Bravely Connected Podcast

For years, we’ve told kids: Don’t bully. Be kind. Include others.
All important.
But what if bullying starts long before someone says something cruel?
What if it starts when we begin believing that in order for me to be strong, someone else has to be weak? That for me to belong, someone else has to be excluded? That making you smaller somehow makes me bigger?
In this episode of Bravely Connected, I’m exploring what might be underneath bullying—and why shame alone won’t transform it.

Have you ever walked into a conversation feeling completely fine… and walked away anxious, frustrated, heavy, or emotionally exhausted?
You may be carrying something that was never yours to carry.
When we care deeply about people, it can be difficult to know where empathy ends and emotional absorption begins. We feel their stress. We take on their frustration. We carry their stories home with us.
But caring about someone doesn’t mean you have to carry what they’re carrying.
In this episode of Bravely Connected, I share a resilience practice I recently taught to frontline nonprofit staff.

This episode feels different.
For almost 30 years, I’ve worked in mental health, resilience, schools and communities. And somehow, all those years have been leading me here.
So in this episode, I’m sharing something pretty personal:
My dream for this year.
It’s a little audacious. It starts with just 10 people in my neighbourhood. And if it works, I think it could change the way we think about mental health, belonging, work and what communities are actually capable of.
I stumbled over my words a few times recording this one because, truthfully, I care about it that much.
This is the work I want to give the next season of my life to.
So grab a coffee, go for a walk, and come dream with me for a little while.

Maybe you haven’t lost your purpose. Maybe you’ve never had the space to discover it.
In this week’s episode, we’re taking the pressure off “finding your dream” and looking instead for the clues.

And this conversation is bigger than us. When children, students, and community members discover “I’m good at something. I matter. I have something to contribute,” it can build hope, belonging, and a sense of possibility.

We’ll explore three simple places to start.
You don’t need the whole map. You just need the next clue.

🎙️ In this week’s podcast, I’m talking about where resilience really comes from, why small wins matter, and how we can help ourselves—and the people around us—come alive.