A reflection from a local community member This week, a school community close to home is making national headlines. Expulsions. Exposure. Understandable fear and blame. I can’t help but ask: What happens when we only react? As a survivor and self-leadership coach, I see how quickly we move into damage control: blame, secrecy, shame, silence. We […]
Category: Lived Experience Leadership
Why Lived Experience Must Lead the Conversation
There’s a quiet power in gathering people together, a global community, all choosing to lead rather than follow. All of us – survivors, parents, allies, researchers, and professionals, choosing to sit at one Zoom room ‘table’. All participants are there not to be talked about or to be talked at. Actively engaging, we speak with […]