My vision

A world where “islands of love, hope and sanity” re-imagine every day what it means to be human beings living and working together, spreading practices of regenerative cultures across the world.

My vision for Scotland is that we are a beacon for the rest of the world for our creativity on how to live interdependently, our innovative governance structures, our visionary approach to parenting and ageing, our wellbeing economy rooted in needs, our focus on community-led decision making for all things local, and our opportunities, for people of all backgrounds, to connect with nature and the land in meaningful ways.

My purpose

To teach, facilitate and share the tools and framework of the Nonviolent Global Liberation (NGL) community to inspire individual and collective liberation, promote collaborative leadership and anchor nonviolence in individual lives, teams and organisations.

Why I am attracted to and qualified to do this work:

  • I have years of experience facilitating groups, delivering trainings and coaching individuals. I love teaching and hosting transformative learning spaces   
  • Over my two decades of living in Scotland, I have developed relationships with a number of people who are anchored in community work, and am part of a network of people deeply committed to making Scotland a thriving place
  • I have worked alongside people from marginalised communities for years and lived in a poor neighbourhood since 2004. This gives me lived access to concrete rather than aspirational principles
  • I am actively involved in a global and self-managed organisation (NGL). Its aim is to develop and share practical solutions to quicken our capacity to resolve thorny issues, across divides of power, privilege and access to resources, and in a way that fosters trust and visionary leadership. I therefore have intimate familiarity with the obstacles that exist on the path of collaboration, as well as templates, tools and principles to bring about this reality
  • My work is anchored in a broad set of skills, approaches, and practices that can help match resources to needs
  • I am committed to maintaining a conscious relationship with my privilege and inviting others to do the same in support of everyone’s liberation
  • I am deeply committed to nonviolence. This fuels my capacity to learn and share the art of collaborative leadership
  • I have a dedicated practice of stillness, embodiment, loving compassion and truth seeking/telling. This supports my personal liberation and inspires others on their journey
  • I have a chronic health condition which has taken me on a challenging but rewarding journey on how to face loss without giving up hope and agency
  • I love being in and nurturing community in support of overcoming patterns of separation and deepening into trust, connection and relationship
  • I have an unwavering trust in the value of practice. This serves many needs including aligning ‘inner’ and ‘outer’ (values and purpose), and learning new ways of being and working together
  • I endeavour bringing joy, presence and connection wherever I go. This relaxes those I work with and inspires trust. It's also fun
  • I have come to love Scotland, its culture, landscape and people. It feels good to be here and contribute to what gives life

Values

  • Collaborating as much as possible to make anything happen
  • Leaning on my and others' strengths when dealing with complexity 
  • Keeping my heart open when the going gets tough
  • Following my intuition and embodied knowing for as many decision as possible
  • Leaning on community and expressing my needs to transform isolation

Mission/Goals:

  • Facilitate online and in person courses, and share the practices and deep insights embedded in the NGL framework
  • Participate in the building of infrastructures for the Convergent Facilitation community of practice, and NGL as a whole
  • Facilitate grassroots-oriented projects in Scotland and elsewhere
  • Strengthen the intellectual anchoring of my work through reading, writing, teaching and broad-ranging conversations
  • Continually engage in ‘experiments with truth’ with myself, in relationships, in communities I belong to and as part of the work I do
  • Resource myself to do this work from a place of integrity, sustainability, experience and resilience