The People Who Made Us
When we think about the people who shaped our lives, our minds often go to the obvious ones. Parents.Partners.Children.Family. But lately I’ve found myself…
Read more →
Posts
Tag: Nova & Root project
When Power Needs to Keep Reminding You It Exists
One of the things I have become more aware of over the years is how some workplaces do not simply operate through leadership, they…
Read more →
Why We Shrink Ourselves To Feel Safe at Work
One of the hardest things to realise in leadership, and honestly in life generally, is that not everyone will celebrate your growth. Sometimes people…
Read more →
Why Systems Sometimes Feel Safer Than People
There’s a quiet shift that happens in organisations over time. We start building systems to protect people.Policies. Processes. Structures.All with the intention of making…
Read more →
Vicarious Trauma vs Secondary Trauma: What’s the Difference?
Maybe you’ve been telling yourself you’re just tired. That it’s been a long week.Too many conversations.Too many things to hold. But this feels different,…
Read more →
What Trauma-Informed Practice Actually Means
When people hear trauma-informed, they often imagine something big. Something clinical.Something serious.Something that only happens in therapy rooms or specialist services. But in reality,…
Read more →
Trauma-Informed Leadership Requires a Different Way of Working
There’s a kind of frustration that doesn’t always have a place to go. Not the loud kind.Not the kind you speak about easily. But…
Read more →
The Emotional Cost of Being the “Easy” Person at Work
I became easy to keep the peace but it came at a cost. There’s a version of strength that gets praised quietly. The one…
Read more →
The Protective Beliefs We Carry After Trauma
Learning to Trust What Feels Safe After everything we’ve carried,safety doesn’t always feel the way people expect it to. It’s not always calm.It’s not…
Read more →
How Trauma Shapes Workplace Behaviour and Emotional Safety
From Childhood Play to Quiet Companions When we were children, shadows were something playful. We chased them on pavements, stretched them long in the…
Read more →