In my monthly reflections, I share how the 4 qualities that inform my coaching and courses – arts-based, trauma-informed, reflective and meaning-focused – are showing up in my work and life.

This month: embracing sketchbooks for creative, reflective practice. Asking: What do I want? And how cultural context is enriching our conversations about trauma.

Lists can be a bit marmite (or vegemite, depending on where you live) – you either love or hate making lists. When thinking of lists, most of us probably think of to-do lists. I want to introduce you to the idea of two different lists: the making list and the being list.

Whenever we’re considering a significant change, there’s hope and there’s worry. I was exploring my hopes and my worries if I broke up with Instagram and realised I’m ready to leave because my hopes are bigger than my worries. This may sound odd as my worry-o-meter is off the charts given the state of the world, but it’s comforting to reconnect with my hopes!

It's been such a joy again, for the fourth year, to bring my reflective end-of-year workshops to people who describe them as illuminating, validating, compassionate, whole and peaceful.

I’ve started seeing some patterns in the words people have used over the years to describe their experience. I decided to capture some of these words alongside suggestions of what helps generate these experiences.

The question ‘Why bother?’ often indicates the loss of meaning. A meaning practice helps us notice meaning between the layers of life’s mundanity and repetitiveness, its highlights and special moments, in our grief and despair, as well as our joy and hope. This post explains how the six dimensions of meaning are reflected in my small group online program “Reflecting on Meaning’ and what you might learn about living and working meaningfully.

In my monthly reflections, I share how the 4 qualities that inform my coaching and courses – arts-based, trauma-informed, reflective and meaning-focused – are showing up in my work and life.

This month: elicit emotional responses in your creative reflections, talk to your brain by slowing down, asking existential questions and trauma-informed leadership.

In my monthly reflections, I share how the 4 qualities that inform my coaching and courses – arts-based, trauma-informed, reflective and meaning-focused – are showing up in my work and life.

This month: the flywheel of inspiration, Sensemaking Studio 2025, safe enough spaces and meaning-making in retrospect.

In my monthly reflections, I share how the 4 qualities that inform my coaching and courses – arts-based, trauma-informed, reflective and meaning-focused – are showing up in my work and life.

This month: my tiny practice, when writing heals, the true versus the adapted self and when to show up from which.

Should we love our work? And is this even possible? What if the idea of a perfect job is as unhelpful as searching for the perfect partner. Instead we could strive for meaningful work. Understanding your personal sources of meaning is a good place to start.