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Senior tech leaders whose minds are fast, full and on edge

When your mind is fast, overloaded or reactive, everything becomes harder than it needs to be.

Take Back Control

Get the free Back in Control Starter Kit, short series of emails with simple tools to calm your mind, ease self‑pressure, and start feeling more like yourself again.

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Feel more in control again, starting today.

The Back in Control Starter Kit is for senior tech leaders with fast minds and full plates who feel mentally scattered and under constant pressure.

If your head feels like it has 100 tabs open and never fully powers down, you do not need another productivity trick. You need simple ways to calm your mind, ease the self‑pressure, and start feeling more like yourself again.

Take Back Control

Claim your FREE Back in Control Starter Kit and get a few short emails to help you steady your mind and feel more in control again.

Fast minds, full plates, constant pressure

You are sharp, capable, and the one people count on.

But inside, it feels like your thoughts come at you with unbearable volume and speed, constant mental static chews up your bandwidth, and you are always “on” and braced, but rarely at rest. You snap faster than you want to, then replay things in your head. By the end of the day, you are exhausted, not just from the work, but from your own mind.

You can keep going like this, but there is a cost. You start to feel unlike yourself. A version of you feels missing.

This is not a time management problem. It is what happens when overload disconnects you from yourself.

Hi, I'm Alison.

I help senior tech leaders who feel mentally scattered and under constant pressure make sense of what is going on inside, dial down that internal pressure, and feel like themselves again: steady, calm, and confident they can handle whatever comes.

As an ex-Microsoft leader, multi neurodivergent human, and someone who has walked through burnout and back, I know what it is like to look in control on the outside while unravelling inside. I use science backed mental fitness and self leadership coaching to help you lead from a steadier place than you have ever known.

More About Me

If your head feels like it has 100 tabs open and never fully powers down, you do not need another productivity trick.

You need simple ways to calm your mind, ease the pressure, and feel more like yourself again.

Ways to Work with Me

Through 1 to 1 coaching, we can work together to help you make sense of what is going on inside, dial down the internal pressure, and feel like yourself again: steady, calm, and confident you can handle whatever comes.

  • Signal Check Assessment 
    First, you complete an online assessment to discover how your mind reacts under pressure. Then we debrief together. You leave with a clear picture of your main mental hijackers and 1 to 3 specific shifts to reduce overwhelm and pressure.

  • Pilot Your Mind: Mental Fitness
    An 8-week guided Positive Intelligence® program with regular 1 to 1 coaching. I help you build simple daily practices that make your mind feel calmer, clearer, and easier to lead.

  • Pilot Your Mind: 1 to 1 Self Leadership Coaching
    Ongoing 1 to 1 coaching to help you understand yourself, steady yourself, and choose your response in real work and life situations, so you feel together, like yourself again, and trust yourself under pressure.
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What My Clients Say

“Your duty of care as a coach really sets you apart and you created a very safe space me to be able to share freely.”
Emma GoodeDigital Founder, UK
“Alison was incredible with her approach and coaching techniques. She has a way of creating a relaxed and trusting vibe, which really helped guide me through our sessions.”
Karina BondereSalon Owner, UK
“Alison is an exceptionally talented coach and an engaging and intuitive communicator. She’s compassionate, kind, smart, and super attentive.”
Sally DayChief Creator & Book Club Host, Saltoria Marketing, UK
“Alison’s good and thoughtful about trying to get underneath the skin of what’s going to be the best approach for you and tailoring what she does to pull what she needs to get out of you.”
Caroline,Financial Services Leader, UK
“I can recommend Alison as an excellent coach, who has great calibration skills and a vast amount of knowledge and experience upon which to draw.”
Bruce Grimley, MD, Achieving Lives Ltd, UK
“Alison’s zone of genius in guiding people to harness their self-existing strengths and talents and taking authentic action in their lives has had a hugely positive impact on my life.”
Angela Penton,Maecon Infrastructure Services, Canada
“Alison is gifted at connecting with people! She listens with compassion, communicates openly and honestly, and is consistently authentic. She is one of the most genuine people I've met, with a kind and tender heart for others. Alison's not afraid to challenge one's assumptions and paradigms to ensure them the opportunity to look at life through a different lens, allowing them to live their truth.”
Vic ClesceriFounder, Chief Sherpa, US
“The biggest outcome for me was finally finishing the book I had put off for over 10 years. Your coaching was instrumental in helping me clear out mental clutter and focus on this long-standing project. Additionally, the process helped me to truly understand my own values and motivations, which has improved how I approach both personal and professional challenges.”
JamesIT Services Leader, UK
“I came exhausted and aimless. The way Pilot Your Mind is designed, plus Alison’s support, has given me practical, science based tools that work with my ADHD brain, so I feel steadier inside, more in control, and better able to handle pressure without losing myself.”
JCommunications Lead, UK
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When you Pilot Your Mind, everything gets easier to lead

You do not need to become a different person. You need a better way to work with your mind. When your inner world feels calmer and more organised, leadership, relationships, and everyday life all feel lighter.

Latest Blog Posts

On the blog I share short, practical shifts to help senior tech leaders stay clear and steady under pressure. You can browse recent posts and resources here.

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