My pronouns are she/her.

I love working with people, listening to them talk about their lifeworlds, and then helping them to tell their stories in powerful and sometimes unexpected ways. I’ve been known to work with people to create board games, comics, haikus, pop-up exhibitions and zines.

I always strive for my practice to be creative, inclusive and participative.

I’ve spent the last 20 years working as an education researcher and university teacher. I am also a non-religious funeral celebrant, having trained with Humanists UK in 2018.

In DEAD GOOD, I carry out most of the initial consultation work, which I do online or by phone. I also lead on our death education, funerals & memorials, legacy projects, and GET MORTAL parties. Lindsey is heavily involved in all of this work too, but you’ll usually talk with me at the beginning of the process. We both run Dead Good’s social media accounts. Most of our work can be done virtually, except the funerals and memorial events. We are currently only available for funerals and memorial events in the North East of England.

I made the big move to Sunderland with my family in 2022, and now make the most of the North East coastline, scavenging sea glass and interesting pieces of drift wood whenever I can.

Outside of DEAD GOOD, you will find me acting out stories with my youngest son, and sharing cat memes or archaeology trivia with my oldest one.

When thinking about my own earthly farewell, I’m keen for it to be as eco-friendly, DIY and personal as possible. I’m after a natural or woodland burial. I’d like to be buried without a coffin, in a simple shroud (like a cotton flat sheet or woollen blanket), and covered in seasonal greenery picked and offered by family and friends. I’d like to be buried as the Sun either sets or rises, followed by a graveside picnic and singsong. I expect my friends to bring out all the tuneful harmonies in my memory.