Lee Ryan-Hughes

Emotional Health Coach & Co-Founder of Be Your Own Saviour 

Helping people release past emotional weight, regulate emotions and reconnect with themselves through The BYOS Method™

My Story

There was a time in my life where, from the outside, it looked like I had everything together.

I had climbed the corporate ladder, earned a six-figure income and lived in the kind of home I once dreamed of owning. But internally, I felt completely hollow.

The truth is, my emotional struggles had started long before that.

I grew up in a low-income family where alcohol sat at the centre of much of the pain and instability around me. When my parents went through a deeply difficult divorce at the age of eight, it shattered my sense of identity, belonging and self-worth in ways I didn’t fully understand at the time.

At school, I struggled badly with focus, attention and feeling like I truly fit in. Even among friendship groups, I often felt like an outsider looking in. As I got older, I unknowingly tried to fill that emptiness through success, achievement and external validation, believing that if I could just become “successful enough”, I would finally feel whole.

But no amount of material success fixed what was happening internally.

When I became a father, the pressure of trying to be a good parent while silently battling my own emotional struggles became overwhelming. Although I loved my children deeply, I felt lost within myself. Over time, I developed what many would call a functioning alcohol dependency, a relationship with alcohol that lasted more than 25 years.

I tried to stop countless times. I tried discipline, willpower, logic and every trick I could think of. But underneath it all was unresolved emotional pain I did not yet understand how to process properly.

Depression followed. Panic attacks followed. The kind that can bring a grown man to his knees gasping for air.

Eventually, I reached a point where I realised I could no longer continue living disconnected from myself.

That search for answers led me into deep personal and spiritual exploration. I resonated strongly with the teachings of Sadhguru because of his grounded, practical and non-religious approach to inner transformation.

I later went on to study with The Monroe Institute, where my experiences profoundly changed how I understood consciousness, emotional energy and human existence itself. Through lived experiences in altered states of consciousness, I came to experience something that transformed my understanding of life completely, that beneath all separation, we are deeply interconnected.

From there, I became a certified energy healer and continued dedicating my life to understanding emotional healing, consciousness and transformation.

Eventually, through deep inner work and connection with what I can only describe as my higher self, The BYOS Method™ came through.

And everything changed.

Today, I live alcohol free.
Anxiety free.
Panic attack free.

More importantly, I no longer feel controlled by my emotions.

The BYOS Method™ helped me learn how to consciously regulate my emotional state, process emotions properly and respond to life with awareness instead of unconscious reaction.

Now, I see life differently.

I believe life acts as a mirror, constantly showing us the emotional wounds, patterns and unresolved pain we still carry, not to punish us, but to offer us an opportunity to heal and release them.

My mission today is simple:

To help lighten the emotional weight people are carrying.

I work with women and men of all ages, young fathers, struggling parents, children with emotional and behavioural challenges, people with ADHD, and those who simply feel lost, overwhelmed or disconnected from themselves.

Because I know what it feels like to sit in darkness and wonder if things will ever truly change.

And I also know what it feels like to come back from that place.

I believe emotional mastery changes lives.
And I believe that when one person heals, grows and becomes more conscious, that growth ripples outward into families, relationships, communities and ultimately the collective itself.

That is why I do this work.

My Philosophy

• Life is constantly acting as a mirror, reflecting back the emotional wounds and patterns we still need to heal.
• Emotional mastery is not reserved for a select few. I believe it is something every human being is capable of relearning.
• When one individual heals, grows and becomes more conscious, that growth ripples outward into families, relationships and the collective as a whole. Beneath all separation, I believe we are ultimately one consciousness expressing itself through many forms.

What It’s Like to Work With Me

What you can expect from a coaching session with me first and foremost is a completely non-judgemental approach.

I work in a very truthful, candid and honest way. I speak openly and factually about the profound personal experiences I have had throughout my own journey, including experiences that many people may consider spiritual, metaphysical or beyond conventional understanding. Over the years, many people have described me as being where mysticism meets matter of fact.

My intention is not to tell you who you should become. My intention is to help awaken you to who you already are beneath the emotional baggage, conditioning, fear, trauma and survival patterns you have carried through life.

Together, we begin by shifting the way you view your current life situations and emotional struggles. From there, I will help train you to meet difficult emotions consciously and directly, rather than avoiding, suppressing or becoming controlled by them. Throughout our sessions, you will be equipped with practical tools designed to help you transcend emotional suffering, regulate your emotional state and begin responding to life with greater awareness, clarity and inner calm.

My coaching combines emotional health coaching, perspective shifting, nervous system awareness, consciousness work and The BYOS Method™ itself, all delivered in a grounded, supportive and very human way.

Who I Work With

I work with people from all walks of life, including parents, young fathers, people struggling with anxiety, emotional overwhelm, alcohol dependency, ADHD, emotional dysregulation, feelings of being lost or disconnected, and those who simply feel ready to reconnect with themselves on a deeper level.

Whether you are struggling emotionally, feeling stuck in repeating patterns, or searching for a calmer and more conscious way to experience life, my intention is to help guide you back towards emotional balance, clarity and inner strength.

Session Details

Wherever you currently are in your journey, my intention is to create a safe and supportive space where real emotional transformation can begin.

• 45 minute one-to-one coaching session
• Conducted via Microsoft Teams video call
• £85 per session (subject to availability)