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Helping everyone win through equity. With a 31-year acquaintanceship with cancer, I know a lot about its devastating impact long after diagnosis.

I am an award-winning author, coach, researcher and consultant with a threefold mission to:
• Tackle health inequities impacting on people from ethnic minority backgrounds.
• Give courageous women tools to thrive after cancer diagnosis.
• Equip leaders to boost and sustain workforce resilience in challenging times. I believe that there’s more to life than survival.
𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗻𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘀. If you are a courageous woman who wants to live well after cancer diagnosis rather than merely exist, I would love to give you tools and support to flourish daily. To find out more, visit : https://inspiredtosoar.co.uk/
As a patient from an ethnic minority background, I have seen and experienced first-hand the inequities that we face leading to poorer health outcomes. I decided to be part of the solution I sought. Through research and consulting, I am now making a difference by addressing the underlying causes of these inequalities.
𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝘆 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝘄𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗲. 𝗜𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗿𝗼𝗼𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘀. I have a track record of delivering tailor-made, relevant content to healthcare bodies raising awareness that leads to positive change. More information is available at: https://inspiredtosoar.co.uk/

In 2017, I published my first book, Navigating Your New Normal introducing a 7-step framework for the aftermath of trauma. It is designed to equip leaders with the tools to boost and sustain the resilience of their workforce. This is a priority as the fallout of the pandemic continues.
𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘂𝗺𝗮 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝟮 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀. My unique NYNN© framework would equip your leadership team address their own trauma so they are better equipped to lead healthier organisations. Find out more about more at: https://inspiredtosoar.co.uk/

Links to some of my media features:
• https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/health/woman-lost-mother-sister-breast-13334208
• https://breastcancernow.org/about-us/news-personal-stories/my-story-podcast-bami
• https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-48397041
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nwFmm5PJvU&list=FLNGDTY5isD9R2vV3u1hcv5g&index=60

If any of the above is of interest, drop me a line at: [email protected]

07/10/2026

Knowing your breasts can save your life. 🎀 It really is that simple, and that important.

Checking your breasts isn't about looking for something wrong. It's about knowing what's normal for YOU, so you notice when something changes. 🤲🏾

Changes worth getting checked by your GP include:
🔹 a lump or thickening in the breast or armpit
🔹 a change in size, shape or feel
🔹 skin changes such as dimpling, puckering or redness
🔹 ni**le changes, including a rash, discharge or a ni**le turning inwards
🔹 swelling in your armpit or around your collarbone
🔹 pain that doesn't go away

Most changes won't be cancer. But if something doesn't feel right, don't wait and don't talk yourself out of it. Book the appointment. 📅

Make it a regular habit. Pop a reminder in your phone, check in the shower, whatever works for you. And when you've done yours, check on the women you love too. 💛👭🏾

Your future self will thank you.

If you have any questions about how to check your breasts, visit the website of the following organisations:
Breast Cancer Now

05/10/2026

Thank you, thank you, thank you 🙏🏾💛

I've been truly overwhelmed by the birthday wishes for my 50th. Every message, call, card and comment landed right in my heart. Thank you for taking the time to celebrate with me. 🥹

I did exactly what I said I would. I spent the day with my audience of One, enjoyed some cake 🎂 (more than one slice, if I'm honest 😉) and took time to reflect on the journey so far: the lessons, the people, the grace and the growth.

Fifty feels like a gift I don't take lightly. And I've decided one day simply isn't enough to hold it all. So the celebration will continue all year long 🎉✨

Here's to a new decade of purpose, joy and soaring. Thank you for being part of my story. 🦋

01/10/2026

Tomorrow, I turn 50. 🎉🥹

And today, my favourite month begins. October has always felt like mine, but it carries far more weight than birthday cake. 🍂🎂

It's Breast Cancer Awareness Month 🎀. Cancer has touched my family deeply, and my own journey showed me how differently women can be heard. I'm thinking of every woman whose symptoms were missed, whose concerns were dismissed, and whose story deserves to be heard and acted on. Awareness only matters if it reaches everyone.

It's also Black History Month here in the UK ✊🏾. A time to honour those who came before us, and to keep doing the work of antiracism so those coming after have a fairer path.

Both sit close to my heart and at the centre of my work. Both remind me why I'll keep speaking up. 💛

As for tomorrow, I'll be spending most of it in solitude with my audience of One. 🙏🏾 These words have been whispering to me all week, and they capture exactly why:

"Can you not discern this new day of destiny breaking forth around you? The early signs of my purposes and plans are bursting forth. The budding vines of new life are now blooming everywhere. The fragrance of their flowers whispers, 'There is change in the air.' Arise, my love, my beautiful companion, and run with me to the higher place. For now is the time to arise and come away with me." Song of Songs 2:13 🌸

I've accepted the invitation. I'm arising, and I'm coming away. ✨

See you on the other side of 50. 😉

30/09/2026

2 days to 50. ✌🏾

When I pursued my Masters, I had one clear aim: to be a voice for those without one. Nearly two decades on, that aim hasn't changed. It's just got louder. 🗣️

Some of the most important conversations I've been part of weren't about me at all. They were about the people who are rarely in the room when decisions about their lives, and their health, get made. 🚪

This year, that looked like Seen. Heard. Valued., a community event in Cardiff on inclusive cancer care, where people from our communities shared their experiences honestly and powerfully. Their words shaped a report, and this month we came back together to talk about turning those voices into change. 💛 Listening was only the beginning. Acting on what we heard is the real work.

Speaking up for others sometimes means asking the awkward question. Sometimes it means holding the door open. And sometimes it means refusing to let a story be told without the people it's about. 🤝🏾

It isn't always comfortable. But silence has never protected the people who needed protecting most.

If you've ever felt unseen or unheard, please know this: your story matters, and there are people fighting for it to be heard. I'm proud to be one of them. ✊🏾

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29/09/2026

3 days left. 🙌🏾

Here's something I've learnt: making a difference is a choice you make again and again, often when nobody's watching. 👀

Cancer has shaped my story in ways I never would have chosen. I became a young carer when my mother was diagnosed, and lost her
when I was 17. 🎗️ Years later, my late sister's diagnosis, and then my own, showed me the racial inequities in our health system up close. I could have stayed angry. Instead, I realised I had the knowledge, experience and expertise to do something about it.

So I chose to. 💪🏾 That choice became Inspired To Soar, my work in racial health equity, co-producing research on inclusive prehabilitation, and sitting at tables where decisions about our care are made.

I don't want to be someone who only talks about change. I want to lead by example, show up consistently, and do the work even when it's slow, uncomfortable or unpopular. 🛠️

As I step into this new decade, my heart is simple: to continue being a blessing and a solution-provider in my areas of expertise. Not just naming the problems (though I can do that with great precision 😏), but helping to fix them. 💡

Leadership isn't a title. It's what people see you do when it counts. ✨

28/09/2026

4 days until the big 5-0. 🎂

I've got lots to say about what makes me tick and how it all comes together to shape the woman I'm becoming. So here's a little candour, served with a smile. 😄

✨ I'd rather be real than polished. For years I wore a mask of confidence, even perfection, until it cracked. Best thing that ever happened to me. Authenticity has cost me the odd opportunity, but it has never cost me my peace.

✨ I tell stories because stories change hearts in ways statistics never will. That's why I wrote Navigating Your New Normal, a satnav of sorts for anyone finding their way after trauma. 📖 (I love a good statistic too, don't get it twisted. 📊)

✨ I believe no part of our experience is ever wasted. The hardest seasons of my life became the foundation of my work.

✨ I laugh a lot, including at myself. Life's far too serious not to.

✨ And yes, there's a sprinkling of sass. It's seasoning, darling. 💅🏾

The woman I'm becoming isn't a reinvention. She's more of who I've always been, with fewer masks and fewer apologies. 💛

Which one of these sounds most like you? Tell me below 👇🏾

27/09/2026

5 days to 50. ⏳

Before emergence, there's preparation, pruning and refining. The last one is an ongoing process, and I know a thing or two about that. ✂️🌱

As a child, I knew what it meant to be silenced when there was so much I wanted to say. As a pre-teen, I actually wished I could be quieter, that I wouldn't feel that pull to speak up whenever something felt wrong. That kind of conditioning runs deep, and the echoes stayed with me long after I'd left that environment. 🎭

Then, in my final year of university in London, I discovered human rights. 💡 For the first time, I had language for something I'd always carried: a drive for justice and a need to speak up. That led me to a Masters in International Development and Human Rights, and it changed everything.

Pruning isn't glamorous. Ask any rose. 🌹 But every cut made room for something stronger to grow, and one of the things that grew was my voice.

These days, I don't wait for permission. I own my voice because it was given to me for a reason. 🎙️ Owning your voice doesn't mean being the loudest in the room. It means being honest, being clear, and being willing to stand behind what you say, even when your knees are knocking. 💪🏾

The little girl who wished she could be quieter would be amazed at the woman she became. 💛

What has a season of pruning grown in you? 👇🏾

26/09/2026

In 6 days, I'll be 50. 🎉

Writing that down feels surreal, to say the least. Fifty. Me. The girl who spent so many years wishing she could shrink herself is about to enter a whole new decade standing tall. Somebody pass me a chair (and maybe a cup of tea). ☕😅

Yet I know it's vital for me not to miss what Abba is doing within and around me. Staying present is not optional. 🙏🏾 When I look back over the last five decades, I see His fingerprints everywhere: in the hard seasons I didn't think I'd survive, in the doors that opened when I least expected, and in the people He placed around me at exactly the right time.

I've seen glimpses of where this next phase is pointing. And to make sure distractions don't get in the way, solitude is necessary. So this week I'm slowing down on purpose, listening closely, and letting the noise fade. 🌿
Without a doubt, I have too many reasons to celebrate, and the celebrating will go on all year long (consider yourselves warned 💃🏾🎊). But the day itself? That's reserved for quiet time with the One who has brought me this far. ✨

Over the next few days, I'll be sharing a little of what makes me tick. Stay with me. I've got a few things to say. 😉

25/09/2026

Health inequity doesn't stop at a border. Wherever the diaspora has settled, the same story tends to follow: cultural values that carry deep strength, meeting health systems that weren't designed with those values in mind.

That's why this conversation belongs on a global stage, not just a national one. What we learn in Wales has something to say to communities in Lagos, London, Toronto, or Houston, and what's happening elsewhere has plenty to teach us back.

This is the thread running through everything I shared at the Global Knowledge Fair: the issues cross borders because our communities do.

The work is to build health systems, wherever they are, that see the whole person and the whole culture in front of them.

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