Edition: Journey of Excellence – Top 5 Eminent Leaders to Watch
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Amanda Hart stands at the forefront of personal transformation and reinvention, redefining what it means to rise, rebuild, and thrive. As a Transformational Mentor and Reinvention Specialist, and the force behind Amanda Hart – The Life Change Mentor, she has become one of the UK’s most influential voices in human potential and lasting change.

An Award-Winning Authorpreneur 2025, bestselling author, international speaker, and media contributor, Amanda’s work is rooted in nearly three decades of experience helping individuals break free from limiting beliefs, behavioural cycles, and emotional patterns that keep them stuck. Her journey—shaped by resilience and deep personal transformation—has evolved into a powerful mission: to guide people beyond survival and into lives defined by clarity, confidence, and purpose.

Recognised for her ability to deliver real, sustainable change, Amanda does more than inspire—she equips individuals with the tools to dismantle destructive loops, reset their thinking, and rewrite their life narratives from the inside out. Her mentorship has impacted thousands across the globe, helping them turn adversity into strength and uncertainty into direction.

Featured on the cover of this special edition, Amanda Hart exemplifies leadership born from lived experience—proving that true transformation is not about becoming someone new, but about reclaiming who you were always meant to be.

Please share the beginning of your career journey with us.

Amanda Hart:
“My work began long before it ever became a business. Growing up, I navigated complex trauma, and from a very young age I learned what it means to survive situations beyond your control. Those early experiences shaped a deep fascination with the human spirit—how we fracture, how we heal, and what allows a person to come home to themselves after being pulled away.

In my twenties, I trained under dream researcher Dr. Keith Hearne and later studied advanced mind-training methodologies, including the Silva Ultramind Method under its pioneer, Deborah Borgen. These early foundations taught me how profoundly the subconscious and emotional body influence every aspect of our lives. They became the groundwork for the intuitive, trauma-informed work I’ve now been doing for more than three decades.

As I began supporting people through major life transitions, emotional overwhelm, and identity shifts, my work grew naturally through word of mouth. Clients came to me because they felt seen, grounded, and understood in ways they hadn’t experienced before. I didn’t set out to build a career—it unfolded organically because people needed a safe space where their inner world could be met with clarity, calm, and emotional truth.

That early period laid the foundation for everything that followed. Over time, my work began to attract wider attention, which eventually led me into media, broadcasting, and writing. What started as quiet one-to-one work gradually evolved into a public-facing career—not through strategy, but through purpose. People resonated with the message, and the visibility followed.

The later milestones—radio presenting, television opportunities, columns, books, and my wider media career—all grew from those beginnings. At its core, my journey has always been guided by one simple truth:
I wanted to help people return to themselves—and that commitment has shaped every chapter of my career ever since.”

Could you highlight the key offerings of your work and company?

Amanda Hart:
“My work centres on deep internal reinvention—guiding women through the emotional, intuitive, and subconscious transformation required to rebuild their lives from the inside out. Every offering I create is designed to help people come home to themselves with clarity, steadiness, and emotional truth.

Returning to Yourself© — Four-Month Transformational Mentoring (Flagship Programme)
Returning to Yourself© is my most comprehensive and evolved offering, and the culmination of more than three decades of work. It is a private, four-month, whole-self reinvention journey for women who can no longer outrun their patterns—women who may be functioning outwardly but feel disconnected within.

This programme blends intuitive consulting, subconscious re-patterning, emotional integration, and nervous-system stabilisation. Clients move through a clear, structured arc of clarity, release, identity, and integration. It is designed for women who are ready to break lifelong cycles, rebuild self-trust, and create a life that genuinely feels like their own.

One-to-One Breakthrough Sessions
These are high-impact intuitive sessions designed to help clients untangle deep emotional loops, understand their inner landscape, and gain immediate clarity and direction. Many women begin their journey here before choosing to step into a longer, more immersive process.

Retreats & Immersive Group Experiences
I host intimate, emotionally grounded retreats that create space for women to reset, reconnect, and realign with who they truly are. These experiences combine somatic practices, intuitive development, emotional integration, and practical life design—offering a powerful pause from daily noise and external pressure.

From 2025–2026 onward, I plan to expand my retreats across the UK and Spain, offering deeper immersion and ongoing reinvention work.

Writing & Thought Leadership
Writing has always been central to my work. I have authored five books, had two translated internationally, and contributed to multiple collaborative titles, including bestsellers. My memoir, Sue Me, became a #1 Amazon bestseller in its categories and continues to open important conversations around truth, reinvention, and emotional reclamation.

I also write a weekly newsletter, sharing grounded insight and emotional clarity with a global audience.

Speaking, Panels & Media
With a long background in broadcasting and media—including radio presenting, television features, and national press—I speak on topics such as emotional transformation, reinvention after trauma or major life change, intuition as a leadership tool, navigating survival patterns, and rebuilding identity and self-trust.

My talks are known for their grounded presence, emotional safety, and depth.

Advocacy & Awareness Work
As an ambassador for See Through NPD, I contribute to national awareness around narcissistic abuse, coercive control, emotional recovery, and systemic change. This work remains close to my heart, supporting individuals and communities as they navigate the aftermath of harmful relational dynamics.

Across every offering, my intention is the same: to help people dismantle survival patterns, reclaim their inner authority, and step into lives shaped by truth, clarity, and self-trust.”

What are your long-term goals, and where do you envision yourself in the coming years?

Amanda Hart:
“Over the next few years, my focus is on expanding both the depth and the reach of my work across three interconnected areas: transformational mentoring, media, and national education.

Completing and Launching The Healing Starts Here
One of my most important goals is completing and launching my feature documentary, The Healing Starts Here. Filming is already underway and is being led by Simon Powell, a multi-award-winning director and producer. Once the remaining funding is secured, the project will move into its final production phase, followed by a nationwide UK cinema tour.

Each screening will be followed by live Q&A conversations, expert panels, and teaching seminars where I will guide audiences through what it truly means to “come home to yourself.” These sessions will explore emotional awareness, self-trust, and pattern-breaking as powerful tools for interrupting cycles of coercive control and generational trauma.

This project is an impact-led initiative, supported by a philanthropist and an Ivor Novello Award–winning composer, with the intention of shifting the national conversation around emotional recovery and relational dynamics.

Developing the Hub of Healing Hearts™ into a National Educational Platform
Running alongside the film tour, the Hub of Healing Hearts™ will evolve into a national educational platform made up of in-person community circles and teaching hubs. These spaces are designed to help people learn how to break generational and emotional patterns, rebuild self-trust, regulate their internal world, and reconnect with themselves in a grounded, practical, and accessible way.

This is a long-term vision. I see it growing into a trauma-informed educational ecosystem that can support families, communities, and ultimately younger generations with emotional literacy and resilience.

Expanding My Transformational Mentoring Programmes
My flagship four-month programme, Returning to Yourself©, represents a new chapter in my work. It is a deeper, more structured reinvention journey for women who are ready to expand into their full potential.

I will continue to open this programme to a smaller number of clients each year so I can focus on meaningful, long-term transformation with individuals who are fully committed to breaking lifelong patterns and rebuilding their lives from the inside out. This is not short-term support—it is deep reinvention, held with clarity, emotional intelligence, and the full weight of my three decades of experience.

Growing My UK Retreat Offerings and Expanding into Europe
My retreats provide immersive spaces for emotional reset and reinvention in safe, intimate environments. In the coming years, I plan to expand these retreats across the UK, followed by select European locations that support deeper immersion and sustained transformation.

Continuing My Media, Speaking, and Advocacy Work
Finally, I intend to deepen my presence in media, continue speaking nationally, and use my platform to advance public understanding of emotional recovery, reinvention, and intuitive leadership. This work will remain closely aligned with the themes of my documentary, my books, and my mentoring practice.

Everything I am building points toward one intention: creating spaces—personal, collective, and cultural—where people can reclaim their inner authority and live from a place of truth, steadiness, and self-trust.”

Who has been the most significant source of inspiration in your life?

Amanda Hart:
“Over the past three decades, I’ve had the privilege of working alongside extraordinary people — teachers, visionaries, creatives, and mentors — each of whom played a vital role at different stages of my evolution. Their influence has shaped not only my work, but the woman I have become.

In more recent years, three women in particular have been deeply instrumental in my life.

Deborah Claire Procter held space for me during one of the most destabilising periods of my life — my divorce. At a time when my personal world was collapsing, she helped me stay creatively alive and emotionally resourced enough to continue my work. Through her guidance, I maintained my national visibility, continued creating retreats, and appeared in mainstream magazines despite the inner chaos I was navigating. Deborah also supported me in finding the courage and clarity to republish a new, rights-retained edition of my memoir — a pivotal moment in reclaiming my voice and future direction.

Celia Peachey helped me unravel deep generational and emotional patterns that had shaped decades of my life. Her work supported me in breaking a long-standing cycle of building and losing everything — a pattern that had defined much of my adulthood until I finally faced it. Through her guidance, I returned to myself with a level of wholeness and peace I had never accessed before.

Chloe Bisson brought structure, strategy, and grounded clarity to the inner transformation I had already begun. With her support, I shaped the new edition of my memoir, aligned my message, and created the blueprint for the next chapter of my business and public work. Her guidance strengthened my ability to stand in my authority with consistency — laying the foundations for what followed, including the expansion of my mentoring programmes and the development of my film project.

Each of these women — Deborah, Celia, and Chloe — contributed something distinct and invaluable. I continue to work with all three today because of their integrity, their depth, and their alignment with the heart of my work.

But the deeper truth they collectively taught me is this: investing in myself is the most powerful way to serve others.
The more deeply I commit to my own healing, clarity, and self-leadership, the more effectively I can guide others through their transformation. Their influence hasn’t just shaped my life — it has strengthened the foundation from which I mentor, teach, and lead today.”

Notable Recognitions and Accreditations

Across more than three decades of transformational work, Amanda Hart has been widely recognised for her contributions to emotional reinvention, intuitive leadership, media engagement, and advocacy. Her career reflects a rare blend of depth, consistency, and impact across personal development, publishing, and public education.

Professionally, Amanda was honoured as Authorpreneur of the Year 2025 by Inspired By Publishing, recognising her ability to merge transformational insight with entrepreneurial influence through writing. In 2024, she received the title of Intuitive Coach of the Year, awarded for her outstanding contribution to intuitive development, emotional integration, and long-term transformational mentoring. She has also been recognised nationally for over three decades of dedicated work supporting individuals through emotional transitions, identity reinvention, and recovery from relational trauma.

In the field of publishing, Amanda is the author of five books, with two translated internationally into Portuguese, and a contributor to five additional collaborative titles, including the Amazon bestseller Retire to Inspire 2. She signed a four-book publishing deal with Orion Publishing, one of the UK’s leading publishing houses. Her republished memoir, Sue Me (2023), became an Amazon #1 bestseller in multiple categories within hours of release. The original 2015 edition of the memoir received endorsements from leading authorities on coercive control, including Professor Evan Stark, Dr. Arthur Cassidy, and DCI Steve Jackson, further cementing its credibility and impact.

Amanda’s influence extends strongly into media and broadcasting. She was a finalist on Channel 5’s Britain’s Psychic Challenge, bringing her work to a national audience. She previously hosted The Soul Searching Show as a radio presenter, interviewing global thought leaders and authors. Her writing has appeared as a regular column in Soul & Spirit Magazine and Best Holistic Life Magazine, and she has been featured widely across national press, radio, podcasts, and digital platforms as a trusted voice on emotional resilience, intuitive leadership, and recovery from relational trauma.

In film and advocacy, Amanda is the creator and executive producer of the documentary The Healing Starts Here, currently in production with multi-award-winning director and producer Simon Powell, alongside an Ivor Novello award-winning composer. She was also selected as one of ten nominees for Winning People, a UK-based philanthropic film project celebrating authentic leadership, emotional intelligence, and social impact. Additionally, she serves as an Ambassador for See Through NPD, contributing to national awareness around narcissistic abuse, coercive control, and systemic change.

From a community and leadership perspective, Amanda is the founder of The Hub of Healing Hearts™, a developing national initiative dedicated to emotional education, community healing, and generational transformation. She continues to lead transformational retreats and reinvention workshops for women across the UK and internationally.

Collectively, these recognitions reflect not only professional success, but a sustained commitment to depth, integrity, and meaningful human transformation—hallmarks of Amanda Hart’s enduring impact as a transformational mentor and thought leader.

What were the most challenging obstacles you’ve encountered in your career?

“My career has been shaped by profound challenges — the kind that dismantle everything you know and force you to rebuild your life from the inside out.

One of the most defining turning points came in 2003, when I contracted meningococcal septicaemia. I wasn’t expected to survive. The recovery was long and harrowing, yet it sparked a deep awakening in me. I realised that life was too short to keep doubting myself or shrinking from what I knew I was here to do. That clarity dissolved years of hesitation and became the catalyst for a period of extraordinary personal and spiritual growth.

From 2003 to 2008, I immersed myself in emotional, intuitive, and inner development work. I trained with exceptional teachers, expanded my professional skillset, and began gaining real traction in my business. It became one of the most expansive periods of my life — a chapter defined by momentum, creativity and purpose.

But the meningitis left a hidden legacy. The infection had weakened the right side of my skull, causing fibrous tissue to fuse around the trigeminal nerve. Years later, severe stress triggered trigeminal neuralgia — one of the most painful neurological conditions known. At that time, I was being aggressively trolled on social media — something that was new, poorly understood and deeply destabilising. The stress activated the underlying physical vulnerability left by the meningitis, and I entered a year of relentless pain.

In 2010, after twelve months of debilitating symptoms, I underwent head surgery to have a plate fitted. It was a traumatic period and forced me to close my business and rebuild once again.

After recovering, I made the decision to relocate with my children. It was the best move we ever made — not just for my health, but for their future. The change in environment allowed all of us to reset. My children learned resilience, emotional intelligence and adaptability — qualities that shaped them into the purpose-led, authentic adults they are today.

From there, I rebuilt everything from the ground up.
I created a successful cleaning business, opened a shop, established a community hub for local entrepreneurs, hosted women’s events, led development groups, ran workshops, organised community PR, and continued supporting clients. It was a vibrant, fulfilling chapter — until the next collapse arrived.

Years of pushing through illness, caretaking, and responsibility finally tipped into ME/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. It wasn’t just burnout — it was a complete physical shutdown. The illness arrived suddenly and unexpectedly, and with it, I lost everything: my home, my car, my assets, and my ability to work. We held onto a roof over our heads by a thread.

All I had left was a part-written manuscript.

In 2014, encouraged by the director of my former radio show, I finished the memoir I had avoided writing for years. It was painful, vulnerable and necessary — a last attempt to support my family and reclaim my future. I launched a Kickstarter campaign and, at the eleventh hour, secured the funding needed to publish the book with a hybrid publisher.

That book was a turning point.

It attracted my first mentor, received endorsements from world-leading experts as the law on coercive control changed in the UK, and brought me back into national visibility. From there, I gained a literary agent and signed a four-book deal with Orion Publishing — a milestone that remains one of the most profound validations of my writing career.

Yet in 2017, my health collapsed again. My left kidney had died, and I developed septicaemia for the second time and my kidney was removed to save me. During that recovery, I wrote the first book for Orion — once again channelling pain into purpose — but I never regained full health. ME resurfaced, menopause hit suddenly, and both of my children left home for university in the same season. On the outside, I appeared successful and stable. Inside, I felt disconnected, depleted and spiritually starved.

There was one truth I could no longer deny:
I had abandoned the spiritual part of myself.
And the marriage I was in could not hold the fullness of who I really was.

On the morning before my birthday in 2022, I made a promise to myself:
I refuse to spend another year making do.
My gift to myself is peace and happiness.

A year later, that promise unravelled the entire structure of my life.
I walked away from my marriage, my beautiful home, my lifestyle, my financial stability, my community, and even my business — because staying would have meant abandoning myself again. I was profoundly unwell, emotionally exhausted and spiritually depleted. So I flew to Koh Samui to recover, knowing that when I returned, I might be starting from nothing.

And that is exactly what happened.

I rebuilt my life again — but this time from truth, not survival.
This time, with mentors who held me deeply.
This time, with boundaries, clarity, and a nervous system no longer wired for collapse.
This time, with the wisdom of every breakdown behind me.

At 58, I am creating the most aligned, powerful, visionary work of my entire career.
Not despite these obstacles — but because of them.

My journey is living proof that it is never too late to begin again,
never too late to break a lifelong pattern,
and never too late to create something extraordinary from the ashes of what was lost.”