About Me
Healthy Leadership for a changing world
I help leaders restore the health of their inner world so they can lead with clarity, calm and sustainable impact.
For more than two decades, I’ve worked at the intersection of neuroscience, human behaviour, wellbeing and leadership performance. My work is grounded in a simple truth:
Healthy leaders create healthy cultures — and healthy cultures outperform.
Today’s leaders are navigating unprecedented complexity, emotional load and pressure. Many are overwhelmed, reactive or running on depleted systems that were never designed for the pace they’re expected to sustain. Traditional leadership development doesn’t address this.
Human physiology does.
My approach strengthens the whole leader — mentally, emotionally, relationally and systemically. I help high‑achieving professionals move from:
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Overwhelm → clarity
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Reactivity → regulation
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Pressure → presence
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Exhaustion → sustainable performance
This is the transformation at the heart of Healthy Leadership.
My Philosophy: Leadership Begins in the Nervous System
Leadership is not just cognitive. It’s physiological.
When a leader’s nervous system is overloaded, it affects everything — decision‑making, communication, relationships, culture and wellbeing. When the system is regulated, leaders become clearer, calmer and more connected.
My work integrates:
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Neuroscience — understanding how the brain and nervous system shape behaviour
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Health & Wellbeing — restoring energy, resilience and capacity
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Human‑Centred Leadership — strengthening trust, empathy and psychological safety
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Systems Thinking — seeing the leader, team and culture as one interconnected ecosystem
This creates deep, sustainable change — not quick fixes.
What I Believe
Leadership can be both high‑performing and deeply healthy.
You don’t have to choose between impact and wellbeing.
Clarity is a health practice.
A regulated mind sees more, hears more and leads more effectively.
Presence is influence.
Calm, grounded leaders shift rooms, relationships and cultures.
Healthy cultures start with healthy leaders.
The internal state of the leader becomes the emotional climate of the team.
Sustainable leadership is human leadership.
Connection, empathy and psychological safety are performance drivers.
My Background
I am an MCC ICF‑credentialed coach, PREKURE Health Coach, facilitator and leadership specialist with deep expertise in:
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Neuroscience‑informed coaching
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Health and wellbeing coaching
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Mental health and resilience
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Human behaviour and emotional intelligence
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Leadership development and culture transformation
I’ve supported leaders across industries, sectors and levels — from emerging leaders to senior executives — helping them navigate complexity with clarity, presence and grounded confidence.
My work is known for being:
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Calm and deeply human
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Evidence‑based and practical
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Emotionally intelligent and system‑aware
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Warm, grounded and transformative
Why I Do This Work
I’ve seen the cost of unhealthy leadership — burnout, disconnection, reactivity, fractured teams and cultures that feel heavy.
And I’ve seen what becomes possible when leaders restore their health, clarity and presence.
They become more influential.
More connected.
More strategic.
More human.
More themselves.
Healthy Leadership doesn’t just change leaders.
It changes the people they lead — and the systems they shape.
If you’re ready to lead with clarity, calm and sustainable impact,
I’d love to support you.
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"Working with Diana has helped me unlock and move through some personal and professional challenges in such a positive way. Diana enabled me to uncover my own insights, create strategies for change and empowering visions, and realise potential that had been laying dormant. After my work with Diana I feel a renewed sense of confidence and calm about where I am headed and about realising my potential"
Bronwyn -Senior Leader and Strategic Consultant
