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Reframing Boundaries: Insights from the Shark Cage® Framework

Post author By Susan Dunlop
Post date 10 July 2025
Categories In empowerment and resilience, Metaphors, Personal Empowerment, self-care, trauma healing
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After a recent Conversation Café, Rhiannon Pineau, a survivor and advocate, shared an article about the Shark Cage® framework, developed by psychologist Ursula Benstead. This metaphorical model offers a lens through which women can understand and respond to abusive situations, emphasising the importance of personal boundaries and human rights. The framework envisions life as an […]

Conscious Leadership in a School Crisis

Post author By Susan Dunlop
Post date 10 June 2025
Categories In empowerment and resilience, leadership development, lived experience expert, Lived Experience Leadership, Personal Empowerment

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 […]