Who is this Crazy Person you ask?
So my name is Sarah K – SK –
whatever – ive been called all sorts
– the good – the bad and the ugly!
I come from an Irish Immigrant family, I’m first generation on both sides to be born outside of Southern Ireland. I’ve grown up on one hand with all the experiences and opportunities any normal person could possibly dream of but yet have spent a lot of my life unhappy, sad, living with inner turmoil because fitting in, having friends ahs never been easy for me. My environment at home was very controlled and very strict, and very very focused on academia and extra curricular activities. When you have parents that have come from absolutely nothing, extremely poor backgrounds and difficult upbringings, this will have an influence on how they raise you. It could have gone all number of ways but for us, my parents ambition for us was that we had everything we needed to get up the ladder and live a successful life / career because they had it hard.
Anyways more about that another time. I went to school, I went to secondary school, and then it was college. I was back at 6th form within a fortnight because I realised very quickly – without structure, discipline, a pre populated itinerary with what I was doing and when, I was going to end up living in a bus station. I just didn’t have a clue how to survive. Ive been raised to be independent and I am- very – but – im a late starter and I have to be shown things first, well for a long time.
My brain works backwards, I don’t understand things like most people do, Im hyper sensitive and very creative. I have a horrendous attention span and I cannot cope if I don’t have many plates spinning. Most who know me – work with me – know me to be chaotic. So I struggle with normal life more than most realise – if youre out there – reading this and understanding because you relate – hello hello hello.
I went to Durham University – did a BA in Anthropology & Sociology and then a Masters in Strategic, Global Business Mgt which I specialised in HR. Im OBSESSED with people, cultures and behaviour and spent a lot of time at uni falling in love with Freud.
I left uni and have been working for – what 15 years since? Wow!! WHERE has that time gone? Ive worked in all sectors, in a range of different organisations, both as an employed person and also as an external. I don’t fit in any of them.
I had a breakdown about 10 years ago – ive recently closed that chapter on my life as I am really ready for the next stage – ill talk to you about decluttering as we develop our friendship, amongst other things that help to shift and up level you. But this was the period of my life where real change started to happen. The change has been gradual and each part of my journey more staccato in my realisation of what each transition is doing for me and my growth. I left perm employment in 2016 and set up by myself which is where the HR Hive journey started.
Along this journey and even before this specific 10 years – emotional / mental health has been a key aspect as has the neuroscience and neurodiversity that sits alongside / behind it.
I became an accredited MHFA England instructor a few years ago and work with other instructors to deliver courses that hopefully don’t feel boring and heavy when they are on such deep matters.
Learning is an incredible gift we are all capable of – in our own ways maybe but its how you take that learning and grow throughout life that’s important.
Alongside this – I have developed two other key brands which in reality are all directly linked because everything I do – its all centred on and focused on the human being – how a person thinks feels and behaves. How, why?
I coach a number of different people and have done, Im chief coach for myself and if I didn’t practice what I preach then I can whole heartedly say to you that I wouldn’t be here. There have been some dark times, but ive turned a massive corner and that is why im ready to uplevel to the next stage and close off a very painful chapter.
Im excited for the next chapter, im excited to meet you, learn about you and see what happens. Life is a big adventure and I am an explorer. I want to learn, I want to grow, I want to live.
Things might seem a bit abstract at times but that’s usually designed that way – if it doesn’t impact you then you don’t think, and if you don’t think then you aren’t living.
Until next time – bye for now.