The Journal

Questions, so far.

The Life Around It 13 min

Why did I spend so long wishing I were more normal?

For years, I thought everyone else had been given the instructions for how to be normal, and I had somehow missed them. On belonging, learning what to change about ourselves - and what to protect.

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The Ring 7 min

What does courage actually feel like from the inside?

Friends told me how calm I looked walking to the ring. What they couldn't see was the conversation happening underneath it. On what courage actually feels like - and why it rarely arrives looking the way we expect.

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The Workshop 7 min

What happened to wonder?

A torpedo ray, a monkey I once watched for an hour, and the slow, quiet way curiosity gets traded for usefulness. On noticing things again - and why I really started building this website.

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The Boardroom 7 min

What are they really judging?

For a long time in my career, I believed competence had to be proved one answer at a time. On uncertainty, judgement - and what I slowly realised people had been measuring all along.

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