The Way In: How to Bring Depth and Vulnerability Into Conversation SafelyThere’s a fine line between going deep and building safety.Too much safety, and you end up circling the surface, never really saying what matters.Too much depth, too fast, and you risk overwhelming the other person — or...
Inclusive Leadership Is Not Inclusive“Inclusive leadership” has become one of those phrases everyone uses — but few stop to interrogate.It’s spoken like a moral achievement rather than a living practice.Every sector now has an inclusion strategy. Every organisation has a DEI programme.But...
No One Owns the Truth: On Certainty, Fragility, and the Lost Art of UnderstandingEverywhere I look, people are building fortresses out of their beliefs.Whole movements, communities, and professions have started talking about truth as if they invented it. Activists, politicians, corporations,...
The Non-Profit Sector Has Forgotten How to TalkLet’s be honest: the non-profit and advocacy world has lost its grip on what real conversation looks like.Somewhere between moral urgency, political fashion, and social branding, the art of dialogue vanished. What used to be about understanding people...
Conversations That Go Deeper: A Framework for Understanding and ConnectionConversations are more than words.They reveal how we know ourselves — what drives us, what we value, how we regulate emotion, and how we make meaning from experience. Every conversation is an act of self-expression and...
We’re often told that the path to peace begins with chasing happiness.Find the things that make you smile. Avoid the things that hurt. Keep your focus on the positive and you’ll find your calm.It sounds good. Comforting, even. But what if that foundation is flawed?Happiness is wonderful, but...
The Story We Tell OurselvesEvery one of us lives inside a story a narrative we tell ourselves about who we are, what we’ve been through, and what our future holds. This story shapes how we see the world, how we interact with others, and how we relate to ourselves. But what happens when the story...
This post is a resource I developed to help people navigate the support a neurodivergent diagnosis can offer...