PhD in Education | Exam Prep & Exam Anxiety
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Alongside running a successful Yoga & Wellness Studio, I hold a PhD in Education, with a particular specialism in educational wellness. I have over 20 years’ experience working in student wellbeing and education across a wide range of schools and age groups.
My core expertise is exam preparation and exam anxiety. I work annually with several schools, supporting students to build confidence, regulation, and the cognitive and emotional skills needed to perform well under pressure.
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I am currently looking to expand my work in education and educational wellness and am keen to collaborate with tutoring agencies whose values align with a holistic approach to academic excellence.
I have over 20 years’ experience working in schools across Northern Ireland in citizenship and global education, alongside a long-standing focus on student wellbeing. I completed a PhD in Education at Queen’s University Belfast, researching education in divided societies, while simultaneously co-founding and scaling what became the largest yoga studio in Northern Ireland.
Through this work, I developed and delivered a range of teen programmes and consulted with schools around educational wellness, stress, mental fitness, and helping students understand how stress impacts learning and performance.
I later worked as a Mind Ambassador for a physical and mental health charity, where my focus was on neuroscience-informed education — supporting young people to understand how their brains work as a foundation for confidence, resilience, and effective learning.
This combined background ultimately led me to specialise in exam preparation and exam anxiety, supporting students to perform well under pressure using evidence-based, neuroscience-led strategies grounded in research and practice.
I am an education and EA-procured facilitator specialising in educational wellness, with extensive experience working in schools across Greater Belfast and beyond. A significant part of my work has been with Reverse the Trend, a neuroscience-informed mental health charity, where I served as a Mind Ambassador.
In this role, I delivered in-school and online programmes focused on stress, mental health, and learning from a neuroscience perspective. Alongside direct school visits, I developed and recorded a structured six-week digital programme used consistently across primary and secondary schools. Students engaged daily with neuroscience-based learning content and short mindfulness or regulation practices designed to support focus, emotional resilience, and engagement with learning.
Through this blended, scalable approach, my work has reached over 89,000 children across Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, and England.
Alongside this, I have worked for over a decade as a Student Wellness Specialist in secondary schools and graduate programmes, delivering workshops on exam anxiety, stress management, and emotional wellbeing, supporting students to develop the cognitive and emotional skills needed for academic success and performance under pressure.
