Curiosity
over certainty
Jess doesn't have all the answers. She asks questions that help you see familiar challenges from a different angle.
About Jess
Background, experience, and why this work matters
Her Journey
Jess is a former clinical paediatrician with over a decade of experience working in the NHS, where she developed a deep understanding of what children and families face in healthcare systems. She witnessed children struggling, families desperate for support, and systems that couldn't quite connect the dots. In 2019, she made an unconventional decision to retrain as a primary school teacher.
That transition showed Jess the other side of the picture. She came to understand the pressures educators carry, the expectations placed on schools and the reality of parents having to bridge the gap between healthcare and education themselves. Seeing both sides shaped her belief that meaningful change happens when we bring different perspectives together, rather than working in isolation.
Jess's work is grounded in a simple belief that behaviour is communication. When professionals and parents move beyond labels and approach young people with compassionate curiosity, everything shifts. This applies whether you're in a classroom, a clinic room, or at home.
She now works with educators, healthcare professionals, leaders, and parents to help build cultures where young people genuinely feel seen and understood, and where adults are supported to thrive too. The adults around young people matter just as much as the systems around them.
Experience And Expertise
Jess brings together clinical knowledge from medicine, practitioner insight from teaching, and lived experience as a parent. This combination means she understands the research, the reality of the classroom, the pressures in the clinic room, and what families and professionals need when they're struggling.
- Experience working with educators, healthcare professionals, parents, and organisational leaders
- Trained teacher since 2019 with classroom experience in primary education
- Expertise in neurodevelopment, behaviour, communication, and trauma-informed practice
- Expertise in building psychologically safer systems and inclusive environments
- Over a decade as a doctor in the NHS
- Speaker at national and international conferences
- Featured in RCPCH, NHS Practitioner Health, BMJ, Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital
- TEDx speaker: Watch the talk here
What Guides Her Work
Curiosity
Connection over perfection
Real change happens in relationships, not checklists. She's interested in understanding the person, not categorising them.
Compassion
over criticism
You're doing your best in difficult circumstances. Her work is to help you feel understood and confident that small shifts in thinking make a real difference.
Outside Of Work
Jess is a wife and a mum to two daughters. She loves windy walks through the fields, open water swimming, and finishing a good reading day with a one-shot latte in a bookshop. She believes that looking after yourself isn't indulgence. It's essential infrastructure for showing up well for the people around you.
Let's Talk About Working Together
If you're an educator, healthcare professional, parent, or leader, Jess would love to explore how you might work together.