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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.

At Davos a couple of weeks ago, there was a finding from a survey of 300,000 people that gave me hope. A survey of 300,000 people found that personal fulfilment is now the second most important workplace priority. Right up there with continuous skill-building and empathetic leadership...

Feb 06, 2026

What to do when your to-do list feels too heavy

If things feel heavy right now, it doesn't have to stay this way. What we think we're stuck on often isn't the whole story. On the surface, it looks like a lack of motivation or not having time. But underneath? It's usually fatigue, maybe a fear of 'failure' or of letting someone down. ...

Jan 30, 2026

What we’ve been building, and where it’s heading in 2026

As the year draws to a close, I want to say a BIG thank you for being here. Whether you’ve read every newsletter or dipped in when something resonated, your presence has mattered more than you might realise. This space has never been about volume or noise. It’s been about connection, ...

Jan 02, 2026

My 2025 learning and word of the year...

Over the last few days, I've been sitting with family, and I was asked how the year shaped up for me. I realised as I was speaking that it's not just what happened, but how my perspective and mindset shifted throughout the year because I grew! This was a year of intention for me.No...

Dec 26, 2025

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

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