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When survival masquerades as strength, relationships suffer. Explore the psychology shaping health, boundaries, and self-worth. Not all manipulation looks malicious. Some of it looks like loyalty, over-giving, agreement or even vulnerability. Besides for women, particularly Black women and women of colour, what we often mistake for “strength” in relationships is sometimes the nervous system trying to stay safe in environments that are not.

Servant Leadership Is Not Soft Power It Is Strategic Power For years, leadership has been mis-framed as visibility, decisiveness and control. Yet the data tells a different story. The most resilient, productive and innovative teams are not driven by command-and-control leadership, they are built by leaders who serve first. Servant leadership is not about being agreeable. It is about creating the conditions where people perform at their best, consistently and sustainably.

What Emerging Leaders Must Understand About DEI Amid Corporate Retreat and Cultural Disruption Today, emerging leaders are stepping into organisations at a moment of contradiction. On paper, diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) has never been more discussed. Yet in practice, inclusion feels increasingly fragile, especially for women of colour in the UK and the United States.

Why High-Functioning Women Are Rethinking Resilience.Research consistently shows that women in leadership experience disproportionately high levels of chronic stress, emotional labour and burnout, yet are far less likely to access psychologically safe support.A 2023 McKinsey study found that women leaders are 1.5 times more likely than men to report burnout symptoms, while neuroscience research from Dr Bruce McEwen’s work on allostatic load demonstrates that prolonged “high-f

The Most Powerful New Year Commitment Is Not a Resolution... It Is Connection! As Black women executives, we enter each new year carrying more than goals, we carry responsibility, visibility and often unspoken pressure. We are praised for our resilience, our leadership and our ability to hold it all together. But too often, that strength comes at the cost of genuine connection with ourselves and the people who truly support us.

The Science Behind Being Gentle With Yourself During Difficult Seasons   What is often framed as gentleness during high-pressure seasons is, in fact, a neuroscience-informed strategy for preserving cognitive capacity, emotional regulation, and long-term performance.   This analysis forms the first part of a HealthTalk series examining how neuroscience reshapes our understanding of performance, leadership and capacity under sustained pressure.   The question then becomes not