SERVICES
Explore the ways we can work together to create clarity,
confidence, and compassionate change.
Shirley's Approach
I believe clarity, compassion, and purpose are the foundations of meaningful change. Whether I’m writing, teaching, or coaching, I create spaces where people feel safe to explore, grow, and reconnect with their own strength.
Through personal stories, practical tools, and supportive guidance, I help turn complex challenges into opportunities for healing, learning, and lasting impact.
Learn & Grow
Building clarity, confidence, and compassion
Shirley is developing a range of online courses that make complex ideas easier to understand and apply in everyday life. Rooted in lived experience, professional expertise, and a deep passion for creating safe spaces, these courses are designed to help you navigate layered lives with greater clarity, confidence, and compassion.
From practical tools to reflective learning, Shirley's courses support both individuals and professionals. Whether you want to strengthen your own voice, better support others, or deepen your understanding of inclusion, you’ll find guidance you can return to again and again.
Speaking & Writing
Sharing stories, insight, and inclusion through words and voice
Shirley weaves together lived experience, deep professional knowledge, and an unwavering commitment to inclusion. Whether she’s speaking on stage or writing for publication, her work opens up honest conversations about disability, neurodiversity, trauma-informed practice, and what it truly means to create spaces where people feel seen, valued, and supported.
As a versatile writer and content creator, Shirley has a gift for turning complexity into clarity. Her writing brings empathy, structure, and insight to every project, helping audiences and readers alike connect with ideas that matter. With over two decades of experience supporting people with disabilities and health conditions, combined with expertise in training, assessment, and inclusive design, Shirley communicates with authenticity and heart.
Coaching & Mentoring
Supportive, trauma-informed spaces for growth and reflection
Shirley offers grounded coaching and reflective practice for both individuals and professionals who support others. Her work brings together over 25 years of therapeutic knowledge, disability expertise, and lived compassion to create confidential, affirming spaces for growth.
For professionals, her coaching provides time to think through challenges, build confidence, and develop inclusive, values-led practice. For individuals living with chronic illness, fatigue conditions, pain syndromes, or layered disabilities, her approach supports finding clarity, balance, and ways forward, at your own pace.
Inclusive Practice & Consultancy
Building confidence and capacity for inclusive, values-led work
Shirley partners with organisations, teams, and practitioners to develop inclusive, trauma-informed practice that truly supports people with complex and layered needs. Her consultancy combines lived experience with professional expertise in disability, neurodiversity, and health inclusion to create practical, sustainable change.
Through workshops, reflective spaces, and tailored guidance, Shirley helps you build confidence, strengthen inclusive culture, and embed values-led approaches that make a real difference in everyday practice.
Community & Connection
Where layered lives find understanding and belonging
Shirley is creating a space where people living layered lives, and those who support them, can connect with honesty and encouragement. This community is a place to share experiences, learn from one another, and feel less alone in both the challenges and the triumphs of everyday life.
Grounded in empathy and inclusivity, it will grow into a supportive hub for conversation, resources, and safe connection. Whether you are navigating disability, health conditions, caregiving, or simply want to understand layered lives more deeply, this is a space for you.
Resources & Tools
Practical support for learning, reflection, and growth
Shirley is developing a collection of resources to help you explore layered lives with empathy and understanding. These tools will offer grounded, accessible ways to learn, reflect, and move at a pace that honours your energy.
Whether you're a professional seeking inclusive strategies or someone navigating your own layered journey, you'll find thoughtful guidance here, created with clarity, compassion and lived experience.
It is no exaggeration to say I owe the completion of my degree to you guys. Understanding the reasons behind my seemingly inexplicable challenges I've lived with my whole life has been immensely comforting and reassuring. I cannot thank you enough, it's literally changed my life. I am sure I would never have managed to complete my MA without the special equipment, software and adjustments Shirley got put in place for me.
Julie
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Life can be complex, but support doesn’t have to be
Whether you’re seeking training, coaching, or consultancy, this free guide offers simple, compassionate ways to understand and support layered lives.
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