Life with Purpose: Strategies for living life with joy, fulfilment and meaning

Andrew "Patto" Patterson is a former international and county cricketer who played for Ireland, Sussex, and Bedfordshire before his life took an unexpected turn. In 2013, he was diagnosed with Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia (HSP)—a progressive neurological condition that threatened to confine him to a wheelchair permanently.

Determined to fight back, Patto underwent major spinal surgery in the USA, where two-thirds of the nerves in his spine were severed to help him regain mobility. After gruelling rehabilitation, he achieved a remarkable milestone in May 2024—completing his first 5K walk.

A believer in kindness and love, working on helping people date better.

Jules Kuroda is an executive and leadership coach, author, and speaker with a rich and varied background spanning education, international development, and corporate leadership. She’s the author of The N8 Self: You Are More Than Your Mind, Body and Emotion, a powerful guide to reconnecting with our higher nature through eight core characteristics. 

With a passion for meaningful personal growth, Jules helps individuals and teams move beyond mindset and emotion to tap into deeper fulfilment, creativity, and purpose in their lives and work.

Lindsey Hall is a divorce and intimacy coach who helps people navigate the emotional rollercoaster of divorce, dating, and co-parenting, all while reclaiming their pleasure, power, and joy. She believes in coaching from the foundations of self-love, self-trust, and embodied pleasure, helping clients move beyond guilt, shame, and social conditioning to create a fulfilling and empowered life.

Tamar Hurwitz-Fleming is the author of How to Have a Happy Birthday and its companion workbook. Drawing on over 30 years of reflection, observation, and coaching, she helps people reframe birthdays as meaningful, empowering milestones rather than sources of stress or disappointment. Tamar’s work blends emotional awareness, ritual, and self-celebration, encouraging people to reclaim their birthdays as powerful opportunities for reflection, joy, and personal growth.