A reflection from a local community member This week, a school community close to home is making national headlines. Expulsions. Exposure. Understandable fear and blame. I can’t help but ask: What happens when we only react? As a survivor and self-leadership coach, I see how quickly we move into damage control: blame, secrecy, shame, silence. We […]
The Cinemas of Truth: Why Telling Your Story Matters
This is the first contribution from our lived-experience authors featured in Voices of Change. Author: Alice Perle. Memoir: Resolve: A Story of Courage, Healthy Inquiry and Recovery from Sibling Sexual Abuse. First Published July 2023. Available everywhere! When I was writing Resolve, fear was never far away. Not the fear of writing, but the fear […]
Moving Beyond Drama
What if there’s a better way to communicate? Have you ever walked away from a conversation thinking, Why did that go so badly? Hello, I’m Susan Dunlop, the Founder of Lead Believe Create with Susan Dunlop and social enterprise, Blue Borage, and an Advisory Board Member for 5WAVES.org in the USA. When not facilitating leadership […]