When Amanda Jane McKay (better known as AJ) stood on stage at the One of many® One Woman Conference in May 2025, she admitted it was like no other Sunday morning she’d ever experienced. “I’ve never been trained to speak. I’ve never spoken through a microphone to a room full of people before,” she said with a smile, her hands nervously alive. “I’m autistic. I’m ADHD. I’ve got a chronic exhaustion that comes and goes. And I’m in perimenopause. So quite frankly, anything could happen in the next few minutes.”

But what happened next was pure courage. AJ shared her story.

Back in 2015, AJ was 46, running a successful freelance business as a scientific writer and editor, work she’d been doing for nearly 30 years. She was married to her childhood sweetheart, raising two wonderful daughters, and – on the surface – living the life she’d built so carefully over decades. But inside, she was exhausted. “I felt like I was trying to juggle all the balls – being the best wife, mother, and business owner – and I was failing at every single one of them,” she says. “I didn’t know what was going on. I felt completely lost.”

In 2017, she found her way to One of many®, first through the Wealth Insights workshop, at a time when she was drowning in debt and unable to keep her head above water. “It was a life-changing moment for me,” AJ recalls. “Then I came to the conference in 2018, and it was like nothing I’d ever experienced. The community, the connection. I finally felt like I was part of something. Before that, I felt so alone, so different.”

Through One of many®, AJ discovered the concept of Superwoman, and her disempowering cousins. She learned about needs, how to ask for help, and how to begin prioritizing her own well-being. “The trouble was, I didn’t even know what my needs were,” she says. “I felt completely lost and stuck. I was out of love with the work I was doing, not knowing where I was going.”

AJ’s journey of self-discovery reached a profound turning point when, through supporting her daughter’s mental health challenges, she was herself diagnosed, at the age of 52, as autistic and ADHD. “I literally had no idea,” she says. “It was the most massive shock of my life. But suddenly, everything made sense.”

But step by step, she began to rediscover herself. In 2021, AJ founded Outside the Box, a coaching and mentoring community for neurodivergent adults. She wrote her first program specifically for women like her – women with ADHD who were struggling to keep up in a world not designed for them. “I realised there are so many of us who are undiagnosed, burning out simply because of how our brains work,” she says. “We’re surviving, not thriving.”

Determined to use her lived experience and deep understanding to help others, AJ decided to retrain as a coach. In January 2022, she graduated from the One of many® Coaching Certification program. “I didn’t know exactly what it would look like,” she says, “but I knew I wanted to help other adults who felt stuck, like I had.”

Since then, Outside the Box has flourished. AJ has supported hundreds of neurodivergent adults, expanded her team to include eight associate coaches and two support workers, and even designed a coach training program for other professionals who want to serve this community. Her vision? To change not only individual lives, but also workplaces and society itself. To create a world where everyone, regardless of neurotype, race, gender, or culture, feels like they belong and have the opportunity to thrive.

AJ’s story is a powerful reminder that it’s never too late to rewrite your path. “Before I found One of many®, I didn’t know who I was or what I needed,” she says. “But this community, these tools, they changed everything. I learned to put my own oxygen mask on first, and now I help others do the same.”

If you’re standing where AJ once stood—overwhelmed, lost, and wondering what’s next—know that transformation is possible. The One of many® Coaching Certification could be the invitation you’ve been waiting for: a way to reconnect with your purpose, rediscover your strengths, and step into a role where you can help others, just like AJ has.

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.

“I used to work in corporate,” Jen begins, her voice both gentle and fierce. A well-respected, high-flying actuary in a FTSE100 financial services firm, she was climbing the career ladder, checking all the boxes of success – the polished suit, the management role, the six-figure salary. From the outside, it looked like she had it all.

But beneath the surface, something was missing. “I was exhausted, and feeling less and less happy,” she admits. “I was doing everything I ‘should’ be doing, but it felt like I was living someone else’s life. Deep down, I knew there was something else I was meant to do, but I didn’t know what that was, or how to find it.”

The fear was real. “My job was well paid,” she says. “I wondered, if I wasn’t doing this, how could I earn a living doing what I loved?” It was a question that felt too big to answer, until she discovered One of many.

Jen stumbled upon Dr Joanna Martin’s work and attended one of her programs. “I was utterly inspired,” she recalls. “Jo started this idea in me. Maybe I could take my passions for helping people and being out in nature, and turn them into a business.” She learned about One of many and the incredible community of women supporting each other to thrive.

But making the leap was not easy. “When I finally left my job, I just knew I had to come back and do something with One of many,” she says. “I spoke to one of the team and she said, ‘You do know we’ve got a coaching program, right?’ I remember thinking, ‘Oh gosh, no. I couldn’t possibly do that.’ I was completely freaked out. Who was I to think I could coach others?”

Yet, the call was too strong to ignore. “I worried about it for a while, but in the end, I realised: if I wanted to live the way I wanted to live, in a way that was supported by this amazing organisation I loved, I had to invest in myself. So I bit the bullet and did it. It was the best decision I ever made.”

Jen describes the Coaching Certification as “the most unbelievable and profound 12 months of my life.” Of course, she came out of it with a certification, new skills, and a licence to share the One of many tools with her clients. But it was so much more than that. “I made lifelong friends, learned to trust myself, and rediscovered who I am. I remembered how it feels to shine, to dream, and to thrive. I learned to celebrate myself and my story, to embrace my emotions and believe in myself—and help others do the same.”

For Jen, the transformation was complete. “I learned to trust my intuition and trust life. Most importantly, I dared to dream, and to actually live those dreams.”

Today, Jen is no longer cooped up in a corporate office. She has built a thriving coaching business – Wildfire Walks – leading women back to their wild selves through immersive nature retreats, outdoor coaching, and deep inner work. As a One of many® Certified Women’s Coach and Trainer, and with extensive training in outdoor leadership, embodiment, voice dialogue, and emotional freedom techniques, she helps successful, smart women who’ve done everything they “should” do, but still feel something is missing.

“From the outside, you probably seem happy and successful,” she says to her clients. “But behind the scenes, you’re feeling trapped, lost, with no space to breathe. You’re wondering what’s missing—or where you lost yourself along the way.” With her gentle, encouraging presence and a dash of playful rebel, Jen helps women find the courage, connection, and clarity to explore what they really want from life—and then go out and live it.

Jen knows what it’s like to succeed in the traditional world, and what it’s like to realise that wasn’t her path. “There is a different way,” she says, with a smile. And with every walk in the woods, every coaching conversation under the open sky, she helps other women find their way too.

Jen’s story is a beautiful reminder that transformation is possible, especially when you’re surrounded by a community that believes in you. If you’re feeling that same longing for something more, know that you’re not alone. The One of many® Coaching Certification might be the invitation you’ve been waiting for. It’s a chance to discover the tools and support you need to create your own version of a life well-lived, one that feels wild, purposeful, and uniquely yours.

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.