Somewhere Smack Bang in The Middle of a Grief Crisis.
How will life hit us when direct danger has passed? Isn’t it amazing how humans manage to adapt so well to almost any situation? It’s like we’re hardwired to keep moving forward and face difficulty in the moment. But then there’s the other end of that stick… the moment we are out of danger and… Read More
Death of the Information Expert.
What Happens When Knowledge Stops Being Rare? The world is fundamentally changing, and we can no longer pretend it isn’t. I see a lot of thoughtful leaders and high-capacity humans feeling unsettled right now, even if many can’t fully explain why. The world is changing incredibly fast and there’s this unsettling feeling that something important… Read More
🫣 The part of leadership most people avoid.
After almost a decade in the trenches of leadership and human development, here’s what I’ve realised: Anyone can claim to be a leader. But real leadership begins when you’re willing to fully face yourself. And most people aren’t ready for that. Not completely. Not fully. The truth is… for most people, it feels a lot… Read More
How Persona Culture Is Costing Us Our Authority
Persona, power, and the quiet erosion of inner authorship. We have a persona problem, and it’s bigger than branding. In fact, it’s both cultural, psychological, and ethical. We live in a time where humans are being packaged and sold into digestible identities: the breath guy, the dopamine guy, the manifestation woman, the shadow worker, the… Read More
When Trees Sing: Where Mysticism Meets the Nervous System
Stand in a forest long enough and something in you slows without being told to. Your breathing changes, your shoulders drop. Even your thoughts stop chasing each other. And even though nothing has been fixed or solved, something feels different. This is the territory I’m working in now. And it’s not a project in the… Read More
Why we Struggle to Find Balance
#AskMadelaine This is the corner of the internet where you bring the things you’re actually thinking about — the ones that don’t fit into tidy boxes.Not advice. Not fixes.Just real humans asking real questions — and me meeting you there: real, raw and honest. Got a question? Email yours HERE QUESTION:“I’m trying so hard to… Read More
The Compressed Human
Why I Refuse to Become an Algorithm (And Why You Should Too) Everywhere you look, the world is sprinting in one direction — faster, louder, more automated, more content, more “optimise your life,” more “produce or disappear.” And I don’t know about you, but I’m exhausted by it, not because I can’t keep up, but… Read More
When In Doubt, Ask the Trees
A Story of Nordic Mindfulness™ and Remembering. There’s a thread that runs deep in me… something ancient. Something I didn’t learn in school or from books—but from the land. And from the women who came before me. When life gets too loud, I go to the forest. Always have. I don’t go for the steps… Read More
You Don’t Need More Strategy
“The greatest threat to your business is not the market —it’s losing yourself.” There’s no shortage of people teaching leaders, creatives, and founders how to scale. Everyone has a method.Everyone has a system.Everyone has the “proven path.” If you asked five different experts what to do next in your business, you’d get five different answers… Read More
The Quiet Rebellion of Living From the Inside Out
Somewhere along the way, attention became our substitute for connection — but what happens when the hunger for real connection finally catches up with us? It’s interesting to ponder where we’ve ended up — this constant need to be seen, acknowledged, and document our every move. It’s like over the last decade (or more) we’ve… Read More