About Greentree Workplace Wellbeing

Working as a high performance executive coach, Laura is an award-winning social entrepreneur and accredited key-note speaker. She is able to help organisations untangle their strategy for success, with significant experience in working as a service provider to the NHS and on Boards at national level.

Laura’s portfolio career began in the Science Museum London, and has taken her through many interesting projects; working with family offices, liaising with a Cambridge College, supporting an inventor launch products in Shanghai, to founding and leading an award winning charity, Teapot Trust over the last twelve years.

She has sound knowledge of evaluation of projects, governance responsibilities, the importance of strategic communication and innovative marketing for differing audiences. Strengths are putting ideas into practice and effectively leading personnel to discharge their responsibilities with award winning results.

Her high-perfomance executive coaching work takes her into many different work environments from family businesses and founder owned and run businesses through to accountancy practices, all looking to de-stress their directors, remove blocks from the buisness and its people performing at their best.

Her interests are in heritage crafts and has tried many including rag rug making, but it is knitting and traditional textiles that are a passion.
A member of Heritage Crafts Association, National Trust for Scotland, Historic Scotland and Applied Arts Scotland.

One of Edinburgh’s most established Personal Trainers, I am also a Professional Speaker. I established Griffen Fitness in 2005, located in a private studio in Leith. I specialises in effective exercise that can be done anywhere, anytime (including workplaces) and believes in tailoring workouts to the individual free of the constraints of a gym. I enjoy training people of all ages and abilities, and with a number of clients in their 80’s, you’re never too old to start exercising. With a keen interest in nutrition, neurology and the cognitive benefits of exercise, I am the author of the Healthy Living Yearbook (www.healthylivingyearbook.com) containing over 75 seasonal recipes.

I was a co-founding Director of Edinburgh Festival of Cycling and has given talks to many organisations including the Scottish Lighthouse Board, Run and Become and Edinburgh Wellbeing Festival, also masterclasses for sporting events such as Etape Caledonia cycle race and workshops in Waterstones and Blackwells bookshops. I am a regular columnist for a number of local magazines and blogs, and has appeared in Harper’s Bazaar, Women’s Running magazine and BBC Radio Scotland. Get fit and enjoy it!

Griffen Fitness has been national finalist for three awards over the years, Association Scottish Businesswomen ‘Young Business of the Year’ 2006, Small Business Awards 2017 finalist for ‘Ethical / Green Business of the Year’, plus Scottish Businesswomen’s Awards 2018 ‘Board Member of the Year

I am a mindfulness and well-being coach and facilitator, accredited through The Mindfulness Association, providing courses, seminars, retreats and 1:1 well-being coaching sessions.

Prior to moving into wellbeing, I spent 23 years in the corporate world as a project and programme manager working on large complex change within the Financial Services sector. This experience has proved invaluable in ensuring I can present to the business community in a way that is relatable, practical and inspiring.

I believe passionately in the power of mindfulness to help unlock human potential, increase wellbeing and enable a change in the way we approach life, to promote the future health and prosperity of the planet.