It was March 2006. I was 33 years old and responsible for $1.6bn and out of the blue, I walked into the founder’s office and resigned from the company and the job I loved.

I was an analyst and portfolio manager in the fund of funds business, making investments in hedge funds, and tasked with understanding what differentiated great investments from good investments.

Despite my natural ability to spot potential and my rigorous due diligence process, refined over hundreds of investments, I knew I was missing something.

 Increasingly, I suspected that something could never be captured in any due diligence process.

Grainne - About

I had moved to New York in 2002 and shortly afterwards developed an allergic reaction to something in my environment. I consulted with experts, started eating a more plant-based diet, drank less alcohol, exercised more, discovered yoga and meditation, acquired an executive coach and was fascinated by how these changes impacted on my energy levels, my focus and concentration, my mood, as well as my productivity. My career went from strength to strength and I was amazed by the performance edge these lifestyle changes were giving me and by the fact that I was so much happier and confident in myself.

I began to wonder if the internal state of the people I invested with was the difference in their success or failure. 

I decided to retire from finance and retrain as an executive coach so that I could devote myself to exploring this.

Twenty years on, having spent years training as an executive coach and exploring the most cutting edge, far reaching techniques available to us, I have no doubt that my suspicions were well founded. I understand so much more about the relationship between the body and mind, the conscious and the unconscious, which when put into practice, are completely transformative for human performance and productivity.

I am passionate about sharing what I’ve learned so others can live their true potential and create a life that brings them health, happiness and fulfilment.

If you are ready to experience greater wellbeing and success in all areas of your life, get in touch and let’s talk about how I can support you.

Testimonials

Gráinne is very warm and has a trusting energy. I feel very fortunate to have come across someone with such an interesting approach and sense for the spirit and soul.

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Grainne’s support made a remarkable difference to my wellbeing. She helped me manage burnout during a crisis and provided tools to make me feel resourced and supported.

Grainne has been instrumental in helping me balance my work and home life more effectively. She gave me frameworks, offered thoughtful questions, and relevant resources that helped me feel grounded while managing competing priorities, making this balance not just achievable but sustainable.

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My coach Grainne guides and nurtures all of me, as a leader and as a human being.

I am the co-lead of a team of 89 FTEs in Europe, going through an internal change process in Europe and I highly appreciate Grainne’s professional background. She knows what I am talking about when I tell her about the challenges in my leadership role.

Her powerful coaching enables me to look at my challenges from different angles. I love the unique mix of tools and methods Grainne brings to our sessions – always showing up with her heart and mind. She lives her values and her teachings. We structure my organigram, we put major topics or colleagues into constellations so that I can see more clearly where I stand thus being able to act in a more thought through way. Grainne guides me through Yoga Nidra sessions that empower me on stressful days. I particularly enjoy it when Grainne takes me on a visualization journey that enables me to go so much deeper and discover hidden solutions.

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Working with Grainne has been incredibly insightful for me. She creates a safe space to explore the root of what’s holding you back and encourages you to discover what you truly want.

Her approach guides you through challenges with warmth, kindness, and insight.

She’s inspiring and genuinely invested in your growth. I always leave our sessions feeling clearer, more self aware and confident.

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Grainne and Mark [Harrod]’s work with our senior leadership team at The Young Foundation created a genuinely safe and productive space for us to work on some of the key issues relating to culture and ways of working, both within the leadership team and more widely.

I can wholeheartedly recommend their approach, their professionalism, wisdom and empathy in this work.

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Grainne skilfully helps individuals and teams tap into a hidden energy, resource, wisdom and power to reach new levels of productivity and performance. 

She brings a wealth of her own knowledge, wisdom and techniques to resource the people she supports and does so with a calmness and energy that is always welcomed. 

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Grainne has a super style, she is an individual who puts individuals at ease whilst also being able to ask the questions which will open up both the individual and team thinking.

She also has an innate curiosity and therefore researched all the key information which would enable us to consider some key questions and get some key answers!

She is a skillful influencer as not everyone on the team was originally supportive of our approach but now recognise the value of the work we have done.

I think the proof is in our results, we have surpassed our wide ranging goals.

Personally I am truly grateful to Grainne for her support as initially I was the person driving this change, the great thing is that it is now owned by the team which speaks for itself.

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