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I recently joined a book club that had chosen to read Awakening to Wholeness. During our conversation, one woman turned to me and asked, “Have you read Mel Robbins’ Let Them Theory?” I hadn’t. I’d listened to Mel before on podcasts, in interviews, but I hadn’t read the book....

There comes a moment often quiet, sometimes inconvenient when you realise you’re no longer sure how you’re really doing. Not on the surface.But underneath. You’re still showing up. Still performing. Still “on.” The diary is full. The targets are met. The people around you describe you as reliable, capable,...

You’ve done the programmes. You’ve read the books. You’ve delivered results, built credibility, maybe even mentored others. From the outside, you’re doing everything right. You’re holding it together. But on the inside, something feels off. Not broken just… misaligned. You keep pushing through, but you’re not sure why it...

You Don’t Have to Burn It All Down. You Just Have to Begin What real inner work in leadership looks like beyond the buzzwords If you’ve been reading along the past few weeks, you’ll know I don’t believe leadership is something you fix in a training session. I don’t...

When self-work becomes the quiet system change we’ve been waiting for I’ve worked in seven different organisations across industries as varied as retail, manufacturing, semiconductors, pharmaceuticals, and consumer health. On paper, it was progression. New titles. Bigger roles. Broader scope.And when I moved, I told myself the usual story:...

There was a time when I lived at the extremes. I walked away from cultures I called toxic. I labelled systems broken. I blamed the structures, the processes, the people in power. And in some cases, I wasn’t wrong. There was real harm. Real dysfunction. Real misalignment. But over...

I used to think leadership was about getting it right. The strategy. The speech. The succession plan. The optics required you to be credible, composed, and clear. Anything less was weakness. Emotion was a risk. Uncertainty was something to fix, not feel. And so I performed that version of...

I became very good at reading the room,not just the spoken dynamics but the unspoken expectations, the tension that shaped what people didn’t say, the moments when silence was political. I knew when to lean in, hold back, soften my voice, and keep the truth to myself. It looked...

After 25 years in the corporate world — most of it in HR — I’ve noticed something quietly troubling: People often have strong, insightful opinions… but rarely share them openly. Instead, they whisper behind closed doors, in private messages, or on 1:1 calls — rarely in meetings or public...

Conversations today often feel more polarised and reactive, focusing less on understanding and more on winning arguments. Social media is packed with strong opinions and quick judgments, creating an“us vs. them” mentality. This dynamic extends beyond digital spaces and can be seen in politics, workplaces, and personal relationships. But...