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These reflections are shaped by life, work and what keeps revealing itself. They are offered as invitations to think more deeply, live more consciously and remember what matters most.

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What happens inside us when we feel uncertainty? And what becomes possible when we meet the fear beneath it and allow something different to emerge?

When Uncertainty becomes Mystery

Sep 9, 2026

Leadership

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.

She Who Is Never Not Broken

Jun 28, 2026

Life Wisdom

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, […]

Manifestation Meets the Corporate World?

Jun 28, 2026

Leadership

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 […]

An Inquiry into Reality: When Understanding Becomes Experience

Apr 25, 2026

Life Wisdom

In many leadership conversations, politics is treated as a dirty word. “I don’t do politics.”“It feels manipulative.”“That’s not how I want to lead.” I hear this frequently from senior women leaders — highly competent, strategic, resilient women who have already proven themselves through performance. Yet, as they move into the most senior levels of organisations, […]

Power and Politics: A Necessary Reframing for Senior Women Leaders

Feb 24, 2026

Leadership

Understanding the States of Consciousness A number of years ago while part of a Coaches Rising course, I came across talk by Jim Dethmer on the 4 states of consciousness. He offered a version of this profound age-old wisdom on how we see life and therefore how we experience it. We are constantly moving between […]

Life happens “for you” not “to you”

Byron Katie quote

Oct 13, 2024

Coaching

Introduction: Expanding Capacity for Personal and Professional Growth In our earlier years, we focus on acquiring skills and capabilities to help us succeed in life. As I developed as a leader and human being, I realised that at some point, the growth slowed. The more knowledge I accumulated no longer brought the success I was […]

Expanding our capacity, growing our container

Oct 6, 2024

Life Wisdom

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