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You stand for something.
This week, I was in a peer led liberation group and one of our members was in Ukraine. She left her policy role at the European Commission and moved there. She wanted to bear witness to history and offer social reconstruction work through a foundation she created. It was her birthday but her heart weighed heavily as her neighbourhood had been hit by the Russian bombing this weekend. Later that day, I watched The Testament of Ann Lee - a movie about one of the rare female spir
May 263 min read
"We don't know what will happen next. We just know we must be ready." | 5R Decision Protocol
"We don't know what will happen next. We just know we must be ready." This phrase graced the front of a letter I received from Médecins Sans Frontières who has resumed its activities in Gaza. Working with MSF in 2006-7 in South Sudan was one of the most vivid, intense and fulfilling experiences of my life. Decisions had to be made fast with rifles in the room. We can't know the future. But we can become more responsive to rapidly changing conditions. In life-threatening situa
May 234 min read
The gift of overwhelm.
Overwhelm is one of the psychological markers of our time. Not stress. Not busyness. Overwhelm — the feeling of being buried under demands. It comes from the Middle English “whelmen” meaning to turn upside down or submerge. Most people respond by trying harder. Working longer. Pushing through. Meanwhile, your family, relationships, and health pay the cost while you fall deeper into the fantasy of a better future that never comes. This is how we treat ourselves and our planet.
May 214 min read
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