Mandy Jago

I was born in Devon and now live in Leek, in the Staffordshire Moorlands.

In 1987, I started work as a trainee training officer in a Building Society and have been involved in training and developing people ever since. 22 years on and I still love seeing people learn, grow and develop!

In 1995, I started to experience some personal challenges of my own and found healing through homeopathy and psychotherapy. In 2000 I decided to train as a homeopath and completed my training in 2003. I trained at the Lakeland College of Homeopathy and it was there that I also discovered the healing powers of flower essences. I am now training as an advanced flower essence practitioner. Discovering homeopathy and flower essences was truly a transformation for me.

In 2004 I started training in NLP. I had been interested in NLP for a long time, but it wasn’t until 2004 that I found the right school for me – the Northern School of NLP. I am now qualified as an NLP Master Practitioner. My NLP training has been a fascinating experience, packed full of challenges and learning.

In 2008 I helped to establish Leek as a Transition Town. We are part of the Transition Town movement, looking at how local communities can respond positively to the challenges of Climate Change and oil becoming scarce and expensive. After 47 years of moving around a lot, it’s great to feel part of a community and to have some roots.

I am a volunteer at the Donna Louise Trust, a children’s hospice in Stoke-on-Trent. They provide respite for children with life threatening conditions and support for the whole family at the hospice and in their own home. The charity has just begun to shut its doors for two nights a week because donations have slowed during the recession. So I have decided that I will donate 10% of my earnings to the Trust to help them continue their amazing work.