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What if a dance company could speak for its community without saying a word? We sit down with Carolyn Rose Ramsey—international dancer turned artistic director—to explore how movement becomes language, why curiosity beats certainty, and how a small island built a world-class stage from a potato shed and a big idea.

Carolyn opens the studio doors on her process: curating choreographers, shaping programmes around living themes, and letting Jersey’s landscape and stories seep into the work. We talk about the tightrope between accessibility and ambition, and why confusion and challenge do not have to mean alienation. You’ll hear candid reflections on privilege and responsibility in the arts, how excellence is sustained, and what it took to grow Ballet D Jèrriais from some very challenging beginnings to the Opera House while keeping its edge.

We also dig into performance psychology: perfectionism’s upside and pitfalls, pre-show rituals, and the craft of giving feedback that is honest, specific, and kind. From injury stigma to holistic training, we look at how dancers stay healthy through cross-training, smarter systems, and leadership that pairs high standards with psychological safety. Carolyn’s childhood memory of Swan Lake reminds us why nonverbal storytelling can be the most direct route to truth—felt first, understood later.

Looking ahead, we ask how ballet can hold a mirror to the here and now—raising questions about today’s issues without preaching. If you care about dance, voice, community, or the work of turning creativity into belonging, this conversation offers clarity, warmth, and a few brave invitations to go deeper.

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We explore how Acceptance and Commitment Coaching helps performers and leaders work with anxiety rather than fight it, building psychological flexibility through mindfulness, 'cognitive defusion', values and committed action. Clinical psychologist Dr Dave Juncos, shares research, metaphors and tools that reduce struggle and increase choice under pressure.

• Defining ACT and why acceptance beats control
• The core processes and skills
• Defusion techniques that unhook sticky thoughts
• Values‑led committed action on stage and at work
• Metaphors that make complex ideas usable
• Coaching versus therapy: boundaries and referrals
• Maladaptive perfectionism and the shame loop
• Self as context and identity beyond outcomes
• New research linking flexibility and higher grades
• Practical prep for non‑performers facing high stakes
• The choice point for daily toward moves
• Normalising anxiety across the arts

Drop us a line, be in touch, and until we meet again, I hope that your voice finds the space it needs to be really heard

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We explore how a coroner balances rigorous fact-finding with compassion, and how sexual assault services restore control, belief, and choice. Dr Deryn Evans explains survival responses, the “golden minute,” and why flipping the investigative lens from victim to suspect strengthens justice.

• coronial duty to find who, when, where, how and why
• preventing future deaths through patterns and learning
• impartial investigation without blame while holding candour
• objectivity alongside humane care in sensitive cases
• the role of SARCs in belief, choice and stored forensics
• confirmation bias and compassion fatigue in policing
• the golden minute, clear language and rapport
• survival responses explaining lack of injuries
• national operating model focusing on suspect behaviour
• leadership culture, burnout and safeguarding teams
• communication support via intermediaries for fairness
• compassion for suspects, context and neurodifference

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