steady one — until the day it hits you:
You’re carrying the weight of everyone else’s expectations… and losing pieces of yourself in the process.
I’ve been there.
After 25 years leading commercial teams in the STEM diagnostics world — driving millions in revenue, navigating complex politics, and “being the dependable one” — I hit the same wall. The same ache of Is “this my life? Is this all there is?”.
And then I shifted.
I built a leadership path that gave me my voice, my boundaries, my joy and my power back.
Now that’s exactly what I help other women create — without burning out, shutting down, or shrinking themselves to fit.
What You’re Feeling Isn’t Failure — It’s Your Future Calling
You’re not stuck because you’re incapable.
You’re stuck because you’ve outgrown the version of leadership you were taught to follow.
If you’ve found yourself saying things like:
“I do everything… but I’m still invisible.”
“I’m exhausted from being the fixer.”
“My ambition scares me as much as it excites me.”
“I want impact — but not at the expense of my health.”
Then you’re exactly who I work with.
You’re not asking for “more coping skills.”
You’re asking for a fundamental shift in how you lead, work, and live.
Introducing: Align Change Thrive
The 12-Week Leadership Transformation
A warm, grounded, deeply supportive coaching experience for women ready to lead without sacrificing themselves.
Inside the programme, you will:
ALIGN
Reconnect with who you are as a leader — before the burnout, the bureaucracy, and the people-pleasing diluted your voice.
CHANGE
Shift the internal patterns keeping you invisible:
Over-responsibility
Perfectionism
Shrinking your ambition
Saying yes when your body says no
You’ll build the practice of showing up, not hiding.
THRIVE
Step into leadership that feels spacious, sustainable, and deeply you.
Impact + wellbeing. Ambition + boundaries. Power + authenticity.
You become the woman you were always capable of being — the one you kept postponing.
Why This Works (When Everything Else Hasn’t)
Because this isn’t corporate training.
This is personal transformation — rooted in:
Neuroscience
Behavioural change
Inclusive leadership
25 years inside STEM commercial leadership
And the lived experience of a woman who rebuilt herself from the inside out
It’s not about becoming someone new.
It’s about finally becoming the woman you thought you had to hide.
The Promise
By the end of this journey, you’ll be able to say:
“My voice matters and I use it.”
“I’m leading with clarity, not exhaustion.”
“My evenings and weekends belong to me again.”
“I know who I am and my team does too.”
“I don’t shrink anymore.”
This is leadership without sacrifice.
Ready to Step Into Your Next Chapter?
Your future isn’t waiting for permission.
It’s waiting for you.
And I’d love to walk that path with you.
Find balance, impact and fulfilment
Unlock self-awareness
Are you staying silent in meetings? Or being talked over a lot? Are you in the habit of exceeding project expectations, only to receive the next assignment? Perhaps team members know you as the problem-solver.
What about at home? Are you the only one in charge? When do YOU get “me” time?
It CAN be better.
Power foundation
Is there a part of you that you shelve whilst you're at work in order to “be professional”; to fit in or be seen to be “leadership potential”? Have you ever been described as “too soft”, “too agreeable”, “too compromising”, or perhaps “too pushy”, “too ambitious”; “too bossy”?
Isn’t this exhausting? Are you tired of “corporate you” versus the real you? What if you could just be your brilliant self instead?
Leadership and impact without striving
Workplace skills or leadership courses can give you a foundation of competency, but how are you actually showing up with your coworkers and team members? Is it with ease and grace, or with micromanaging, over- controlling, perfection and fear-laden stress-fest? Becoming a great leader isn't just about what you do - it's more about who you are. How about working through this in a safe space, as you find a way to shine?
Find fulfilment
Scrolling through LinkedIn; fruitless searching through the company jobs board in an exhausting effort to exit career stagnation. You could get lucky, but often that journey starts and ends with disappointment and dead ends. What do you actually want? What makes you fired up to start your day? What do people know you for? What’s your dream vision for your future? This is where we start.
Thrive with sustained transformation
We’ve all been on courses that seem great at the time but as soon as you get back to the desk and the emails fly in - bam - the lessons are history. You need permanent change, because the way things are right now isn’t working for you. Find and embed secrets, hacks, habits and systems to make change stick.
You’re not going back.
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TESTIMONIALS
What others are saying
"I felt supported and no longer alone"
" I went into the course with a great deal of overwhelm surrounding my responsibilities as a parent and as a manager. Now, I am far more open and comfortable to use my voice, serve my needs and believe in myself; letting go of striving and perfectionism and being present for my family.." - Jacquelyn Buckley, Manager, Digital & Strategic Markets
"...helped me to lead like a woman and be OK with not being the expert anymore"
"Now I’m much more comfortable with being me; with less angst, second guessing and lingering “yuk”. I know I’m a better leader and far less stressed as a result" - Prachi Vyas, Senior Manager, Applications Development
"Giving myself more grace and empowering myself"
"I’m leaning into those qualities a lot more to leverage the strengths and be aware/mitigate the shadows. This is helping me balance how I work so I can be a better individual contributor and people manager. It also makes me a better leader." - Erin Bedell, Senior Laboratory Marketing Manager
"This has allowed a more productive work environment and also a harmonious home space"
"The whole program is unique and nothing like I have done in my 20 years in the industry. I think that is due to the approach of the training at a personal level and looking at emotions and the female traits in business setting and really understanding them and using them in a positive way in the workplace and in life in general.- Shelina Kherry, Clinical Account Manager
It’s time for change. Get in touch.
