About us

Here at Zest we blend award-winning psychology, substantial experience, and approaches that cut through the noise. To achieve this we push mainstream boundaries with cutting edge research and continuously updating our methodologies and tools

Our team is a vibrant mix of psychologists, coaches and facilitators. Our work is all about supporting a diverse range of leaders, teams and organisations to become authentically confident. As such, we also value diversity on our own team, and our wider profession.

Our clients are located around the UK and internationally. Zest is based in Brighton and London. HQ is in Brighton Eco-Centre, a mark of sustainable and ethical business.

About Dr Anna Kane

“Become the rainbow, not the cloud” I am an energetic and creative coach, facilitator, researcher and consultant. I founded Zest Psychology to focus on what I love doing the most… evidence-based, cutting edge workplace solutions for authentically confident leadership and organisations. I apply aspirational, divergent approaches to complex and sticky workplace matters.

Zesties

Zarine Jacob - Coach, Facilitator

Zarine offers coaching & leadership work drawing on emotional intelligence, social cognitive neuroscience & understanding/application of DEIB (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Belonging) in a lived, decolonial sense. Areas of focus include: change & transitions, cultural transformation, coaching skills, intercultural working, and team effectiveness.

Sarah Bonner - Coach, Facilitator

Sarah is an organisational psychologist who specialises in leadership development and executive coaching. As an EDI consultant and advanced Hogan practitioner, she works with organisations within the public and private sector, in a selection, assessment, group coaching and research capacity. Sarah’s experience ranges from team facilitation to the design and delivery of insights-led developmental workshops.

Taslim Tharani - Coach, Facilitator

I coach and consult across sectors in the areas of race equity, career change and transitions, and leadership development. I’m passionate about creating safe, open, playful, and inclusive spaces where clients can experience the warmth and encouragement needed to (re)discover who they are and how they want to show up in the world. I help individuals build confidence in navigating their environments while also working to advance systemic change.

Tom Vodden - Neurodiversity Coach, Facilitator

Tom is a business psychologist and organisational development consultant. Tom has over 20 years cross industry consultancy expertise supporting organisations and their leaders initiate and embed change. He specialises in neurodiversity in the workplace. Drawing on his experiences as a founding director of a successful Ed Tech start-up, Tom also works with SMEs as a business development consultant and mentor.

Richard Mander - Neurodiversity Coach

Compassionate neurodiversity coach with lived experience of ADHD and educated in occupational psychology. I help fellow neurodivergent adults build practical, science based strategies to overcome stubborn symptoms and start thriving!

Caroline Katz - Coach, Facilitator

Chartered Occupational Psychologist with over 25 years experience in the global field of leadership assessment, development and talent management. Experienced across functions, industries and sectors. A qualified systemic psychodynamic consultant, interested in embodiment approaches to coaching.

Sarah Watts - Coach, Facilitator

My coaching approach is dynamic and tailored to you. Whether you're a seasoned leader or stepping up to new challenges, I create a space for you to reflect, experiment, and develop new ways of thinking and leading. I bring structure when needed but also embrace creativity, using practical, creative, and mindfulness-based techniques to help you shift internal narratives, overcome self-doubt, and find sustainable ways to thrive in your career.

Dr Rachel Smith - Psychologist

I am inspired by my own lived experiences to support and advocate for those with long- term health conditions and disabilities, aiming to reduce barriers at work and promote well-being and confidence. My PhD focused on Difficult Conversations. I deliver impactful research and supervise research students.

Zoe Nwosu - Psychologist

I enjoy helping others take advantage of their strengths and talents, to reach their full potential. My interests are, coaching, diversity-equity-inclusion, and personal and leadership development. With a completed MSc in Organisational Psychology, I am working towards completing my journey to becoming a chartered occupational psychologist.

Dr Lilith Whiley - Academic Research Partner

I am interested in understanding lived experiences of marginalisation, identifying good practices, and proposing evidence-based recommendations to help organisations and workers. I like to collaborate in interdisciplinary and community-led teams with participatory approaches.

Mariam Hussein - Podcast Producer

I am passionate about amplifying unfiltered stories that challenge conventional thinking. Committed to creating authentic content that sparks meaningful conversation and pushes boundaries

Who we've worked with

"The Zest"

A long-established team of psychologists with substantial experience, qualifications and ongoing learning.

We love the insight gained from curious paradoxes such as “self-discipline brings liberation”

Unique tools and solutions, developed to meet your needs, and not available through any other consultancy.

A bunch of friendly, smart and professional psychologists who will get to know you and your organisation.

We love what we do, we have great clients and create brilliant collaborations!

A mix of bespoke products and off-the-shelf products are used to ensure an agile and responsive approach.

We offer you services from senior psychologists, with individual specialisms, at affordable prices.

Our coaches and trainers have regular supervision and take part in professional learning and development.

Cyber Essentials

We take cyber security seriously and are a Cyber Essentials Certified organisation.

Happy clients

“I have found our sessions inspiring and supportive, and I am now far more certain about how I am approaching both my career and complex work challenges.”

“I’ve really valued our sessions and the connection we formed. I really feel you helped me ‘shift’ a lot and that the world is truly my oyster more than ever before!”

“I went into coaching hoping to build my confidence and be more proactive and strategic about my development needs, and my coaching with Anna has definitely achieved this. Anna has helped me shift my mindset about my strengths and the value I add to my team / organisation, about how I reflect on my strengths and development areas, and she's given me some practical tools to help me continuing to build on this. From the feedback I've had in my day-to-day role, I've seen a positive difference in my performance.”

“I have worked with Dr Anna Kane for the past year and a half. What started as a small coaching relationship with a group of leaders soon quickly turned into a large culture change project in the Civil Service affecting some 10,000 people. This culture change project had fundamentally changed relationships between leaders and colleagues, leading to more confident leadership decision being taken and empathetic outcomes. It is a massive thanks to Anna that we have got to this point. ”

“Thank you very much for delivering your session on reflective practice. It was beautifully and supportively delivered with the right balance of theory, discussion, and individual reflection. We set you a tall order of what to cover but you rose to the challenge. It was a lovely way to end our year of learning. Thank you from me and all the Government Occupational Psychology Profession. We were lucky to benefit from your expertise.”

“A big THANK YOU for your presentation at last week’s masterclass. We are really grateful for your support and for the time your took to share your insights. Feedback from the team was this this was one of the best masterclasses we have hosted that that the content of the speaker sessions was rich, accessible, and really valuable for our Consortium members and for our team.”

“Thank you for your time, patience, understanding and fresh perspective.”

“A massive THANK YOU for all of your help, encouragement and guidance. You are without a doubt one of the most impressive and inspiring professionals I have ever met. What you’re doing is fantastic and I’m very grateful.”

“I have had coaching from Anna for over two years now to help me make the most of the biggest job in my career. Her insight and patient guidance helped bring out the very best in me”

“Brilliant. She challenged me but was also supportive and compassionate and mindful herself which created a great atmosphere. Huge thanks - Anna made a real and positive difference to my performance and development.”

“I was wonderfully surprised by how well it did work online. Having attended mindfulness courses in the past (physically present groups!) I had wondered whether being through zoom it might feel rather sterile. Actually, for me, it was far from that. And, in some ways, being together yet removed from each other somehow allowed everybody to participate equally.”

“Coaching helped me to think about aspects I had not previously taken the time to think about properly.”

“Initially, I was uncertain about how the coaching sessions would go and if they would be beneficial. I'm so glad I was able to undertake them, I've really gained a lot from them.”

“Anna has a wonderfully insightful, supportive and challenging style - this helped me to make the most of our time.”

“We created a safe space to talk. Anna listened effectively, but also offered reassurance and appropriate challenge to my thinking. ”

“Anna skilfully combines an intuition for the underlying issues with an evidence-based framework for working through them. She is compassionate and unjudgmental. I very much enjoyed working with her, and learned new tactics and a great deal about myself in the process.”

“So many people experience stress and anxiety as a norm, especially at the moment. Mindfulness is a brilliant tool for breaking the pattern and connecting with a deeper calm and stability.”

“Really personable, easy style. Tailored the sessions to me. Didn't use lots of coaching style lingo and great that she was a really active participant. Unlike other coaching sessions where you can feel like you are talking to yourself. Her confidence model is excellent.”

“This course came at a very good time for me and felt enriching and restorative.”

“I like to think I usually listen to others, but practising mindfulness seems to increase the listening capacity and help increase focus. These will both be important aspects of my work in the coming months.”

“I really liked Anna as a coach. She was challenging when I needed her to be. I was initially uncertain as I wasn't sure how the sessions would build on each other, but I felt that by the end of the sessions I had built a really good rapport with Anna and I felt less self conscious and free to be able to say what I needed to and ask for help where I didn't understand certain things.”

“Anna was really patient and encouraging and I liked her calm and methodical approach. She's also clearly very knowledgeable and I was able to learn a lot from the sessions with her.”

“One of the best courses I have ever experienced, it has improved my mental health and taught me how to meditate, finally it all makes sense! Inspirational and life changing!”

“A much more positive experience than with my previous coach. The conversation felt normal and easy. Anna made sure that I was fully involved in identifying how I might do things differently rather than simply bringing external answers.”

“The best course I have ever participated in! Very grateful for the opportunity”

“Anna made the session easily accessible to me via zoom In light of Covid, at short notice before my interview which was really beneficial for me. Thank you for sharing your model with me. It was really helpful and I will be using those skills for future interviews. Ps, I got the job!”

“Thanks, Anna - I really enjoyed them and found them really beneficial. I only wish I could have more!”

“Initially, I was apprehensive about taking 2 hours out of my week to do it but soon found that it became a very important part of my week that I looked forward to. I thought Anna who ran the course was excellent and managed to create a very warm, open and safe space.”

“Just thank you!”

“Anna was an excellent facilitator. She gently made clear the boundaries; included everybody; and ensured that everybody felt safe and did not push themselves beyond what felt comfortable. She was a calm presence on the screen! And it also helped greatly that she was willing to share - but never overshare - her own emotional responses to some situations. A big thank you!”

“I wish I'd used a reputable coach before now”

“I shall miss our group and Tuesday morning meetings. It was a very special group during an exceptional time in history and it will stay with me for a very, very long time. Thank you, Anna.”

“ A very positive experience. I think we made good use of the time and the coaching is already having a beneficial effect.”

“Very positive feedback on Anna as a coach. I felt that she listened, empathised, but was also able to gently direct and lead my thinking. I always finished the sessions feeling more positive about my work and career.”

“Anna is an inspirational coach who has developed a tool for managers to help themselves build their confidence, naturally. I recommend it any leader out there who is interested in better managing their own performance.”

“She was good at helping me to find my blind spots, to see new angles to tackling issues, and overcoming some 'demons' from the past that have held me back at work.”

“Really easy to talk to. She's very responsive and is keen to not take a cookie cutter approach - instead being responsive to emerging needs. Also her experience of working with more senior levels offered a new lens (and use of language) through which I viewed my own development”

“I worked through self-belief/confidence issues, and feel much "lighter"... a much healthier perspective and the confidence to lead by example with my teams. I now feel more proportionately responsible for things (as opposed to responsible for everything!)… more resilience and energy… more productive and empowered… and a much better-balanced home, work and social life.”

“It’s really felt like an awakening, and the start of a healthy journey to self-acceptance and compassion which is already improving my confidence at work – and so my effectiveness – as well as improving the understanding and quality of my personal relationships. So, THANK YOU!”

What We Do:

Coaching

Executive coaching. Leadership team coaching. Diversity coaching. Neurodiversity coaching.

Coaching Services

Workshops

Authentic Confidence team profiling. Systemic Constellations. Bespoke workshops. Let's Be Zesties community events. Coach CPD programmes.

Workshops Services

Research

Authentic Confidence organisational profiling. Bespoke qualitative and quantitative research.

Research Services

Interested in getting in touch?

07960 488205 connect@zestpsychology.com