Stephanie Hardy – Writing from the Heart
Looking for hope, progress and ikigai in an increasingly volatile world
Category: Diversity & Inclusion
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Tyranny of the Should
2nd October was my dad’s birthday. He’d have been 68 had he lived but he died in 2005. He’d had early onset Alzheimer’s and died from complications. It was in learning about Alzheimer’s, both before and after he died, that I was introduced to the concept of the “Tyranny of the Should”. A quick google… Read.
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Bi-Visibility Day and Me
Bi-Visibility Day isn’t something I was very aware of, like many awareness and visibility days, until recent years. My awareness effectively materialised in a package with my focus on raising the profile of ‘out’ women at work with a colleague. A long story short and 2018 ended up pretty serendipitous for me because, whilst feeling… Read.
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COVID-19 Racism: Bystander or Upstander?
On 22 July 2020, I got a message out of nowhere from a University friend. The most recent previous message in the conversation was April 2007. He wanted to know if I had time for a call. Given the circumstances, I didn’t think I was being overly cynical to anticipate being asked for a favour.… Read.
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World Suicide Prevention Day
I want to disclaim at the start of this post that I am not a mental health practitioner or expert. These views are my own and based in part on my experience with anxiety and depression. Last Thursday, 10th September, it was ‘World Suicide Prevention Day’. I don’t think I knew this was a thing… Read.
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Ikigai
Ikigai is the Japanese concept concerned with ‘the happiness of always being busy’. It’s also been likened to ‘a reason for being’. I’m one of the those people who feel that they need a purpose in life. I sit in that camp where people are often accused of ‘living to work’ instead of ‘working to… Read.
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Fear and Loathing
On 14 February 2007, Criminal Minds aired an episode ‘Fear and Loathing’ where a black serial killer preys on black teenage girls. The plotline includes the political uproar that’s occurring around the murders and how the mayor is struggling to manage racial tensions. I watched it back today, 31 August 2020. I don’t remember watching… Read.
Writing from the Heart 