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Within Reach is a weekly leadership newsletter offering reflections, stories, and a free journal reflection page to help you lead with clarity, connection, and courage.

You Don't Have to Push Through Everything

To be honest, I struggle with the term "mental toughness." The word "tough" carries a lot of connotations for me, many of them rooted in judgment, about what we should be able to handle, how we should show up, and what it means to be strong. A recent poll I ran asked: What comes to mi...

Dec 12, 2025

A five minute reset that actually works

I don't get this feeling often.The last time I remember noticing similar signals was right after COVID. Just a quiet sense that something in me needed attention. So yesterday morning, I made a simple intention.I decided to be fully present with whatever crossed my path.No...

Nov 21, 2025

When leadership feels lonely (and what helps)

There’s something happening quietly in so many teams right now.People are tired. Not “end of a long week” tired, more like carrying too much for too long tired. Some of it is work.Some of it is what’s happening in the world, the violence, the injustice, the constant stream of horror s...

Nov 16, 2025

When you still care deeply, but something feels off

There can come a point when the work you once loved no longer feels like you. For me, it wasn’t sudden. It was quiet, a slow drift I only noticed once I felt strangely distant from something I used to love. At first, I thought something was wrong with me.Maybe I’d lost motivation. Maybe...

Oct 31, 2025

You're on Growth's Edge

Recently, I learned there’s a name for a feeling I've had as recently as last week, and one I realise many leaders experience at one time or another... it’s called a growth edge. It’s that quiet, uncomfortable place where you realise you can’t quite keep doing things the way you used ...

Oct 24, 2025

The Rhythm Beneath How You Lead

When I think about values, I don’t see words on a wall.I hear rhythm. The quiet pulse that shapes how we move through the world.Sometimes steady, sometimes syncopated, but always there, underneath everything we do. We like to think values are things we have, but I’ve...

Oct 17, 2025

Should I Stay or Should I Go?

There have been many times in my career where I stayed in roles longer than I should have, at least for my own well-being. One of the biggest reasons was always my team.I would think: If I leave, who will stand up for them? Who will make sure they are cared for? That sense of responsibility often...

Oct 01, 2025

When plans don't go as planned

Starting a business has been one of the most creative seasons of my life. It’s also full of resistance. Not the dramatic kind. The quieter kind.The silence after putting something into the world.The moments when the response doesn’t match the effort.The inner voice that questions: “Ar...

Sep 26, 2025

A leadership confession: what my body taught me

I had been on back-to-back deployments and landed in Bangkok for a workshop. For me, it was the doorway to a long-awaited rest week with family. Halfway through, news broke of an earthquake in Indonesia.I was asked to deploy as deputy team leader. Already running on fumes, I could feel the tensio...

Sep 19, 2025

Humanitarian Leadership: Building Talent Bridges for a Changing World

I have spent my whole career as a humanitarian. That identity runs deep. It shapes how you see the world, how you lead, and what you think is worth fighting for. Which is why it is so hard for many of us to imagine working anywhere else. To even consider moving into the private sector can feel li...

Sep 05, 2025

Adaptability: the leadership skill we can’t ignore

Resilience has been the leadership buzzword for years.But resilience shifts depending on the times we’re living in. During the pandemic, resilience meant coping with restrictions and uncertainty.During organisational restructures, it often meant absorbing pressure and carrying on.And today, in th...

Sep 05, 2025

Trust Before Templates

When things go wrong in leadership or collaboration, it’s tempting to look to the contract or the process. “What clause applies here?”“What policy did they break?”“What template should we have used?” But in most of the breakdowns I’ve witnessed, whether inside organisations or across partnerships...

Aug 29, 2025

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