Talent isn’t the problem. The system is.
Many organisations say they value talent, fairness, and merit.
Yet outcomes tell a different story. Progression often depends on access to information that isn’t written down. This is the hidden curriculum of work.
Racism at work is often hidden, not absent.
Last week, we explored how avoiding necessary conversations increases stress. This week, we ask the question: Who pays the price when conversations aren’t happening?
This Week, Edited: Are Necessary conversations a communication skill OR a wellbeing practice?
Necessary Conversations at Work: Why Avoidance Increases Stress and Burnout
Necessary conversations don’t create stress — avoidance does.
How Necessary Conversations Reduce Stress at Work
People don’t avoid conversations — they avoid risk.
Why Psychological Safety Matters for Difficult Conversations at Work.
Most difficult conversations are delayed by assumptions, not facts.
The Stories We Tell Ourselves About Difficult Conversations
Necessary conversations are rarely avoided because of the conversation itself.
Are you avoiding a necessary conversation because of the conversation itself - or because of the uncertainty around it?
This Week, Edited: Avoidance doesn’t reduce stress. It relocates it.
Avoidance doesn’t reduce stress. It just relocates it.
join us next week for “No Sugar no spice: The recipe for real conversations”
Meet our speaker Fiona Kearns and learn what she’ll be covering in next week’s Difficult Conversations masterclass.
Unclear expectations - including unspoken tension - are a hidden source of stress.
Clarity isn’t just about what you’re doing.
It’s about how you’re working together.
Being nice and being clear aren’t always the same thing.
Where might you be choosing short-term comfort over long-term clarity?
Avoiding difficult conversations doesn’t remove tension - it stores it.
Many people avoid difficult conversations for understandable reasons, but what often replaces it is something heavier.
This Week, Edited: Why Wellbeing Determines Whether We Speak Up or Shut Down
Wellbeing doesn’t just reduce stress — it expands what’s possible.
Avoidance is often a stress response.
Today’s Daily Insight explores why avoidance is often a stress response, not a character flaw.
Clarity requires energy.
Today’s Daily Insight looks at the link between clarity and energy
Don’t rebuild by pushing harder.
Today’s Daily Insight looks at why rebuilding capacity is so vital.
One of the most underestimated parts of wellbeing
Sometimes the biggest shift isn’t a solution — it’s finally having language for what you’ve been feeling.
This Week, Edited: What We Really Learned About Wellbeing, Stress and Burnout
What We Really Learned About Wellbeing, Stress and Burnout
A fun exercise to solve The ‘Empty Bottom Tier’ Problem
Solving the “empty bottom tier” problem. Many people don’t ignore their wellbeing - they’ve just lost touch with what actually fills them back up. Here’s Sophie’s exercise on how to get it back.
The Wedding Cake Exercise That Explains Burnout at Work
An limited edition edit of Sophie Coulthard’s Wedding Cake wellbeing exercise.
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