One-to-One Coaching

Therapeutic Support

One-to-One Coaching

Therapeutic Support

My Coaching and Therapeutic Services

I’m an integrative therapist, accredited mindfulness teacher, meditation guide, and personal empowerment coach. For over a decade, I’ve been supporting people with their personal growth journey, helping them heal emotionally in a way that feels accessible, reconnect with their true selves, make sense of their inner world, and create lasting, meaningful change in their lives.

My work is grounded in a holistic, trauma-informed approach that honours the connection between mind, body, and nervous system. I draw on a diverse blend of modalities including mindfulness, somatic and polyvagal-informed practices, talk therapy, guided meditation, internal family systems, and coaching. I also bring a deep understanding of human psychology, emotional healing, and family/relationship dynamics into sessions to understand how previous experiences can influence today’s challenges, behaviours and state of wellbeing.

With a Diploma in Counselling Skills, a certification in coaching, and Mindfulness Teaching accreditation through the Mindfulness Association, I’ve spent over 12 years immersed in the study of the mind-body connection, trauma, and personal transformation. My style is compassionate, empowering and collaborative—I meet you where you are, and together we explore what’s holding you back, where you want to go, and how to get there.

Clients often come to me when they feel stuck, in transition, in crisis, overwhelmed, anxious, or disconnected. Whether you’re navigating emotional difficulties, struggling with stress, or wanting to feel more at peace in your life, I offer a safe, grounded space to slow down, reflect, and find a positive way forward. Sessions may include reflective conversation, guided practices, nervous system support, and practical tools tailored to your needs and goals.

I also create and share custom meditation audios and videos to support your ongoing home practice, helping you build inner resilience, self-awareness and emotional balance beyond the sessions. These components then provide the foundations for improvements across all aspects of your life, including a deeper connection and fulfillment in your relationships.

At the heart of my work is a belief in your capacity to heal, grow, and come home to your true self—fully, gently, and at your own pace.

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About Gary

I grew up in West Edinburgh with my parents and my older sister where I developed a love for travel, adventure, music and sport, in particular football. I played competitively until I was 35 years old.

My earliest introduction to my current career path was through my father’s serious, recurring, mental health issues, when I was 6 years old, which resulted in long spells in psychiatric hospital.
I had to grow up pretty quickly and in the years that followed I learned a lot about the human mind, depression and the affects it can have on individuals and families without access to the right knowledge, tools and support system. This passion became the catalyst for the creation of The Mindful Enterprise in 2016.

Prior to this, I worked in Financial Services, where I spent 23 years managing large, complex change in the Retail Banking sector as a project / programme manager. I enjoyed the lifestyle it gave me but I felt unfulfilled and was being pulled in a different direction. During the last 6 years of my corporate career I started to explore self development through energy healing (reiki), meditation, mindfulness, therapy / self healing, inner child work, mindful movement, breath work and more recently practices based on SOMATIC and Polyvagal Theory. I completed my Mindfulness Teacher training, various other online courses on coaching, peer to peer support, emotional CPR, movement (Qigong), the nervous system and a diploma in Counselling skills.

My journey with mindfulness in particular has been one of the most important interventions in my life. It’s helped me to become conscious, self aware, centred and compassionate and create a healthy, wholesome lifestyle. I’ve focused with dedication on my own emotional healing journey, healing the relationship with myself and my dad and family relationships have deepened. This journey has equipped me well to support others on a similar path, ensuring that my work comes from a place of embodied experience not just learned from a text book, which creates a safe, secure and non-judgmental space for individuals to open up and be their full selves.

I find one to one work hugely rewarding, it feels natural and an honour to walk the path of personal growth together. I look forward to our introduction.

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Companies & people I’ve worked with

“I was put in touch with Gary as I was going through an extremely difficult time with my anxiety and panic attacks. To me the worst was always going to happen, regardless of what it was I would see the worst happening and it was controlling my life to the point I lost myself completely apart from being a wife, mum, friend and daughter I didn’t know who I was anymore. After my first session with Gary he let me offload, I just explained everything, my fears and worries and straight away I felt at ease. This man who I didn’t know was listening and I actually felt heard, for once I didn’t think I was crazy. After learning breathing techniques, listening to how the mind works and how our body works. Everything clicked! Gary really helped me, I thought I was always going to be sad and always see bad things happening but now my outlook is so different. I’m positive, I’m so much kinder to myself, I am looking after my body by what I’m eating and moving more. These are all things Gary helped me understand and taught me how to process my feelings/thoughts. Now I welcome any thoughts and think of the positives, I’m the happiest I’ve ever been, the fittest I’ve ever been and my anxiety has calmed down so much I haven’t had a panic attack since.”

“Gary took on quite a challenge with me as prior to taking me on as a client I suffered a severe mental breakdown which led to CPTSD and other related issues that were keeping me from making healthy choices in my life (especially in relationships). I have seen quite a few therapists and psychotherapists previously but Gary was the only one that I really felt I knew and trusted. I felt I was seen as a ‘whole person’ rather than a list of diagnoses to be fixed. I am still a ‘work in progress’ but I feel hope for the first time in years and with the tools Gary has given me along with his shining a light always on exactly what I need to focus on and heal I know I have been given the blueprint to living in a new way, an authentic life.” Testimonial from K (female)

“The sessions with Gary for my teenager son suffering with anxiety were absolutely invaluable. The 1-2-1 sessions were informal, relaxed and counselling without feeling like counselling. These sessions led our son through a difficult time, with good feedback given to us/his parents but the sessions themselves very much private between our son and Gary. Can highly recommend, have already highly recommended and if necessary will call on Gary again in the future.” Testimonial from parent J about her son aged 14

“I was able to understand why I was feeling the way that I did and then take control of it. Ultimately made me more resilient and a better person to be around. I was stronger, happier and more content after just a few sessions. I have also been given life skills that will support me for the long term. Gary doesn’t offer quick fixes, but long term solutions.” Testimonial from D (female)

“At the time I was severely depressed. Gary understood my needs and got to the root problem of my depression. Through a unique and individual meditation Gary walked me through and talked me through healing some old pain. On top of that, Gary is an awesome mindfulness coach and gives great practices that work for the individual in their day to day lives.” Testimonial from K (male)

“Gary’s support allowed me to process trauma, apply perspective, and understand how my childhood had influenced my feelings and decisions as an adult. Once I begun to piece the jigsaw together, he gave me the skills to navigate my own mind, teaching me how to apply mindfulness into my day to day, and most importantly, he somehow taught me how to forgive and forget. I met Gary at probably the lowest point in my life. I had issues with commitment, couldn’t process trauma, was verging on the edge of insomnia and self medicating with alcohol. Nowadays, I am sober, have a beautiful family and I have rediscovered my passions and general zest for life. There’s no doubt in my mind that Gary’s support was a massive enabler for me.” Testimonial from J (male)

“I am grateful for finding Gary and The Mindful Enterprise at a time when things were difficult in my life. He showed me kindness and compassion right from the start and listened to me with an open heart. Both group work and one to ones have helped me make the steps I needed to deal with real life situations and feel like a more complete person. I couldn’t be more grateful for the compassion and support he showed me.” Testimonial from S (male)

“The therapy helped me to release shame around deep emotions from past experiences. I was able to dig into situations that shaped who I was negatively and transcend these stories that have not served me. The coaching I have received has propelled me into a new story where I do have self belief and confidence to overcome self doubts around shaping a career for myself. The impact has been profound, I have grown a lot with Gary’s approach to self empowerment. I still have work to do, but I feel a big shift in my habits and choices.” Testimonial from P (female)

“The sessions have transformed the way I approach everyday situations in my business but also in my personal life. Its made me a stronger person while becoming a better leader.” Testimonial from S (male)

“There are more positive benefits than I can count. But the most positive is it just helps me feel lighter. I finish every session feeling like there’s a little less burden on my shoulders than when I started. It’s a very non-judgemental, safe, and comfortable environment, which makes sharing easy. I came to the sessions to support with a social anxiety issue. Whilst they’ve helped greatly reduce this, additional unexpected benefits are better sleep, improved confidence, a deeper understanding of myself, better relationships and much more. Can’t recommend enough.” Testimonial from P (male)

“The sessions with Gary very quickly made me open up and tackle some issues I have had for years and I have never spoken about to anyone, by doing this it made me think clearer and understand what was holding me back and the way forward. We made a very clear set of goals and how to get there. Gary has a way of making you feel relaxed and able to open up and discuss obstacles and clear strategies for making improvements in your personal and professional life. I’m forever grateful for his time and the opportunity to meet him.” Testimonial from C (male)

“Combining the 8 week mindfulness course along with 1-2-1 sessions with Gary, I instantly felt a weight lift from my shoulders as I have been provided with the tools to better understand and cope with my mental wellbeing. Gary provided an outlook on my past which led me to understand the reason and journey I was on to almost burnout. Although still working on understanding and navigating better mental wellbeing related to work, I have seen the benefits from working with Gary. My relationship with my partner has a new lease of life and I can see how what I have learned and the changes I have made will benefit the relationship between me and my son as he grows. Finding a way to mentally manage thoughts and let them drift away without getting entangled with them has allowed me to find a solution to getting a full night sleep and not being stuck in frantic thoughts at 3am in the morning. I am still on a journey but without Gary’s input I would still be at the beginning lost without any direction.” Testimonial from R (male)

“It’s helped me validate my own existence. I feel like I’m allowed to stand on my decisions. I don’t need to look up or down to consider. You’ve helped me slow down the chatter so I can listen to what I am meant to hear. I had felt invisible for a long time and these sessions provided a safe space for me to be witnessed in my own pain. It was empowering to finally have my emotions and the life decisions I was making validated. The process has also helped me become more aware and able to spot projection from others, so that I can respond accordingly. I’m proud of how I’ve been handling difficult situations and relationship dynamics where I’m now trusting my voice and establishing healthy boundaries that protect me and my boys from the unpredictability’s and unhealthy behaviours of others who have not yet sought help for their trauma and dysfunction.” Testimonial from K (female)