About
About
About
Author. Coach. Educator.
Hello, I am Andrea Anderson.
A learning leader for alternative thinkers and a coach for women, who are soul weary from the ‘success’ of getting it all done.
I’m a creative being who loves to learn.
I love nature, colour, texture, movement, music and words.
My experience of the world is intense and vivid.
At 45 I discovered that I am autistic. Finally, I accessed a vital piece of information about what makes me experience the world, and connect with the people in it, differently.
This has helped me make sense of my love of learning and desire to create environments for individuality and diversity to shine.
Self acceptance of myself as ‘different’ has opened up so much for me in life.
Embracing my own creativity, with a deep love of the written word from the rhythms and insight we can access in poetry, stories and books, has enhanced my abilities as a writer, coach and educator.
I’m adept at creatively helping you with personal transformation and pivotal growth.
This comes from my ability to ask questions that get to the crux of your ambition and the barriers that really hold you back.
With my strong emotional empathy, I will help you to tune into the juxtaposing thoughts and emotions that carry old stories of doubt.
Illuminating doubt, along with your magnificent strengths, vision, purpose and values provide you with courage and clarity to step towards realising your ambitions.
Seeing my clients growing to become who you’re capable of being, fulfilled in making the contribution you’ve longed to, brings me a whole heap of joy.
My career story...
For over ten years I worked in fast growth fashion and digital businesses, including TOPSHOP, TOPMAN and ASOS.com.
My focus and drive with these businesses was on activities that delivered inspirational leadership; happy people; cultures of freedom; innovation; and ultimately achieved financial growth.
Whilst it definitely helped me to grow as a person, and I loved the creative and pioneering spirit I both experienced and helped to create, as I progressed through the “ranks” I found it soul destroying to become something I was not…. tough minded, focused on short term gains, detached and ultimately burnt out.
This is Who I Am
When I left fast fashion and a career I had worked incredibly hard to progress in, I felt lost. A large part of my identity had been aligned to my job title since my mid twenties. Here I was in my late 30’s burned out and lacking in motivation and self belief.
In time, I started to realise that what I loved most was in helping people to connect with their;
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own brilliance
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aliveness and vitality
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plan to alter their career path, aligned with the truest essence of themselves.
I followed this path myself and trained with Firework to become a licensed career coach.
The most impactful transformation for me as a coach was with Co-Active Coaching. After two years of rigorous training and supervision, in 100 hours of coaching, I became a certified professional co active coach.
For over 10 years I’ve been coaching individuals, I’ve designed and led coaching programmes for small groups with the common purpose of taking bold action in fulfilling your ambitions.
My most rewarding and transformational work comes from working with people who want to invest in themselves, who recognise the fulfilment that will come from getting clear on who they are, what they want and where they’re heading.
Knowing I’ve played a part in illuminating self discovery, that led many people to have lasting change in their work and lives, is incredibly fulfilling.
My own pivotal personal transformation came about from the acceptance of my neurodivergence. This led me to become an author and an educator of all things neurodivergence.
I work with businesses with a desire to become neuroinclusive and write monthly for my substack learning community we are neurokin.
