As the daughter of an Irish publican, I grew up with a raw, front-row seat to human conflict. In my parents' pubs, I saw how so much of our pain stems from a simple failure to be heard. Time and again, I witnessed people fighting for the same things—recognition, belonging, connection to name a few—but lacking the tools to find them.​

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This memory followed me through years of work as an actor and theatre maker, creating community cohesion projects and working alongside adults with learning disabilities and autism. I saw how embodied creativity and authentic expression could unlock healing when words alone failed. This understanding deepened in my training as a Yoga Therapist, where I learned how the body holds trauma, how regulation helps prevent present stress from becoming chronic, and how a settled nervous system allows new possibilities to emerge.​

 

These threads eventually led me to Nonviolent Communication—first as a trainer, then as a mediator supporting families, couples, and neighbours through conflict. This work deepened my understanding of what's possible when people truly hear each other, and ultimately inspired me to qualify as a Family Mediator, specialising in separation and divorce.​

 

I created Talking Peace not only to weave these threads together, but to find a way to contribute. Impact matters to me. While I don't offer legal aid, I am always open to adjusting fees for those financially unable, and I actively seek funding to bring this work into communities of need. My aim is simple: to offer the practical tools of real communication to everyone, whatever their background, whatever their situation.​

 

Today, I offer two things. I train people to communicate better—helping them expand their self-awareness, let go of outdated habits and stories that no longer serve them, and build empathy for others and for themselves. And I mediate when relationships are ending or changing unrecognisably—helping families navigate separation with dignity and respect. Supporting workplaces to move beyond surface disagreement to hear what each person truly needs and values, and holding space for neighbours and couples to find their way back to understanding.

 

​So when I sit with you, whether in training or mediation, I carry all of this with me. The pub taught me that everyone just wants to be heard. The rest has been learning how to make that possible.My mission is simple. It is to reduce suffering and violence, and to cultivate a more awake and peaceful human presence on this earth. This is the work I am here to do.