Stories of Triple WellBeing

Rachel began ThoughtBox as an idea - as a way of bringing a different form of connection into the learning space. The story began when Rachel was living in Tanzania, making resources to inspire young people to have conversations beyond themselves and to be connecting more deeply with their whole being. From a seed of an idea the organisation slowly grew, and has been a companion, friend, ally, lim...

Farmer by day and accountant by night Tim is our accounting-superhero, known to be giving financial advise one minute and tending to the cows on the farm the next. He is one of the most patient souls out there, and has the capacity to meet the complexities and confusions of the team and our organisational challenges with patience, care, compassion and kindness. His steady faith in the depths of ou...

Prashant holds a beautiful balance between wise elder, insightful strategist and curious friend; with his warm heart and embodied approach lending a rich depth to the organisational approach. As a core member of our Directorial board, he has worked closely to support Rachel over the past 7 years with leadership coaching and holds space for the heart of the organisation to keep maturing as we navig...

Paul is one of the most humble and generous folks we know. His approach to work, life and everything in between is deeply sincere and heartfelt and his capacity for compassion is limitless. He is the co-lead of our Fellowship programme and works as a one-to-one coach for a global network of educators focused on action research projects within Triple WellBeing practice. His own work and practice ha...

Holly is terrifically, intelligently and compassionately inconvenient! As one half of the Two Inconvenient Women podcast and Co-Director of ThoughtBox, she sits both at the roots and within the heartwood of the organisation, tending the community and keeping us all nourished. Joining the team in December 2023, she came on board as Director of Community and has since worked her magic in co-creating...

Gemma has the rare and exquisite capacity to hold complexity and compassion together as a thread; listening and sensing into an organisation's ecosystem and understanding where the pivot points are for relational health. She knows how to listen to the unspoken qualities and invisible conversations and pull from them the words that need to be shared. She has been part of our Directorial board for s...

Annie has been a long friend and supporter of Rachel in the early days of ThoughtBox and was our very first board member to join the team when we became as a Community Interest Company. Annie brings a wonderful combination of wisdom and humour, of deep care and insightful reflection with a light touch and enabling manner. Her working life in varied contexts across the world means that she brings a...

Alex has been with ThoughtBox since the early days. He burst into the scene with the same open-hearted generosity and deep kindness that sits at the heart of his endeavours today; working closely with Rachel for very little money for almost a year to help shape the website, feeling, design and storytelling of the organisation. His approach is deeply humane - and begins with whomever he works with...

Devorah is an educator and college professor. She first connected with ThoughtBox through colleagues from the Heschel Centre for Sustainability who have partnered with us on regenerative leadership programmes. Devorah holds a complex and challenging space in her work - navigating the complexities of divisive politics and life in a war-zone with the nurturing of cultural curiosity and social connec...

When Lucy co-founded Kivukoni School in Kilifi, Kenya, she wanted to build a place where childhood could be celebrated, where learning felt alive, connected and full of wonder. What began as a small community initiative has since grown into a thriving school that has transformed local education, offering children the freedom to explore the world with curiosity and confidence. Rooted in the belief...

Ben has always tried to make sense of the world through his relationships with the people around him. As a young activist, he threw himself into climate and social justice campaigns, driven by urgency but also carrying the weight of the world. The intensity nearly burned him out. Teaching became the place where he could channel that energy differently through children, stories and the small daily...

Rebecca has spent over twenty years working in international education, connecting learners across cultures to the world around them. Now based at the International School of Dakar in Senegal, she leads community engagement and service learning, helping students turn awareness into action and curiosity into compassion. For Rebecca, education has always been a social endeavour, one rooted in belong...

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Whitney’s story is one of determination and deep compassion. Growing up and then working in Uganda, she saw first-hand how poverty, inequality and limited access to education could hold back entire communities. That experience shaped her purpose: to create opportunities for others, especially girls, to thrive through education and self-belief. A trained social worker, Whitney has worked across men...

For Shveta, education has always been more than books and exams. Growing up she saw the value her family placed on learning but she also remembers wishing for teachers who noticed the whole child, not just the grades. That longing has quietly shaped the kind of teacher she has become. She knows the reality of school life: the busyness, the pressure, the constant sense of never having enough time....

For Kelly, the past few years have been a journey of rediscovery. A lifelong educator, she has worked across early years, adult learning and primary education, guiding others through learning at every stage of life. Yet after years in the classroom, burnout forced her to pause. Stepping away from teaching opened a new chapter, one shaped by reflection, healing and the courage to slow down. As Educ...

For Derrick, education is personal. Having experienced the challenges of accessing schooling himself, he now works to ensure that no child is left behind. As an educator and research fellow with Building Tomorrow , he leads foundation learning programmes in rural Uganda, helping children develop reading, writing and numeracy skills and perhaps more importantly, a love of learning. Working in schoo...

Curiosity has always guided Deborah’s path. As an artist, educator, and creative leader, she has spent much of her life weaving stories that connect people to place, purpose and possibility. Her work asks a simple but profound question: what does it mean to be human in these times and how can we live as part of the web of life, not apart from it? Through her work with “The Great Imagining”, Debora...

Anike knows the rhythm of school life: the intensity, the speed and the way it can take over everything. During term time, she says, it feels like the accelerator is pressed right down, a hundred miles an hour until suddenly it stops. Holidays give her the rare chance to breathe again: to walk the dogs, meet neighbours and simply be present with her family. Her friends call her their “holiday frie...

In today’s episode, Holly is joined by LeeAnne Lavender (and a therapy bunny!). LeeAnne is an independent coach, facilitator and consultant for schools around service-learning, story-telling, and sustainability.  After two decades in international schools as a teacher and service learning lead, LeeAnne now supports educators worldwide to embed global citizenship and sustainability into their...

In this episode, Holly speaks with Gail Singer - National Counsellor for Integrating Technology into Learning English in Israel’s Ministry of Education. This conversation was recorded in September 2024, during a time of heightened violence in Gaza and Israel. In it, Gail, an Israeli educator, teacher trainer and grandmother, shares her personal experiences and her reflections on working with care,...

In this episode, Holly speaks with Charles Oyet Omoya - a man of many roles, who's best described in his work as a teacher trainer, and as a person as a father. Join me for a deep dive into the complexities, innovations and challenges of the Ugandan education system and hear from Charles about his dreams for the future of education. We discuss the relationship between corporal punishment and teach...

In this episode, Holly speaks with Keren Dahan - Director of the TEVEL Leadership Programme for Senior Educators and Policy Makers at the Heschel Centre for Sustainability in Israel. Keren Dehan brings a rare and powerful blend of mindfulness, systems thinking and deep compassion to her work as an educator and change-maker. With a background in organisational development, psychotherapy and social...

In this episode, Holly speaks with Geoff Norman - School Programmes Coordinator for Cumbria Development Education Centre. Geoff, a former Head Teacher, lives and works in the Lake District where he spends his time nature journalling, kayaking and working with young people on projects around global citizenship and nature connection. During the conversation, we mention: Cumbria Development Education...

In today’s episode, Holly speaks with Kim Bingham, Senior Teacher at the Preparatory School at Peterborough School, UK. Find out about how Kim has been bringing personal, social and environmental wellbeing into his Year 6 class, and how his experience of the Triple WellBeing® Fellowship has been shaping his personal and professional practice. In the episode, we refer to: Peterborough School Prepar...