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I was honoured to narrate a performance of Max's new album VOICES at the Warwick Arts Centre. Inspired by the International Declaration of Human Rights, this was a powerful and emotional evening; our thoughts with the people of Ukraine. Reviewed here.

This 15 minute storytelling film weaves together stories from individuals and groups in health intentionally leading change. It reveals some of the many ways that these changemakers have managed to significantly impact their health care environments and improve health outcomes, often through relatively small, local interventions. From improving patient safety and reducing patient harm, to promoting community health and introducing compassion in health leadership - these stori

We were so delighted to have talented young film maker Ella Vincenzi as part of the team on our project for WHO. She documented the process and has made a lovely short film of our journey. It was great to reflect on the process while we were going through it and was a really helpful way of bringing perspective to any challenges as well as constantly connecting us back to our core purpose in making it. Click here to see the film.

Great to see the film coming together... still work to do on graphics, grade and sound, and finalising credits... but its getting there!

We have found a fantastic warehouse location to film this project - in Bermondsey, London. It used to be a victorian tannery and is full of atmosphere. Its great to see everything coming together and particularly exciting to hear the fantastic music filling the spaces as we work from Tunde Jegede and Renu, and to have the youngest member of the team - our actress Ulrika's 4 month old baby girl Maitreya - on set with us today. What an honour!

Brilliant to finally be back facilitating a live face to face immersion with The Oceantree at Inchigo . Really appreciating being in a room together and all that brings, and loving the vibe of our location - the New Forest; watching the donkeys, ponies, and cattle roaming freely and feeling the expansive freedom of the heathland. Telling the story of Jumping Mouse on the top of the heath with the midges buzzing round our heads, the ponies curiously munching their way ever clo

Having interviewed health care workers from all around the world we transcribed all the interviews, and then set about doing a thematic analysis. Once we had established the key themes that came through, we began to write a script. This was a long process! The first script was over half an hour long, and after numerous discussions and a lot of soul searching we have managed to cut the script down to 15 minutes. Its heartbreaking to lose some of the stories but we hope to be a

An article I co-authored - Psoriasis: The Skin I’m In – Development of a behaviour change tool to improve the care and lives of people with psoriasis - has been published in the CED (Clinical & Experimental Dermatology). It can be accessed from the Wiley online library here . It is an academic response to the research we conducted for our film Psoriasis; The Skin I'm In.

A year ago I would never have believed that we could work so successfully online. But this week I feel lucky to be on retreat on my own in Norfolk, working online with colleagues and a client with The Oceantree at Inchigo . Each of us on retreat on our own around the world....rather than together... but working via zoom, audio connection etc! Its amazing what you can do... We have had a fulfilling and powerful week.

We are very excited to be collaborating with The WHO and The Presencing Institute to listen to the stories of change makers at all levels in the health sector worldwide and to create another storytelling film. We will take the key themes from these conversations and weave a narrative from their stories to shed light on what it means to be a change maker. Through the power of storytelling this film will inspire other potential change makers and provide inspiration for change

My coaching work with Inchigo has made a very successful transition online, as have the immersions with TheOceanTree . Using and telling stories online has been surprisingly powerful. I've been using some new stories from one of my favourite storytellers Clarissa Pinkola Estes, and have enjoyed re-discovering some of the fantastic stories in the compilation "Stories of the Spirit, Stories of the Heart" by Feldman and Kornfield. Even vocal work has made a good transition into

So pleased to be screening "Life Growing Up" with GHFF online program , alongside the brilliant documentary 5B. Its followed by a Q&A.

Ginny and I have been writing some songs before and during lockdown and had a chance to record a couple. This one is about Norfolk... I'm missing the salty sea and long walks on the windy beaches.... still tweaking but here's a little preview!

Menopause is a really important Transition in a woman’s life. Meeting Menopause is a weekend to support and facilitate this transition in community with others, 1-3 May2020. Find out more here. https://vimeo.com/397403316

Life Growing Up won best film in the Long Form under £5m category at the Charity Film Awards from a shortlist of 18 films. It was a surreal affair as the whole ceremony was broadcast live on Youtube during lockdown and we were watching at home, but big celebrations here when we won! Credit to all the amazing young people who shared their stories with us. Their courage has changed the way people think and feel about young people born with HIV. We couldn’t have made the film wi

We are delighted to announce that we have just heard that we are finalists in the charity film awards for our film "Life Growing Up" - the true stories of young people in the Uk growing up with HIV. Please vote for us here ... there is still time! And tune in to watch the Live digital broadcast of the virtual awards ceremony on Tuesday 21st April at 7pm by going the Charity Film Awards website.

I'm very excited to be working with The OceanTree and collaborating with Diverse City and their brilliant show MidLife to offer this half day workshop. Visit eventbrite for full information.

Live performance of Life Growing Up for the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on HIV and AIDS, and the APPG on Mental Health. What an amazing journey to be presenting this story here.... now over to the policy makers....

I am very pleased to be working with The OceanTree again this year. Meeting Menopause is a weekend retreat for women that I will be co-facilitating from 1-3rd May 2020 with my long time friend and brilliant coach, yoga teacher and wise woman Fiona Bibby. We will be combining our skills and using the story "Seal Skin Soul Skin" from Clarrissa Pinkola Este's seminal "Women that Run With The Wolves" as a framework, to offer what we hope will be a really empowering, thoughtful

We are so excited to announce that Life Growing Up, our film about the stories of young people growing up with HIV, has been shortlisted for the Charity Film Awards. The second stage of voting starts now, so please add your vote here.