Leadership Psychology Institute

Leadership Psychology Institute Leadership psychology integrates the study and practice of leadership and organizational systems with the fundamentals of human psychology.

Leadership psychology is an emerging cross-disciplinary field. It integrates the study and practice of leadership and organizational systems with the fundamentals of human psychology to create a 21st Century approach to leadership (Source: MSPP, Boston, MA). Neuroscience is the study of how the nervous system develops, its structure, and what it does. Neuroscientists focus on the brain and its imp

act on behavior and cognitive functions. Not only is neuroscience concerned with the normal functioning of the nervous system, but also what happens to the nervous system when people have neurological, psychiatric and neurodevelopmental disorders. Neuroscience has traditionally been classed as a subdivision of biology. (Source: Medical News Today)
Neuroleadership is an emerging field of study connecting neuroscientific knowledge with the fields of leadership development, management training, change management, consulting and coaching (Source: NeuroLeadership Institute). As Interventionists and Practitioners we are interested in the insights that Neuroscience offers in understanding how the mind and the brain works and affects aspects of leadership. So, on this page you will also find snippets of information from time to time on these subjects.

27/08/2026

๐ŸŽ‰ ๐–๐ž ๐๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ญ! ๐–๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ˆ๐‚๐… ๐‹๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ ๐Ÿ ๐š๐œ๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐! ๐ŸŒŸ
I am absolutely delighted to share that the International Coaching Federation (ICF) has granted Level 2 accreditation to our ๐‚๐จ๐š๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐…๐จ๐ซ ๐ˆ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ญ โ€“ ๐€๐๐ฏ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐จ๐š๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž!

๐Ÿงก This one means rather a lot to me... I started coaching in 2003... And in 2009, we launched our professional coach education programme, with a very clear philosophy: We didn't simply want to teach people how to coach, we wanted to develop thoughtful, psychologically informed, ethical practitioners who could work with the complexity of real people, real organisations and real change.

1๏ธโƒฃ 7๏ธโƒฃ ๐Ÿง  Seventeen years later, we are taking that journey to the next level.

๐Ÿ”ฌ But what does ICF Level 2 actually mean?
๐‹๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ ๐Ÿ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ก๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž, ๐š๐๐ฏ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ ๐œ๐จ๐š๐œ๐ก ๐ž๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ ๐œ๐จ๐š๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐ž๐ ๐‚๐จ๐š๐œ๐ก (๐๐‚๐‚) ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ. It requires a minimum of 125 hours of coach-specific education, Mentor Coaching, observed coaching and feedback, and a final performance evaluation demonstrating coaching competence at PCC level.
For participants, it also provides a direct education pathway towards applying for the ICF PCC credential, once the other ICF credentialing requirements are met.

๐Ÿง  So, this isn't simply about adding another badge to our programme. For me, it is about depth... It is about developing coaches who can go beyond tools, models and good questions.
โœ… Coaches who understand the person behind the behaviour.
โœ… Who can sit with complexity and uncertainty.
โœ… Who understand systems, psychology, relationships and context.
โœ… Who know when to challenge and when to stay silent.
โœ… And who recognise that becoming a great coach is not about collecting techniques but about continuous self-development.

๐Ÿ™๐Ÿผ A ๐‡๐”๐†๐„ ๐“๐‡๐€๐๐Š ๐˜๐Ž๐” to the International Coaching Federation for the rigorous accreditation process and for continuing to uphold professional standards within our profession.

๐Ÿ™๐Ÿผ And an equally ๐‡๐”๐†๐„ ๐“๐‡๐€๐๐Š ๐˜๐Ž๐” to every participant who has trusted us with their development since 2009. You have challenged us, taught us, given us feedback and helped this programme evolve year after year.
This accreditation belongs to all of you too. ๐Ÿงก

๐Ÿง  After 23 years in coaching, one thing I know with certainty is that you never really "arrive"... There is always another layer to understand... another assumption to question ... another level of practice to develop.

And now, quite literally, we are taking Coaching For Impact to Level 2. ๐Ÿ˜‰
Here we go. ๐Ÿš€ ๐Ÿง  ๐ŸŒŸ

โณ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐ค๐ž๐ž๐ฉ ๐ญ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐ฆ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ โ€ฆ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฆ ๐š๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ฉ๐ฆ. ๐Ÿ™„ โฐ Itโ€™s Saturday afternoo...
21/08/2026

โณ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐ค๐ž๐ž๐ฉ ๐ญ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐ฆ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ โ€ฆ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฆ ๐š๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ฉ๐ฆ. ๐Ÿ™„

โฐ Itโ€™s Saturday afternoon and you are sat on your sofa because the kids are busy playing, or because you have nothing better to doโ€ฆ โ€ฆ And you think, right, I will clear out my inbox so that I am ready for Monday. At other times, you fire off the email the second it lands, or you reply to another one at midnight because you happened to be up. The reason doesnโ€™t actually matterโ€ฆ

๐Ÿง  What DOES matter is the impact that this may have on your team. From your side, you want to be on top of things. What the team might be reading is that this is the โ€œstandardโ€. If the boss replies instantly, then slow looks lazy. If the boss is on at 11pm, then logging off at 6 feels risky. Nobody said the words out loud, but everyone got the message. ๐‘๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ง๐จ๐ง-๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐›๐š๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฌ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ ๐›๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ง ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ฌ๐š๐ฒ.

๐Ÿ”Ž Also, we take our cues about whatโ€™s normal from the most senior person in the room. Your behaviour isnโ€™t just your behaviour, itโ€™s the thermostat the whole team sets itself to.

๐Ÿ”ฅ So, the urgency you complain about? Youโ€™re actually training it. Every instant reply teaches your team that everything is a fire, and that being reachable matters more than being rested.

๐Ÿ“ฃ Breaking news: ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐š ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฌ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐›๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฒ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ง๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐œ๐ก ๐จ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ, ๐›๐ž๐œ๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ง๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ž๐ฆ ๐ญ๐จ.
The best leaders learn to model the boundary, not just preach it. They schedule-send the late email. They say out loud, โ€œthis can wait till Monday.โ€ They let themselves be seen logging off.

๐Ÿ“š Weโ€™re bringing the books to Castle Park!On Saturday 29 August, from 10am to 2pm, Iโ€™ll be at the Castle Park Arts Centr...
17/08/2026

๐Ÿ“š Weโ€™re bringing the books to Castle Park!

On Saturday 29 August, from 10am to 2pm, Iโ€™ll be at the Castle Park Arts Centre Community Day & Open Art Studios with Dr Maria Katsarou-Makin, and weโ€™ll be sharing a table full of books.

Maria will be bringing her brand new and brilliant Children Around the World series. Sheโ€™s a psychologist, and that knowledge runs through her stories, helping children understand feelings and emotions, and whatโ€™s going on inside their heads in a warm, accessible way.

Iโ€™ll be bringing a small library of my own, including The Frodsham Whodunnits and The Frodsham Files Parts 1 & 2. Judging by the photograph, I may need structural support for the table. ๐Ÿ˜‚

There is absolutely no pressure to buy anything. Come over, have a look at the books, have a chat, say hello or simply give us a high five. โœ‹

And this bit matters to both of us:

โค๏ธ For every book sold, ยฃ1 goes straight back into Castle Park Arts Centre, helping them continue to put on brilliant events like this.

Soโ€ฆ Come and find us, have a chat, and see how long it takes before one of us starts talking about books without being asked. ๐Ÿ˜›

๐Ÿ“ Castle Park Arts Centre, Frodsham
๐Ÿ“… Saturday 29 August
๐Ÿ•™ 10am to 2pm

Info: Courtyard Cafe, Castle Park Arts Centre.

๐Ÿ“ฃ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ซ๐จ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ช๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐ž... ๐€๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ค๐ž๐ž๐ฉ ๐ก๐š๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฆ๐ข๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ก๐จ๐ง...
17/08/2026

๐Ÿ“ฃ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ซ๐จ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ช๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐ž... ๐€๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ค๐ž๐ž๐ฉ ๐ก๐š๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฆ๐ข๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ก๐จ๐ง๐ž. ๐ŸŽค

๐Ÿ”Ž I see this in meetings all the time... (and have suffered from it myself during my corporate years)... The person who speaks first or is the loudest and/or the fastest, tends to win the room. We tend to read their certainty as competence. We go as far to call it โ€œ๐ž๐ฑ๐ž๐œ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž.โ€ Perceptions are formed and promotions are based on this observable behaviour.

๐Ÿค” The people who know the least are often the most sure. Then we act surprised when the confident hire underdelivers, and the thoughtful one who actually knew what they were doing gets talked over in every meeting. ๐ˆ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐–๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐›๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐›๐ž๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ.

๐Ÿง  As leaders, how do we ensure that everyone gets heard? How can we discount the volume and listen for the reasoning? How can we ask the quiet expert what they think before the loud one fills the silence? โ€œIโ€™m not sure yetโ€ can be a sign of a mind thatโ€™s actually still reflecting.

๐Ÿง  ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ž๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ ๐ž๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐›๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ. ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ฒ ๐ ๐ž๐ญ ๐ญ๐š๐ค๐ž๐ง ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐.๐Ÿ’ฐ We say we value loya...
13/08/2026

๐Ÿง  ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ž๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ ๐ž๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐›๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ. ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ฒ ๐ ๐ž๐ญ ๐ญ๐š๐ค๐ž๐ง ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐.

๐Ÿ’ฐ We say we value loyalty.... and then we act in a way that shows we clearly donโ€™t!

๐Ÿ˜ ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ž:
The new hire negotiates hard and walks in on a number your five-year veteran had to practically beg for. The person threatening to quit suddenly gets the counteroffer, the title, the sudden burst of attention. And the one who quietly stays, delivers, never makes a fuss? A 3% bump and a โ€œthank-youโ€.

๐Ÿค” ๐ˆ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐›๐š๐œ๐ค๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐:
Your most loyal people are the most certain thing youโ€™ve got. So, the energy flows to the flight risks and the fresh faces, while the steady ones are left to run on your gratitude. Until one day the steady one isnโ€™t so steady.... Theyโ€™ve done the math and theyโ€™ve watched people who did less get more. And loyalty, it turns out, has a breaking point.

๐Ÿง  ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ :
Youโ€™re not rewarding loyalty... out of your awareness, youโ€™re taxing it. And the people paying that tax are the exact ones you can least afford to lose.
The best leaders check one thing regularly: ๐€๐ซ๐ž ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฒ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ญ๐š๐ค๐ž๐ง-๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ-๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐? .... Because those two lists should never be the same.

๐Ÿ–๏ธ๐’๐”๐Œ๐Œ๐„๐‘ ๐‚๐‡๐ˆ๐‹๐ƒ๐‘๐„๐โ€™๐’ ๐๐Ž๐Ž๐Š ๐‚๐„๐‹๐„๐๐‘๐€๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐Stories, Smiles & Sweet Treats๐Ÿ“š Come and celebrate the launch of Children of the Wor...
12/08/2026

๐Ÿ–๏ธ๐’๐”๐Œ๐Œ๐„๐‘ ๐‚๐‡๐ˆ๐‹๐ƒ๐‘๐„๐โ€™๐’ ๐๐Ž๐Ž๐Š ๐‚๐„๐‹๐„๐๐‘๐€๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐
Stories, Smiles & Sweet Treats
๐Ÿ“š Come and celebrate the launch of Children of the World: Little Lessons for Big Feelings
๐–๐ž๐๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐€๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ | ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽโ€“๐Ÿ‘:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐ฉ๐ฆ
๐“๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ / ๐ƒ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒโ€™๐ฌ ๐‚๐š๐Ÿรฉ, ๐…๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ฆ
ยฃ5 per child
๐–๐‡๐€๐“โ€™๐’ ๐‡๐€๐๐๐„๐๐ˆ๐๐†?
๐Ÿ“– Storytime with author Dr Maria Katsarou-Makin
๐ŸŒ Meet Timi, Olivia & Sofia and discover their stories
๐Ÿฅช Childrenโ€™s lunch โ€” sandwiches & juice
๐Ÿ“š Books & goodies to take home
๐Ÿฌ A special visit from The Candy Shop Ladies
๐ŸŽ Sweet treats for every child
Everything included in the ยฃ5 entrance fee
For children aged 4โ€“8
Parents & four-legged friends welcome! ๐Ÿพ

๐“๐ก๐ž๐ฒ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž! ๐ˆ ๐š๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐จ๐จ๐จ๐จ ๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฒ!! ๐Ÿ“š ๐Ÿงก ๐Œ๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ž๐งโ€™๐ฌ ๐›๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ: ๐ŸŒ ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐: ๐‹๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž ๐‹๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ...
08/08/2026

๐“๐ก๐ž๐ฒ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž! ๐ˆ ๐š๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐จ๐จ๐จ๐จ ๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฒ!! ๐Ÿ“š

๐Ÿงก ๐Œ๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ž๐งโ€™๐ฌ ๐›๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ: ๐ŸŒ ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐: ๐‹๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž ๐‹๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ข๐  ๐…๐ž๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ

๐Ÿง  These stories were written with one simple belief: The emotional skills we spend so much time teaching adults can also be introduced to children, in a gentle, age-appropriate and hopeful way.

Of they ALL have a piece of me in them... โ˜บ๏ธ

Meet three wonderful children:
๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐“๐ข๐ฆ๐ข ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐‹๐š๐ ๐จ๐ฌ (which is where I grew up), who learns that feelings are not problems to solve, they are messages to understand.

๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง ๐Ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐š ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ (the Northwest is now my home), who discovers that comparing herself to others hides the wonderful strengths she already has.

๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท ๐’๐จ๐Ÿ๐ข๐š ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐€๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ง๐ฌ (where I am originally from), who learns that even the strongest friendships sometimes have storms and that kindness and conversation help us find our way back to each other.

There will be more stories... โ˜บ๏ธ ๐Ÿ“š

๐ŸŒˆ ๐–๐ก๐ฒ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ
Each story introduces an important psychological concept in a way that children aged 4 - 9 can understand, while also encouraging meaningful conversations between children, parents and teachers. (Each book includes instructions at the end for Parents and Teachers). They are also designed to be multi-cultural to honour my own background.

I hope these stories help children, (or our Inner Child) everywhere realise that:
๐Ÿ’› Every feeling matters.
๐Ÿ’› Every child has unique strengths.
๐Ÿ’› Every friendship can grow stronger through understanding.

๐€๐ฏ๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐จ๐ง ๐€๐ฆ๐š๐ณ๐จ๐ง.

Iโ€™d love to know which little reader youโ€™ll be buying one for. ๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ“š

๐Ÿค” ๐€๐ซ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‹๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ? ๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐›๐š๐ ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ, ๐ข๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐š๐ฅ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ๐จ ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ž. ๐€๐ง๐ ๐˜๐Ž๐” ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ญ ๐ ๐จ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž...
05/08/2026

๐Ÿค” ๐€๐ซ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‹๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ?
๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐›๐š๐ ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ, ๐ข๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐š๐ฅ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ๐จ ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ž. ๐€๐ง๐ ๐˜๐Ž๐” ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ญ ๐ ๐จ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฒ.

๐Ÿ”Ž Every leader thinks theyโ€™re approachable. Ask them, and theyโ€™ll tell you their door is always open. Your team however, isnโ€™t โ€œreadingโ€ your door, theyโ€™re reading your face.

๐Ÿ˜ They remember the meeting where someone raised a problem and you went sharp. The time โ€œjust being honestโ€ quietly cost someone their standing. The flicker of irritation you didnโ€™t even know you showed. So, they learn and as a consequence, bad news gets softened, delayed, rounded up. The version that finally lands on your desk has been sanded down to keep you calm.

๐Ÿ›‘ Weโ€™ve been shooting the messenger since ancient times, and people are exquisitely tuned to avoid becoming one. It isnโ€™t cowardice. Itโ€™s self-protection.
Hereโ€™s the uncomfortable part: The quieter your team gets, the better you tend to feel. No problems raised... everyone nodding... and ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ.
It isnโ€™t alignment, unfortunately, Itโ€™s a filter, and itโ€™s hiding the exact things you most need to see.

๐Ÿง  The best leaders donโ€™t just tolerate bad news. Instead, ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ž๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐š๐Ÿ๐ž, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ค ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฎ๐, ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐๐š๐ฒ.

Hello August ๐ŸŒป
01/08/2026

Hello August ๐ŸŒป

๐Ÿง  ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ข๐๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ก๐ข๐ซ๐ž ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž... ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ-๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฆ.๐Ÿ›‘ It never feels like a mistake in the moment. Someoneโ€™s stuck,...
31/07/2026

๐Ÿง  ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ข๐๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ก๐ข๐ซ๐ž ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž... ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ-๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฆ.

๐Ÿ›‘ It never feels like a mistake in the moment. Someoneโ€™s stuck, the deadlineโ€™s breathing down your neck, and you know you can justโ€ฆ fix it. Itโ€™s faster than explaining and cleaner than watching them fumble through it. We have all been there! Paradoxically, It feels like leadership and like caring.

๐Ÿ”ฌ But do it enough times and something quietly breaks. People stop bringing you solutions, they bring you problems instead. And honestly, why wouldnโ€™t they? Youโ€™ve taught them that if they hold out long enough, youโ€™ll lift it off their plate.

๐Ÿง  Thereโ€™s a name for the pattern underneath it: ๐‹๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ. When people start to believe their own effort doesnโ€™t change the outcome, they stop trying. And nothing teaches that faster than a leader who keeps swooping in to save the day.

๐Ÿ›Ÿ The more capable you are, the more tempting the rescue. And every rescue makes you a little more essential, and your team a little weaker. Until youโ€™re the bottleneck for everything, exhausted, quietly wondering why no one around here can run with anything on their own. So, no, you didnโ€™t hire helpless people, you actually out-helped them.

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