helping you smile through tough times

Emma is a keynote speaker, thought leader and transformational workshop facilitator, whose pioneering SMILE framework helps people navigate stress, uncertainty and grief.

She draws on her postgraduate training in the Psychology and Neuroscience of Mental Health, frontline work as a Mental Health Trainer at Mind, and profound lived experience.

Emma supported her husband through 7 years of living with stage 4 cancer, before his death in 2024. She shares her story in her winning Moth talk. 

She is now a solo, home educating parent to two neurodivergent children with anaphylactic allergies.  

She embodies her work and weaves resilience and compassion with an unwavering commitment to helping others to become unstuck and find moments of joy and calm in the chaos.

Emma is an experienced health writer and author. She has written for numerous publications including The Times, The Guardian, The Independent, The Sun and The Metro. 

Her best-selling book, Living With Allergies, was published in 2019 and she released a follow up children's book, You, Me and Food Allergies, the following year 

Emma developed the UK's first mental health app for people managing long-term health conditions. She won a place on the prestigious KCL business accelerator programme and secured Innovate funding to build the technology. Her team of mental health professionals provided help toe hundreds of patients and carers using her SMILE framework. 

Alongside her public-facing work, Emma is an accomplished corporate communications consultant, having trained hundreds of global organisations including Cambridge University, Rolls Royce, Deloitte, NHS, Warner Hotels, London Business School, Deutsche Bank and UNICEF.