HEY, I'M DR. NESS!

A 3x award-winning psycholinguist turned strategist and executor.

I didn't set out to build a personal brand consultancy. I set out to understand something that had broken my heart...

My ex-partner suffered a traumatic brain injury that rendered them comatose - a 3 on the Glasgow Coma Scale, one point off brain dead. When they finally awoke, months later, the damage to their frontal lobe had brought about serious personality changes. And they could no longer talk. Witnessing someone lose their sense of self - and their ability to share that with the world - was one of the most profound and painful experiences of my life. It also became the most defining.

It sent me into academia with a question I couldn't shake: what happens when people can't express themselves - and what becomes possible when they can?

I studied linguistics, then psycholinguistics, eventually completing my PhD and spending years researching, teaching, and publishing in the field. Then I took everything I'd learned in lecture theatres and seminar rooms to the real world - founding an international branding and marketing agency where I worked with everyone from Fortune 500 companies including Coca-Cola, Amazon, and Walt Disney, to celebrities, influencers, and the coaches and educators I now work with exclusively.

Along the way I picked up a Chartered Institute of Marketing qualification, an ICF accredited business coaching certification, NLP Master Practitioner status, five therapy qualifications, and more. My work has been featured in Vogue, ELLE, Marie Claire, Entrepreneur, to name but a few - and in 2021 I landed my debut book deal with Hay House, a division of Penguin.

When you know who you are, what you do, and what makes you different - your core identity, your unique value, your competitive edge - your brand becomes personal. It stops being a commodity and starts being a force to be reckoned with. You become the expert in your industry. The authority in your space. You gain recognition and reputation - known not just within a niche, but out in the world.

In an age where AI is making everyone sound the same, this has never mattered more. Helping you get there is my life's work - and I thank you for making that possible.

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High-Profile Clients

100+

Brand
Collabs

50+

Magazine Features

Awards

MY CREDENTIALS

• BA (Hons) in Linguistics

• MLitt in Linguistics

• PhD in Psycholinguistics

• Postgraduate Degree in Education

• Postgraduate Degree in Research Methods

• Psychological Therapies Diploma (DBT, CBT, SFT, ACT, CFT)

• ICF Accredited Business Coaching Certification

• Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) Qualification

• NLP Master Practitioner

• Published Academic Researcher

• Soon-to-be-published Hay House Author

CLIENTS I'VE WORKED WITH:

People:

Tony Robbins, Dean Graziosi, Natalie Ellis of BossBabe, Danielle Canty, Brendon Burchard, Margot Miller, Amy Sangster, Danielle Leslie, Sarah Anne Stewart, Alyssa Nobriga, Mel Wells, Kaitlyn Kaerhart, Lucy Sheridan, Persia Lawson, Shaa Wasmund MBE, Suzy Ashworth, Emily Williams, Ashley James (Made in Chelsea), Jamie Kern Lima (founder of IT Cosmetics), Khloe Kardashian, and more.

Brands:

Coca-Cola, Estée Lauder, Amazon, Walt Disney, Kellogg, Nespresso, Audible, St. Tropez, Cetaphil, CeraVe, Ann Summers, Boux Avenue, Bumble, Kopparberg, Bulleit Bourbon, Captain Morgan, Smashbox Cosmetics, Bobbi Brown, Clinique, MAC, Bumble and Bumble, Aveda, Boots, Boohoo, Missguided, Nasty Gal, and more.

FUN FACTS

Currently watching: My Gaia subscription - I'm a sucker for a good documentary

Currently listening to: Glennon Doyle's podcast, We Can Do Hard Things

Currently eating: Gluten and dairy - and what feels like joy, free

Currently drinking: Drip coffee or a White Monster, depending on the deadline

Currently resting: At home in Manchester with my two Ragdolls, Willy and Wally

Currently playing: Absolutely no sports - a fact that continues to confuse the lesbian community

RESULTS I'VE GOTTEN:

Helped a coach go from £1k to £100k months in just 18 months through a complete brand and positioning overhaul
Supported a business owner in winning not one, not two, but three industry awards after developing their thought leadership and personal brand
Helped a life coach scale from zero to seven figures within her first three years in business
Supported a mindset coach in going from million dollar years to million dollar months through a complete brand and messaging overhaul
Helped a health and wellness coach land a book deal with a major self-help publisher
Supported a business coach in securing a TED Talk speaking engagement after clarifying her thought leadership and intellectual property
Helped a personal development educator build a brand from scratch that led to a recurring television appearance
Supported a coach in developing a signature framework that became the foundation of a seven figure membership business
Helped an educator go from unknown to being featured in Vogue, ELLE, and Marie Claire within 12 months of working together
Supported a life coach in repositioning her brand so powerfully that she tripled her rates and still sold out her programme