We have both had to work out how to live with brain changes that affect sleep.

In the midst of our own messy learnings, we decided we probably had quite a lot to offer others struggling with energy levels and quality sleep.

Professionally, Liesel has a background in education and quality management.

Liesel is passionate about empowering individuals with the knowledge and tools to improve their sleep. She also knows first-hand the huge impact tiny changes can make to the quality of your sleep.

Her competency in leading constructive conversations has been developed through experience and research in the field of peace and conflict studies. Facilitation, education, and more recently mentoring with Business Mentors NZ, have shaped Liesel’s coaching skill-set.

She is a trained patient-advocate with Project Sleep (US-based sleep education organisation), and in 2024 was one of their invited international speakers for World Narcolepsy Day. Currently Liesel is one of the co-researchers with Project Sleep on research investigating the impact on sleep health in the LGBTQ+ community.

Liesel lives with narcolepsy (a sleep condition) and has developed an extensive sleep toolkit as a result.

With a background in social science research and the personal knowledge of living with narcolepsy, Liesel brings years of lived experience and evidence-based strategies to help clients discover quality sleep.

Professionally, Gary has a background in design and the fine arts.

Gary has the coaching knack of asking the right question at the right moment. With an intuitive sense for people and the unique perspective of an artist, Gary has a brain for smart solutions and systems.

He is an artist who wants to bring light and dark together to shake up the universe. Originally from the UK, he decided to change things up when he moved across the world to Aotearoa NZ in 2006.

Gary made the capital city his home, and completed a Masters in Fine Arts, developing what was to become his signature confident use of colour. While continuing to paint and work with other artists in the city, Gary began exploring how his knowledge and insights as a creative could be applied to coaching and mentoring.

After a serious concussion, Gary became more aware of how sleep is one of the key ingredients in healing his brain.

Gary’s mentoring skills and coaching conversations have been developed through consulting and guidance as a freelancer, and as a business mentor with Business Mentors NZ.

This combination of creative expertise, keen intuition and mentoring experience supports Gary’s lived perspective of managing habits, routines, diet and exercise in ways that aid brain health and improve sleep quality.