Living and Leading With Love
“Zoe is a true visionary.”
Donna Ashworth
Sunday Times bestselling poet and author
Author | Speaker |Celebrant
Transformational Coach
Creating space for people to return to themselves, live and lead with love, and carry that love into the world around them.
I believe love changes everything.
It is the lifeblood of growth, the quiet force behind meaningful leadership, thriving communities, strong families, and lives lived with purpose. My work is devoted to helping people lead and live from this place of deeper connection.
I believe life is a pilgrimage. Each day, we are invited to return to ourselves, to one another, and to what matters most. We can choose fear and division, or we can choose courage, compassion, and love.
My invitation is simple:
Walk gently. Love deeply. Be fully yourself.
And wherever your journey takes you, keep carrying the flame. Love is the Way.
Loved into Being
Helping you reconnect with the wholeness that has always lived within you.
Transformational coaching with me is rooted in love, wholeness, and the belief that every person already holds within them the wisdom they seek.
There is no blueprint for growth and no single path to becoming who you are meant to be. Each coaching journey begins with a blank canvas, creating space to explore what matters most, uncover new perspectives, and allow what is uniquely yours to emerge.
I believe lasting transformation happens when we come home to ourselves with compassion, courage, and love. My role is to walk alongside you as you rediscover your own wisdom, reclaim your authentic voice, and begin to write a love story rooted in who you truly are.
Together, we create a space where you can set down what no longer serves you and listen more deeply to what is calling you forward. A space where curiosity flourishes, awareness grows, and the seeds of possibility begin to take root. I walk alongside you with compassion, honesty, and faith in your potential, helping you trust the wisdom of your own heart and remember who you are beneath the expectations, busyness, and noise of life.
Sometimes what we are seeking is not out there to be found, but within us to be remembered, embraced, and loved.
Celebrant & Holder of Sacred Gatherings
Creating Ceremonies Crafted with Love
There are moments in life that ask us to pause.
Moments of joy and celebration. Moments of remembrance and grief. Moments of transition, commitment, blessing and new beginnings.These are the thresholds that shape our lives.
As an interfaith celebrant and holder of sacred gatherings, I create and lead bespoke ceremonies that honour the unique story, beliefs, values and spirit of every individual, family and community. Whether rooted in faith, spirituality, nature, humanist traditions, or simply the power of love and connection, each ceremony is thoughtfully crafted to reflect what matters most to you.
My approach is guided by a simple belief:
Love is the thread that connects every human story.
Drawing on my work as a leader, coach, author, speaker and interfaith minister-in-training, I create ceremonies that are personal, meaningful and deeply heartfelt. Together, we weave words, memories, music, readings, ritual and reflection into a ceremony that feels authentic and true.
Ceremonies I Offer:
Celebrations of Life and Funerals
Weddings and Commitment Ceremonies
Blessings and Life Transitions
Sacred Gatherings and Community Ceremonies
Kind Words
"So many people came to speak to our family after the service to say it was the most moving funeral service they had ever attended."
"You made Karen's Celebration of Life come alive with her spirit of filled with fun, love and joy. Thank you."
Speaker & Events Curator
I believe the most powerful events do more than share knowledge. They create connection, spark new thinking, and inspire people to lead with greater courage, authenticity and purpose.
As a keynote speaker, coach and leadership author, I bring together over 25 years of leadership, entrepreneurship and social impact experience to speak on topics including heart-led leadership, women in leadership, culture, resilience and leading through change. I also curate and host leadership gatherings, retreats and conferences, creating meaningful spaces where people can step away from the noise, reconnect with themselves and engage in courageous conversations.
Through many women in leadership events, I have brought together senior women leaders to explore how leadership can be both ambitious and deeply human. Whether delivering a keynote, facilitating a panel discussion or designing a bespoke leadership experience, my aim is simple: to help people leave feeling inspired, empowered and more connected to who they are and the impact they want to make in the world.
Kind Words
"The Women's Leadership event changed my life. I left with greater confidence, clarity and a renewed belief in what is possible.""Zoe creates a rare blend of challenge, inspiration and connection. You leave feeling seen, energised and ready to lead differently."
My book Crafted by Heart is a bold reimagining of women’s leadership for women leading teams, families, communities, organisations—or their own lives—who seek clarity, conscience, strength, softness, conviction, and care.
Through seven grounded invitations, intimate storytelling, poetry, and reflective practices, this book reframes leadership as something lived and deeply human, rooted in courage, compassion, creativity, truth, and the joy of being fully, fiercely yourself.
At the heart of this vision is my experience founding my charity, Silk Elephant, during the COVID pandemic. I honour the remarkable women who stepped forward—women who stitched comfort into care, turning their homes into hubs of fierce generosity and shared strength. Their hands and hearts transformed a time of fear into a circle of community, reshaping my understanding of true leadership.
The books also weaves in my own lived experiences of grief, divorce, mental health challenges and living with complex PTSD - moments that shaped my understanding of what it truly means to rebuild a life from the inside out. I offer readers the permission to honour their own healing.
From boardrooms to kitchen tables, moments of grief to acts of everyday bravery, this book meets you where you are and invites you to rise. Inspired by Saint Brigid - the flame keeper - I invite readers to meet Bridget, the quiet, courageous leader within us all.
The fire has already been lit.
This book shows you how to tend it.
Reach Out
To get in touch with Zoë for Celebrant bookings, coaching or keynote speaking opportunities, please feel free to drop an email here or leave a message below.
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