Woman looking to create change
We don’t need more perfect women leaders. We need braver ones. I’ve spent the past few months doing something most leaders secretly avoid. Feeling everything. The uncertainty. The fatigue. The not-knowing. And underneath all of it, the fear that if I really let the mask slip, it might all fall apart. For years, that mask […]
Did you know, most of what we call leadership, personal development, and “high performance” training didn’t come from wisdom. It came from war. The earliest and most influential leadership frameworks in the Western world trace straight back to Sun Tzu: a military strategist whose entire philosophy was built on domination, deception, hierarchy, and control. The […]
We praise resilience. We celebrate it, reward it, and wear it like a badge of honour. “She’s so strong.” “She always bounces back.” “She just gets on with it.” But what if what we call resilience… is actually collapse in disguise? What if our ability to keep coping has become the very thing that’s breaking […]
You know, you can’t help from your knees. Seriously. I’ve met so many women over the last decade who just keep giving… Helping. Supporting everyone around them…even when they’re running on fumes. Why do we do this? Why do we put ourselves at the bottom of the list… or not even on it? Honestly, I […]
We live in a world that worships certainty. From career plans to five-year goals, we’re taught that to be “successful” means to have it all mapped out. From the moment we’re little girls, we’re praised for having it together. For being organised. Responsible. Reliable. We learn that knowing what to do earns approval, and that […]
Have you ever had that feeling that there’s something you’re meant to be doing, but you just can’t quite get moving on it? Maybe it’s a creative project that’s been niggling at you. A shift in your work life you know is coming. Or just a sense that the way things are… isn’t quite it […]
You don’t need to be more confident. You need to feel safe enough to be yourself. It’s a subtle distinction, but it changes everything. For decades, women have been told that confidence is the missing ingredient. That if we could just speak up more, take up space, and “own our brilliance”, we’d be fine. But […]
You can’t spreadsheet your way to trust. And yet, that’s what so many workplaces try to do. I see it all the time. Leaders who genuinely care about their people, stuck inside systems that value compliance over connection. Meetings about engagement. Tick-box reviews on wellbeing. Mandatory training that nobody remembers. It’s not that they don’t […]
After eleven years living in the UK, I’ve just landed back in Australia with my family. Business continues as normal in ol’ Blighty, I’ll be back plenty, but family wise this is becoming home. But right now – the suitcases aren’t unpacked, the kids are jet-lagged, and my nervous system feels like it’s somewhere between […]
Earlier this year, our family made the decision to move internationally, back to Australia. We are stepping away from the known, the familiar rhythms of life, and into a space where almost nothing is certain. It is certain that business will continue here in the UK as normal. I will be back four times a […]
