Career Counsellor & Career Wellbeing Specialist
Helping professional women navigate career change, burnout and what's next, so they can build careers that support their wellbeing and life.
Nurture Ambition is my career wellbeing practice, supporting women to create more sustainable and meaningful working lives.
Your career is part of your wellbeing
Your career affects far more than your income or job title.
It can influence your energy, confidence, identity, relationships, sense of purpose and the way you experience your everyday life.
Career wellbeing is about creating a working life that is sustainable for the life you want.
Whether you're feeling burnt out, questioning your career direction, considering a change or simply wondering whether work could feel different, we can explore what's next together.
What brings you here?
I'm feeling stuck in my career
Career Counselling
Explore your values, strengths, priorities and possibilities and gain clarity about what comes next.
My career is affecting my wellbeing
Career Wellbeing
Understand what's no longer sustainable and explore how your career can better support your energy and life.
I know I need a change
Career Transition
Navigate career change with greater clarity, confidence and a practical pathway forward.
I'm exhausted and struggling with burnout
Burnout Recovery
Understand what's contributing to burnout and explore what needs to change to create a more sustainable working life.
Not sure which one you need?
You don't have to know. We can start with where you are and work out what support makes sense for you.
Personalised 1:1 support for your career and wellbeing
The Nurture Ambition Pathway
You don't need another generic coaching program.
You need space to understand what's happening, clarity about what you want and support to work out what comes next.
The Nurture Ambition Pathway is my personalised 1:1 approach for professional women navigating career uncertainty, burnout, career transition or changing priorities.
Together, we'll explore where you are now, what matters to you and what needs to change, then create a practical pathway forward.
Meet Merly
Career Counsellor, Career Development Practitioner & Career Wellbeing Specialist
With more than 15 years' experience across occupational rehabilitation, career development and career transition, I bring a different perspective to career coaching.
My work sits at the intersection of career and wellbeing, helping people navigate not just what they want to do next, but how they want their working life to feel.
I'm also a qualified health and wellbeing coach and am completing a Postgraduate Certificate in Career Development & Counselling at QUT.
Career wellbeing, delivered to your inbobx.
Practical insights to help you navigate career change, burnout and sustainble working.
“I am deeply grateful to Merly for her incredible advice, support, and unwavering encouragement. From our very first session, she was a breath of fresh air… I now feel genuinely confident about transitioning into a new career field.”
Rebecca, Educational Leader
