About

My career has been a portfolio one, which means I understand many different languages from different fields. I trained as a teacher and taught biology, art and science. After completing my probationary year of teaching in Surrey I took up a post in Kenya. I returned to England and studied nutrition at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. I took up a post at LSHTM as a researcher and the following year moved to Kenya and later Nepal. When I returned to England I worked in academia and then for the National Health Service. I became a Consultant in Public Health and trained as a coach.

I am also an artist and like to paint on silk and this has led to the name of my blog; as it means Marion’s Silk Workshop. I have been looking for a way of bringing creativity and coaching together. I have found this in the use of Intentional Creativity in coaching. My particular interest is in ’embodied leadership’.

I have lots of inspiration all around me and I owe my personal resilience to my surroundings. I love to go for walks and often take my camera with me. You will find lots of my photographs of things that have touched me and that lead to some of my paintings. I also love to write and sometimes a painting inspires some words so you will find some of my poetry interspersed within my blog posts.

I am currently writing a book on Embodied Leadership. I am interviewing women as part of that process. If you would be interested in being interviewed please do get in touch through my contact page. I will be sharing more about this project as it unfolds.