Meet Stacey
I'm Stacey — the heart behind Redwood Embers.
My journey into counselling didn't begin in a classroom. It began with loss. When my sister died suddenly, my world changed overnight. Grief isn't neat or predictable — it's messy, disorientating, and deeply personal. Sitting in the client chair myself during that time shaped me in ways nothing else could. I know what it feels like to walk into a room carrying pain you can't quite put into words. I know how vulnerable it is to open up. And I know how powerful it can be to feel truly heard.
That experience, alongside my own life story, is what fuels my passion for this work. I'm not someone who has lived a perfectly polished life and decided to "help" from a distance. I've done the hard, uncomfortable, healing work too. I've questioned, unravelled, rebuilt, and grown. And I'm still growing — because that's what being human is.
I'm also neurodivergent, with ADHD and ASD. My brain is curious, deep-thinking, occasionally chaotic, and always searching for meaning. It's helped me embrace difference — in myself and in others. I understand what it's like to feel out of step with the world sometimes, and I value the richness that comes with seeing things through a different lens.
Outside of this work, I'm a mum to four incredible neurodivergent children and wife to my husband, John. Life in my world is loud, busy, honest, and full of love. When I get the chance to breathe, you'll usually find me at the gym, out on my motorbike, camping in nature, or unwinding with a good Netflix series. I'm drawn to spirituality and symbolism too — the quiet threads of meaning that seem to weave through even the hardest seasons.
Redwood Embers is a reflection of who I am: grounded, warm, real. No perfection. No pretending. Just a human being who understands that life can knock the wind out of you — and that healing, though not linear, is possible.
If you're here, you're not alone. And that matters.