I know the middle place, because I've lived in it.

This is my second career, and I believe that matters. I'm not simply meeting you from the other side of a textbook. I came to this work after decades of real life: building something, climbing the ladder, losing people, getting things wrong, and starting again.

I spent more than 25 years building a corporate career that I'm genuinely proud of, and it's work I still do today. I know what it's like to navigate ambition, pressure, expectations and success, while sometimes losing sight of yourself in the process.

What I learned along the way was that I didn't need fixing. I needed somewhere to be honest about what was happening. The unraveling wasn't the problem. It was the invitation to get curious about what was underneath it, what no longer fit, and what needed to change.

By A Thread exists for the people still in that middle place. The ones who are functioning, capable, doing all the right things, and quietly exhausted by the effort of it. The ones carrying something from earlier in their lives that never got the space it deserved. I'm interested in what's brought you here, what you've been carrying, and what might be asking for your attention now.

You don't have to hold it together here.

I'm originally from New Zealand and now call Kelowna home, so you'll get a certain directness alongside the warmth. I'll be honest with you, I won't be precious about it, and I'll meet you with curiosity rather than judgment.