About Liv

Get to know the founder of Liv Well Collective.

Meet Olivia - Founder of the Liv Well Collective

You’re probably here because you want to know a bit more about me. Before the credentials, I want you to know this: the version of me you see now was built slowly and not always gracefully.

I’ve lived with mental health challenges since my early teens, when bullying at school left me with little confidence and a habit of shape-shifting to fit in. For a long time I didn’t really know who I was.

Work was where I came alive. I trained as a teacher, spent ten years leading writing across my city and became a Headteacher, taking a school from special measures to Ofsted “Outstanding”. But behind the scenes my personal life was falling apart. Just before I turned 30 I left a difficult relationship, moved back in with my parents and hit rock bottom.

So I did the work: therapy, coaching, mentors, books, podcasts. I’ve invested tens of thousands of pounds in my own growth and never regretted a penny. Slowly, everything changed. I remember thinking: if I can do this, anybody can.

What I learned is that achievement is rarely the problem. Alignment is. You don’t have to struggle alone and you don’t have to wait until you feel ready.

With love,
Liv

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Liv Leadership Coach

“Every morning, every decision, is a chance to define who we really are.”

15+ years in education leadership
Headteacher: special measures to Ofsted “Outstanding”
10 years leading writing outcomes across a city
Proven track record supporting and improving system leadership
Experience leading teams and culture change
Qualified professional coach (Mindful Talent)
Member of the Association for Coaching
Lifelong learner in psychology, leadership and neuroscience

From Leadership to Liv Well

As my life turned around, so did everything else: a new relationship, my own home, better health, new hobbies and friendships. With that growth came a harder question about my career. Nothing was wrong exactly, but I’d started listening to my intuition and it was telling me it was time to grow. So I bet on myself. I created Liv Well Collective, trained as a professional coach with Mindful Talent and immersed myself in neuroscience, something that has fascinated me for years.

My work isn’t about avoiding hardship, because the hard seasons are part of what shapes us. It’s about helping leaders and ambitious people lead, work and live differently, so they can excel and still live an enriched life. Today I’m building a life on my own terms in a new country. I hope it shows you what’s possible when you stop waiting and start choosing.
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Liv Leadership Coach

Why this work matters

I believe we need new kinds of spaces. Spaces where ambition and wellbeing coexist.

Where leadership is human as well as strategic.
Where success doesn’t require self-abandonment. Sometimes those spaces are conversations. Sometimes they are workshops. Sometimes they are communities.

And one day, I hope they will also be physical places - environments designed intentionally for rest, reflection, learning and recovery in a world that rarely slows down.

Liv Well is the beginning of that vision.

A little more about me: I’m a qualified professional coach, trained with Mindful Talent, a member of the Association for Coaching and the founder of Liv Well Collective. After more than fifteen years in education leadership, I now work with ambitious individuals and forward-thinking organisations to sustain high performance without self-sacrifice. I bring together leadership insight, lived experience and science-informed wellbeing through 1:1 and group coaching, workshops, masterclasses and keynotes, including to audiences of thousands at the ICC Birmingham.