MEET RON

My story.
My purpose.

My journey has taken me through loss, transformation, learning and self-discovery. Each step has deepened my understanding of what it means to be human and inspired the work I do today supporting others to create meaningful change.

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MY STORY

Every experience has shaped the way I support others today.

Where it began

I was born in London to Trinidadian parents and am the eldest of three siblings. My childhood was shaped by love, learning and strong family values, but also by a lack of emotional expression. From a very young age, I learned that certain feelings, questions and parts of myself were not always welcome.

By the age of four, I had already become watchful about how I behaved. My natural curiosity, sensitivity and enthusiasm often felt too much. I learned to suppress my feelings, silence my questions and adapt myself to the expectations of others. No one spoke openly about emotions, vulnerability or inner experiences, so I assumed these things were not important or acceptable.

Yet one quality remained with me: curiosity. My desire to understand people, life and myself never disappeared. Today, that same curiosity is one of my greatest strengths and forms the foundation of how I support others.

As a teenager, I volunteered with Kith and Kids, a charity supporting disabled children and their families. This experience transformed me. For the first time, I saw how every person, regardless of ability, had value, dignity and potential. Looking back, this was one of the earliest signs of my life’s purpose, even though I did not recognise it at the time.

A life of achievement but something was missing

Academic success became the one area of my life where I felt recognised and affirmed. I worked hard, gained a First Class Honours degree in Biochemistry and went on to complete doctoral research and post-doctoral work.

From the outside, my life appeared successful. Yet inwardly, I felt disconnected, uncertain and unfulfilled. My heart was not in scientific research, and despite my achievements, I struggled to understand who I really was and what I wanted from life.

Eventually, I found my way into teaching and literacy support. Working with children felt completely different. I loved helping young people overcome barriers, build confidence and discover their potential. I established a successful tutoring business and spent more than fifteen years supporting children and families.

This became some of the most meaningful work of my life. I wasn’t simply teaching reading and writing. I was helping children untangle fears, overcome blocks and believe in themselves.

Yet even while doing work I enjoyed, I carried an underlying sense of longing. I often felt restless, frustrated and disconnected from myself. I had not yet learned how to understand my emotions, express my needs or build truly meaningful connections.

The experiences that changed everything

At the age of 50, my life changed in ways I could never have imagined.

I met a beautiful, loving companion who saw me more deeply than anyone ever had before. He recognised qualities in me that had gone unnoticed for much of my life. He encouraged me to be fully myself and loved me with a tenderness and acceptance that transformed my understanding of relationships.

For the first time, I felt truly seen.
Four years later, he took his own life after a long struggle with depression and anxiety.
In an instant, everything changed.

The future we had imagined together disappeared. The grief was overwhelming. I missed his voice, his presence, his affection and the life we had created together. Suddenly, I found myself facing a depth of pain I had never known.

For years, grief became my daily companion. My body shut down under the weight of loss. Activities I once loved became impossible. Life was reduced to surviving one day at a time.

Yet within that pain, something profound began to emerge.

Grief opened my heart. It revealed wounds and patterns that had been present throughout my life. It invited me to stop running from myself and begin the work of healing.

Finding A New Way

A turning point in my healing…

A couple of years after my loss, a dear friend asked me a simple question:

“When I said that to you, you didn’t say anything. What was going on for you?”

That question stayed with me.

As I reflected on it, I began to recognise a lifelong pattern. I had learned to stay silent about what was happening inside me. For much of my life, I believed that my feelings, needs and thoughts were not acceptable or important enough to be expressed.

I realised that I had spent years reacting to challenges with an underlying belief that my needs would not be met, so I kept them hidden. Looking back, I could see how often I had prioritised pleasing others while losing connection with myself.

My grief opened the door to deeper healing. For the first time, I began consciously exploring what was happening inside me. I chose to face old wounds, understand long-standing patterns and learn how to relate to myself with greater compassion and honesty.

Slowly, I began practising aliveness again.

Instead of simply surviving, I started learning how to truly live.

Discovering Compassionate Communication

Finding the language I had been searching for all my life
During my healing journey, I found support through a local meditation group. It became a place of comfort, understanding and connection during one of the most difficult periods of my life.

Through this community, I was introduced to Nonviolent Communication (NVC), developed by Marshall Rosenberg. The moment I encountered NVC, something inside me recognised it. It felt like home.

For years, I had struggled to understand my feelings, express my needs and communicate authentically. Suddenly, I had a framework that helped me understand myself and others in a completely new way.
NVC taught me that feelings matter. Needs matter. Human connection matters. It helped me move away from blame, criticism and judgement and towards empathy, understanding and compassion.
Today, Nonviolent Communication is not simply something I practise – it is woven into the way I live and work. It continues to shape how I coach, facilitate groups and support people through life’s challenges.
The NVC community became a place where I felt deeply accepted. For the first time, I experienced genuine empathy, authentic friendship and a sense of belonging. I no longer had to carry my feelings alone.

Healing Through Embodiment

Reconnecting mind, heart and body
As the years passed, I became increasingly aware that grief had affected not only my emotions but also my body. The pain I carried had left me exhausted and disconnected from the active, energetic person I once was. I missed movement. I missed vitality. I missed feeling fully alive. My search for healing led me to the world of Embodiment.
I attended a one-day workshop and immediately felt drawn to the work. For the first time, I began to understand that transformation is not purely an intellectual process. True change happens when the mind, body and emotions work together.

This led me to train on the Embodied Facilitator Course (EFC), a ten-month programme led by Mark Walsh and Francis Briers.

The experience was transformative.
Embodiment helped me reconnect with myself in a deeper way. It gave me practical tools to develop awareness, presence and resilience. It taught me how to listen to the wisdom of the body and how physical awareness can support emotional healing.
Alongside this work, I explored Inner Child therapy, learning to recognise old patterns and unmet needs that had shaped many of my reactions throughout life.

Gradually, I learned how to care for myself with greater compassion and understanding.
The girl who once felt confused, inhibited and unable to speak her truth began to emerge.

The Work I Do Today

Helping others create meaningful change

The journey that began with curiosity, moved through achievement, loss, grief and healing, eventually led me to coaching.

Following my Embodiment training, I trained with the Coaches Training Institute (CTI) in London and became a Co-Active Life Coach.

Today, my work brings together the approaches that have transformed my own life:

Co-Active Coaching
Embodiment
Nonviolent Communication (NVC)
Compassionate self-awareness
Restorative and relational practices

I support individuals, couples, families and groups who want to build stronger relationships, communicate more effectively and reconnect with themselves.

I know what it feels like to be disconnected, uncertain and searching for something more.

I also know what it feels like to find a path towards greater self-awareness, compassion and fulfilment.

The curiosity that has been with me since childhood continues to guide my work today. I am passionate about helping people understand themselves more deeply, strengthen their relationships and create lives that feel more aligned, meaningful and alive.

Today, I feel deeply connected to purpose and meaning. Helping people experience greater happiness, connection and authenticity is not only my work – it is the calling that emerged from my own journey.