Maxi Leigh (Founder)
From the deepest valleys of pain and depression, Maxi has climbed to the highest hights. A survivor of countless traumas of sexual, psychological and physical abuse throughout her childhood and adolescence, Maxi has turned despair into hope through an extraordinary career of helping and supporting people suffering the most abject pain.
After years of suffering severe mental health problems, which led to her attempt to take her own life, Maxi summoned all of her strength to turn things around.
Her work has taken her all over the world and touched thousands of lives. She’s met the Pope in Rome, the Duke of York, addressed dozens of events in aid of raising awareness of the traumas of childhood abuse, and through her work, has directly cared for victims of the type of abuse which nearly cost her life.
The recipient of numerous awards, Maxi has been nominated to be an ambassador to The World Health Innovation Summit while advising government, NHS and social care leaders at a national level, and through a number of victim-support and mental health organisations in Nottingham.
Hear Maxi’s story on the Life Story, Life Lessons podcast.