Welcome to my Reflections

During my recovery I came across the Hindu goddess Akhilandeshwari. One interpretation of her name is, “She who is never not broken.” It became the starting point for a reflection on healing, growth, wholeness and the myth that one day we’ll finally arrive.

From action planning to embodiment: why we chose a different ending for a leadership programme. This week I found myself facilitating a session on manifestation in a global pharmaceutical company. Even writing that sentence makes me smile. Traditionally, after a deep journey exploring purpose, values, vision, strengths and the unconscious patterns that shape our lives, […]

Following my recent experience of pain and shock, I found myself reflecting on something deeper than the physical recovery itself. This final part of the series explores presence, wonder, nervous system safety and what becomes possible when we no longer need our experience to be different.

Part 2 of The Shock Field Series What the Body & Nervous System Remember In Part 1, When I Could No Longer Hold Myself, I explored what became visible when I could no longer rely on the familiar ways I had learned to hold myself together. But perhaps what has stayed with me even more […]

Part 1 of The Shock Field Series Helplessness, Self-Reliance & Nervous System Healing A couple of weeks ago, I ended up in A&E with a herniated disc and severe sciatica after experiencing the most intense nerve pain I have ever known. What began as back pain became something far more overwhelming — waves of electric […]

There’s a difference between understanding something and actually experiencing it. When something becomes lived, you no longer need to take someone else’s word for it. You know it directly. Lately, what I’ve spent years exploring with my mind has started to show up more strongly as something I can feel. That shift is what moved […]

There are certain moments in the year that seem to carry a quiet invitation. Easter is one of them. Not necessarily as a religious event — though the story of Jesus Christ points to something profound — but as a living pattern that we move through again and again in our own lives. A pattern […]

Part 3 of the Confidence Myth Series How Shame Shapes Our Relationships and Limits Authenticity Part 1, I explored how Why the Fear of “Looking Stupid” Runs So Deep and then in Part 2 When Fear of Being Seen Becomes Shame. Now I explore how it begins to shape how we relate to others and […]

Part 2 of the Confidence Myth Series When Fear of Being Seen Becomes Shame In Part 1, I explored how what looks like a lack of confidence is often a fear of being seen as inadequate — of “looking stupid,” of not knowing, or getting it wrong. However, there is another layer to this. Over […]

Part 1 of the Confidence Myth Series Challenging what we think confidence is and exploring what actually shapes our ability to show up, speak up and be seen. Why the Fear of “Looking Stupid” Runs So Deep There’s a pattern I see often in my work, and it’s easy to misunderstand at first. A client […]