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The Accidental Rebel

Founder of My Mother’s Kitchen Table and The PULSE

Founder | Speaker | Actor

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The Root

The idea for The PULSE didn't begin in a corporate boardroom or on a bustling film set. It began around my mother’s kitchen table. Every Saturday, aunts, uncles, blood, and chosen family gathered there.

 Everyone was vastly different, and everyone was entirely allowed to be. Belonging required no performance, no masks, and no hierarchy—just distinct personalities sharing one collective PULSE.

Years later, I recognised powerful echoes of my mother’s kitchen table in the flatter hierarchies of Nordic cultures. They have proven to the world that when you strip away rigid status, psychological safety thrives, driving both world-class innovation and simple joy.

But outside of those unique spaces, that freedom is rare. Most people inherit an unwritten social script so early they don't even realise they are running it. They spend enormous energy navigating expectations, managing impressions, and trying to figure out who they are supposed to be—eventually losing sight of what becomes possible when they just allow themselves to be.

Because of that kitchen table, I never learned to live by the mirror.At 53, I walked away from a 20-year corporate career and onto major film sets with zero drama school training, no industry connections, and no safety net. People called it a reinvention. It wasn't. Because I didn't know I was "supposed" to edit myself, I simply walked into a different room and remained exactly who I already was. At 59, I became an entrepreneur for the exact same reason—not to explicitly challenge convention, but to follow an idea and see where it led.

Looking back, the thread connecting my life is clear. I grew up in a space where difference was ordinary, and I carried that freedom into rooms where it wasn't expected. I never set out to be a rebel. I simply never learned that I was supposed to follow the script.

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My Mother's Kitchen Table Conversation Cards

Not all tables are made of wood.

Some are made of stories.

Every weekend, my mother’s kitchen table was surrounded by aunts, uncles, family, and friends—blood and chosen. Some loud, some quiet. Some certain, some still finding their way.

Everyone was different.

Everyone belonged.

Because no one had to leave themselves at the door.

There was love and laughter. Stories and disagreements. Different voices around one table — and that’s what made it so rich.

These cards were inspired by that table.

Designed to bring people together, they offer a simple way to slow down, share stories, spark laughter and discover something new about the people around you. Or sit with them by yourself with a cup of warming tea, or a glass of wine. 

Inside you’ll find three paths:

The Threshold — gentle questions to help you arrive, leave the noise behind and settle into the moment.

The Hearth — warm, light-hearted prompts filled with memories, laughter, nostalgia and everyday stories.

The Deep Woods — richer conversations that invite reflection, connection and the stories we don’t always tell.

Perfect for friends, family, couples, dinner parties or anyone who enjoys meaningful conversation. Or on your own, with space to discover something new about yourself.

Many voices. One table.

...no rush.

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The PULSE Conversation Cards

For Conversations That Change the Conversation.

Step away from the small talk and into The PULSE.  A 55-card deck designed to create a warm, playful way to move from the everyday into conversations about life, love, relationships, identity, freedom, belonging and the assumptions we rarely stop to question.

Not a test.
Not a game.
Not a set of questions with the “right” answers. Just a doorway.

The landings:

The Rhythm

Start where you are.
Everyday life, relationships, habits, choices and the things we rarely stop to question.

The Spark

Let the conversation catch.
Opinions, assumptions and ideas that create a little fun friction and make things interesting.

The Gold

Go beneath the surface.
What actually matters? What brings joy? What would you keep if nobody was watching?

The Horizon

Look further.
What might become possible if you gave yourself more room to imagine?

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The PULSE PROGRAMMES

What becomes possible when we question the rules we've inherited about how to live, work and lead?

PULSE Lab | For Teams

Create the conditions for people to speak honestly, listen beyond assumptions and discover the thinking already in the room.

PULSE Personal | For Individuals

Explore what changes when you feel less pressure to manage other people's perceptions and have more room to belong to yourself.

PULSE Leadership | For Organisations

Build working environments where people can disagree constructively, contribute their real thinking and relate across hierarchy.

PULSE Keynote | For Rooms

Challenge audiences to rethink how we connect, communicate and make room for different perspectives.

PULSE Personal

PULSE Leadership

PULSE Lab

PULSE Keynote ( and Speaking)

Un-Scripted Authority

As an actor who stepped from corporate life onto major commercial screens in my 50s with no formal training, I don't simply talk about living beyond the script.

I've lived it.

My work, my business, my family and my creative life are all expressions of the same belief:

When we stop organising ourselves around imagined judgment, entirely new possibilities become visible.

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