Case Study: How Dr. Hannah Roberts went from Superwoman to a Global Force for Change

Dr. Hannah Roberts has never been short on ambition. A scientist, a mother of three, and a former international swimmer – she’s the fastest woman to swim the length of Lake Coniston. But for years, despite her accomplishments (including a PhD and a thriving academic career), she carried a deep sense of inadequacy. “I felt like I was spinning so many plates,” she recalls. “And it was impossible to put any of them down.”

Like so many driven, high-achieving women, Hannah had been living in Superwoman mode – juggling work, motherhood, and the demands of a world that never seemed to pause. When she first joined the One of many® community in 2018, she came with one mission, to retire her Superwoman once and for all.

Little did she know, that decision would change everything.

It began in a moment of crisis. In 2018, while on maternity leave from her scientific project manager role at the University of Manchester, she received a phone call that shook her world. Her father had suffered a massive heart attack. “For the next 10 days, while visiting him in hospital, I had a lot of thinking time,” Hannah says. “I kept coming back to these big questions: What if I was to die today? What tangible difference have I made in the world? What legacy am I leaving?”

Those questions had no easy answers. But serendipity stepped in. Hannah was invited to a One of many® workshop by a fellow mum in her village – Hannah Beko, a lawyer and certified coach. She remembers sitting there in her red jumper with “Superhuman” emblazoned across the front, proud of her status. But as the conversation turned to the cost of Superwoman, Hannah started to feel both uncomfortable and deeply seen. She realised it was time to go deeper.

That’s when she discovered the One of many® Coaching Certification. “Whatever this Superwoman thing was, I knew I needed to figure it out,” she says. “I trusted that somehow, this path was going to answer those bigger questions for me too.”

What unfolded next was a complete life transformation. “The One of many® Coaching Certification and Trainers Training changed the whole trajectory of my life,” Hannah says. “Not just for a moment in time, but forever.”

Looking back, it all seems to fit:

• She had already been coached for two years and knew the profound impact it could have.
• She’d always loved the innovative, creative environment of startups and entrepreneurship.
• And she knew, deep down, that she wanted to support STEM women, because she understood the challenges they faced firsthand.

“Only one in four C-suite leaders across the board are women. In STEM, it’s just one in eight,” she says. “There’s this accentuating and widening of the cracks that already exist in society. I wanted to do something about it.”

And she has. Within her first year as a coach, Hannah replaced her income. Within two, she had built a six-figure business—Intentional Careers—that was completely aligned with her purpose and her family life. Today, she earns three times what she made in her university role, and her work has impacted over 10,000 STEM women across six continents. She even wrote a bestselling book, Intentional Careers for STEM Women, capturing her unique Career Pivots Compass Methodology.

It wasn’t always easy. Public speaking, in particular, was a huge hurdle for Hannah. “I had done everything to avoid it my entire career,” she admits. “For me, being visible felt unsafe.” But through the Trainers Training, she found a way to bring what was already there inside her out into the world. “That was the true gift,” she says. “To be able to finally fully express it.”

Today, she’s taken that message everywhere—from NASA scientists doing impromptu congas in Washington DC, to coaching thousands of women around the world to find balance, confidence, and fulfillment.

And yet, Hannah is the first to say: she didn’t do it alone. “That’s the unique magic of the One of many® community,” she says. “Because when everyone is out there making their unique difference, and we all connect up together, we make this planetary wave of motion and change.”

For Hannah, the journey is ongoing. Always unfolding. One more aligned step at a time. But it all started with that moment of deciding to let go of Superwoman and invest in herself through the One of many® Coaching Certification.

If you’re feeling that same longing to step into something more. Something that’s not just about what you do, but about who you are while you’re doing it, you’re not alone. The One of many® Coaching Certification could be the invitation you’ve been waiting for, to discover the tools, the support, and the community to bring your own unique magic to life.

Ready to explore what’s possible? Learn more about the One of many® Coaching Certification and how it could open the door to your next chapter.