From the Camping Chair
When you’re not invited to the table, bring your camping chair.
Welcome to From the Camping Chair
A collection of honest reflections, strategic provocations, and unfiltered dispatches from the frontlines of systemic change.
This is where I share what it really takes to build national programs, lobby governments, start movements, and stay rooted in lived experience. It’s about the moments no one sees—when you’re making policy changes on your phone from a hospital bed, building world-first services from your garage, or showing up in rooms where you’re underestimated.
You won’t find glossy leadership tips here. But you will find:
· stories of persistence when the doors stayed closed,
· lessons from pushing health reform through red tape and resistance,
· the emotional cost of carrying change,
· and the joy of watching others pull up chairs beside you.
Because if there’s one thing I’ve learned—it’s that sometimes you don’t need a seat at the table. You just need your camping chair, your voice, and a vision too powerful to ignore.