Last weekend I completed the Deadly Dozen and I’m feeling very proud of myself! In 2022, I started training. Not because I'd always been a fitness person — I absolutely had not. I started because I was watching someone I love more than life itself fighting the hardest battle of their life, and in that pain, something shifted in me and I had no excuse not to look after myself.

I often talk about the importance of being anchored as a leader. When you are anchored, you are not easily shaken. Your team feels it. Your decisions become clearer. Your leadership becomes steadier. In my experience, those with strong anchors consistently create the best outcomes, not just in results, but in how people feel being led by them.

My anchors are what steady me when circumstances don’t. Anchors ground you in the storm, they guide you when things feel uncertain, they comfort you when you feel depleted and they remind you who you are.

Writing Healing and Hopeful was both an offering and an act of survival. It was cathartic, confronting, and unexpectedly healing. I speak briefly about that journey in a recent podcast conversation, but the deeper truth is the book came from a season I never would have chosen, yet one that shaped me in ways I could never have imagined.

I hesitated before writing another end-of-year post. The familiar self-judgement kicked in - who cares, everyone is doing them - but then, in true coaching fashion, I gave myself a gentle (but firm) kick up the bum. It’s the end of the year. I’m a coach and honest, sometimes uncomfortable reflection is what we do! So here goes.

At the start of this year, I began my book-writing journey, and what a journey it has been. Writing about something so deeply personal, while sharing practical tips and strategies for facing crisis and growing through adversity, has been both challenging and cathartic. I’ve discovered that the initial writing process comes quite naturally when you’re speaking from the heart, but once your words land in the hands of others, that’s when the real work begins.

We all lead without realising or recognising it. You lead in your family, in your friendships, in your community, as well as in your work. The myth that leadership only counts when it’s official, loud or public is just that, a myth. I like to remind people that they already carry influence in their life. The real question is, how you will use it?

“Facing your front” means focusing on your own path. Not looking left or right or watching what others are doing and measuring yourself against them. It means putting your energy into what you’re building, not what others appear to have already built. It’s about trusting that what is meant for you will not pass you by and, recognising that your journey is not supposed to look like anyone else’s.

I believe joy is a gift that we can all access. It’s something deep-rooted and unshaken by circumstances unlike happiness which relies on things going our way and let’s be honest, life doesn’t always play ball. Joy on the other hand, is grounded in contentment, a quiet confidence that even when life is messy, there’s something steady and whole inside of you.

Resilience isn’t fixed—it’s something we grow with time, practice, and a bit of self-compassion. When it feels like everything is coming at you at once, see it as an opportunity to strengthen that resilience muscle.

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