and also quite funny for someone who spends their life talking about harassment
researcher ║ facilitator ║ advocate ║ advisor ║ disrupter
a dash of my core values before I share some secrets:
► Curiosity over compliance
► Accountability over avoidance
► Care over control
► And people over PR
because decency shouldn’t require courage
Did you know I’ve got three music degrees? That means that I’ve got the most obscure music library in my head at all times – ranging from Moana to Metallica, Pentatonix to Paramore with a little bit of Parry mixed in for good measure.
Why am I telling you this?
Well, because every Tuesday I end my weekly email with the song that it is in my head as I write. It’s an adventure. And I’ve made it into a spotify playlist which you can access here →
When I was 12, my English teacher told me I’d be Prime Minister one day. I took that as a license to ask difficult questions. Still do.
I now get myself into good trouble helping values-led organisations uncover, understand, and uproot everyday harm before it becomes a headline.
Not in a doom-and-gloom, legalese-laden way.
But in a let’s build a workplace where everyone can exhale kind of way.
I don’t do tickbox training.
I don’t do performative policies.
And I most definitely don’t do “we’ve always done it this way.”
If you want a glossy poster campaign with zero follow-through, I’m not your girl. Hard pass.
But if you want to create a culture that makes people stay because it feels safe – I’m your doctor.
Raised in Ireland and now based in London, I’m privileged to collaborate with forward-thinking organisations across the globe.
I’ve been driving social change for almost half of my life. It started with my early work using music to promote peace and reconciliation in the North of Ireland. For this work, I became the first Northern Irish recipient of the Diana Award (Courageous Citizen) and I was also honoured to receive numerous other awards for this innovative work. I’ve been a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA) for almost a decade as a result of my continued dedication to advancing equity and inclusion.
The Harassment Doctor™
In 2020, I completed my PhD which explores the barriers to gender equity in contemporary music-making. I’ve had the privilege of presenting my research globally and earned a number of prestigious research awards for my work and I am an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (AFHEA). My research was recently published in the Routledge Companion to Women in Leadership (2024).
I’ve spent years researching discrimination so you don’t have to.
It is possible to be trauma-aware and strategic.
It is possible to protect people and protect the business.
It is possible to care and lead at the same time.
I’m a researcher, a raging extrovert, and the person who listens to your voicenotes on 1.5x speed (because I care — I’m just also on a deadline). My Notes app is a cryptic pile of content ideas and podcast recs. And my screen time is a mix of corgis, obscure tribunal docs, and people getting married on reality TV after 3 business days of knowing each other.
I can’t judge you. People in glass houses aren’t allowed to throw stones.
I hate the phrase “bring your whole self to work”. It runs contrary to my beliefs around personal, bodily autonomy and it often puts marginalised people in a position of being vulnerable for the benefit of others. So, there are parts of who I am that I do share and that I am open about with clients, and there are bits that I don’t talk about.
You know now that I’m a cis woman, and that I’m White and Irish living in London. It’s perhaps unsurprising that I identify as culturally Catholic but firmly agnostic. I’m happy to say that my 20s are behind me although the start of my 30s hasn’t been outstanding if I’m being completely frank. In 2024 I was diagnosed with a rare, chronic blood cancer known as Essential Thrombocythaemia (ET). Do I have tall girl energy? Not likely. I’m 5″2. And finally, if you’re looking for an LGBTQ+ consultant then am also happy to be your Bae.
P.S. Yes, I did use the Social GRACES model to help me create this section.
because decency shouldn’t require courage
Sing along if you know the iconic CSI theme tune. Whooooo are ya? Who, who, who who?
NOW THAT YOU KNOW MY STORY, LETS TALK ABOUT YOURS.
Specifically:
- The questions you’ve been afraid to ask.
- The policies you’ve inherited but never reviewed.
- The moments that made you pause and think: “This doesn’t feel okay.”
Because that’s where we begin. With honesty. With curiosity. With care.
And with the deep knowing that it doesn’t have to be like this.
WHY DO YOU NEED ME?
Because prevention is cheaper than a crisis? Because HR shouldn’t have to handle this alone? Because you know you’ve got something good here and you want to protect it?
I founded EDC after years of seeing and being in organisations scrambling after harm had already happened. But what if we didn’t have to wait?