Smiling on the outside, quietly falling apart inside? Setting direction whilst feeling lost? This week I'm exploring what happens when the person everyone turns to for answers feels like they're falling apart. There's a persona many of us wear when we don the cloak of leadership - the strong, calm, in-control leader. But what if strong leadership isn't about having it all together, but about being honest about what you don't? A personal story from the messy space of human leadership.

When a client cancelled my session with no warning, I felt it — emotionally and financially. Here’s how I processed the disappointment, reset my focus, and turned the moment into a lesson on resilience.