Sometimes you just need a direct, honest conversation with someone who has actually been through it. Not a coach with a framework. Not generic advice. Someone who has lived and worked across multiple countries, navigated career changes, built a life from scratch more than once and understands how these things actually feel.
Book a session →Sessions are £100. If that is not accessible right now, get in touch with a short note.
I am not going to tell you what you want to hear. I am going to help you think more clearly about what you actually want, and what it will realistically take to get there.
What these sessions are
These are conversations. Focused, honest, and grounded in real experience. I am not going to run you through a framework or give you a worksheet. I am going to sit with you, understand your situation properly, and help you think through it with someone who has genuinely been in similar positions.
I have lived in 5 countries, each time by choice. I have navigated the financial, legal, emotional, and practical reality of starting over somewhere new. I have worked inside startups at every stage, gone freelance, made good decisions and bad ones, and spent a lot of time figuring out what I actually wanted from work and from life.
I also have a counselling qualification and have been in therapy for 6 years. I know how to hold a conversation. I know how to listen. And I know the difference between telling someone what they want to hear and actually being useful to them.
These sessions are not a substitute for therapy. But they are a space to think clearly, get honest input, and leave with more clarity than you arrived with.
This might be for you if
You want to understand what it actually looks like in practice. The finances, the taxes, the loneliness, the logistics, the identity shift. Not the Instagram version.
You are not sure what comes next, or you know what you want but cannot quite see how to get there. You want a direct conversation, not a career quiz.
You are moving into the startup world and want an honest picture of what it involves, how to position yourself, and what founders actually look for.
You are thinking about leaving employment to work for yourself and want to understand what that transition actually involves financially and practically.
Life is changing and you are trying to figure out what you want from the next chapter. Not a crisis. Just a moment that deserves proper thought.
You keep underselling yourself, saying yes to the wrong things, or struggling to articulate what you actually bring. You want to get clearer on that.
Why talk to me
I moved to London 2 months before turning 19. I did not have a plan. I had determination and a fairly high tolerance for uncertainty.
Since then I have built a career across multiple industries and countries, navigated every kind of workplace, made decisions that worked and ones that did not, and spent a lot of time understanding both how organisations function and how people function inside them.
I am an immigrant. I understand what it feels like to start from nothing in a new place. To not have a network, to not fully understand the systems, to feel the gap between where you are and where you want to be.
I also understand how to close that gap. Practically, financially, emotionally. And I would rather have an honest conversation with you about what it actually takes than give you a polished version that sounds good but does not help.
Book a session
60 minutes. You fill in a short form first so I understand where you are and what you are trying to figure out. Then we speak.
Need a reduced rate? Send a short note explaining your situation and we will figure something out. There are a small number of reduced-rate spots available.
Is this coaching or therapy?
Neither. It is a practical advisory conversation. I have counselling training and personal experience with therapy, but these sessions are not a substitute for either. They are a space to think clearly with someone who has relevant experience.
What if I am not sure what I want to talk about?
That is fine. The intake form will help you articulate it, and if you are still unsure, we can use the first part of the session to figure out what the actual question is.
Can we work together more than once?
Yes. Some people book a single session for a specific decision. Others come back as things evolve. There is no obligation either way.
What if I cannot afford £100?
Email hello@madetowork.co with a short note about your situation. I keep a small number of reduced-rate spots for people who genuinely need them.