May 27Practical Tips for Birth-Partners 🐣Giving birth is wild. Mind-blowing, heart melting, soul lifting. Exhilarating. And exhausting. Definitely exhausting. It’s just a few mere hours or days in a lifetime. And yet it’s seismic. Obviously Mum is the star of the show. Us birth partners are mere bit parts. But both times I’ve been involved…Pregnancy14 min readPregnancy14 min read
Aug 10, 2022Crisis of democracy — where is the next generation of political leaders? What is needed to cultivate a healthy culture and genuinely transformative democratic systems? It feels like a desert in the UK, with few signs of grassroots movements you see elsewhere in the world. What would shift that?1 year of freelance life: reflections and learning811Louise ArmstrongGreat Q.Great Q. I think it has something to do with our education system and (therefore) the way we initiate young people into adulthood... Am trying to work on that e.g. see bit.ly/rootsfutures1 min read1 min read
Apr 13, 2021…cracy and woven into the ability to acquire the latest technology or pay for your child’s clothing. Success, respectability, love-ability, credibility is currently gained by how a person has navigated to achieve ‘independence’ in this game.What is Submerging?1.7K19Nora BatesonAKA 'whiteness'AKA 'whiteness'1 min read1 min read
Jul 19, 2019With our consent? Behaviours to inspire positive change.I want to ask you, straight up, what do you value most deeply? I’d like to invite you to write down 3 things of infinite value to you. Sacred, precious, special. Of value for its own sake. That which makes the world truly alive. In any dimension — an emotion, relationship, part of…Technology9 min readTechnology9 min read
Published inHuddlecraft·Apr 19, 2019Announcing #LearningMarathon 7Meet Enrol Yourself’s seventh peer group as we embark on a 6 month journey to grow ourselves, together… — In several traditions seven is an important number. From the days of the week to the colours of the rainbow, it marks a sort of wholeness. A completion in a cycle. The moment things come together before they’re ready to renew. At Enrol Yourself, with six Learning Marathons now behind…Design8 min readDesign8 min read
Published inHuddlecraft·Mar 2, 2019What I learnt from Enrol Yourself - lessons in personal leadership.What can living with the failings in my body teach me about living with the failings in our society? That was my guiding question for a Learning Marathon in 2018. Six months, twelve strangers, each with a distinct inquiry to guide our way… I ’d actually embarked on two marathons…Health9 min readHealth9 min read
Jun 7, 2018“How can I become the extraordinary being coded in my DNA?” An experiment. 🔐We all know Ghandi said ‘be the change you wish to see in this world’ — but what does that mean to you, in practice? I decided to bin my assumptions, survey 50 friends and associates and see. The answers were illuminating. Totally unscientific, of course. But I was fascinated…Leadership6 min readLeadership6 min read
Published inHuddlecraft·May 31, 2018How I ran a marathon, despite my disabilities, and why I’m running another…“Great things never came from comfort zones” — Edinburgh Marathon 2018 Finisher’s Medal Last weekend I did something I never thought I would. I ran a marathon. I even enjoyed it. Yes, I know that they can be bad for your knees. Yes, everyone and their dog has already run…Running6 min readRunning6 min read
Published inHuddlecraft·Apr 25, 2018Who’s got the power? #PowerLabPhysicians and therapists, activists and academics, politicos and personal development practitioners, there are so many people working on healing things. From the body, to community, to systems and society, millions of us who’ve felt a call to try to help. But is all our work actually making a difference? I…Life Lessons4 min readLife Lessons4 min read
