AndHumanity featured content // by Ness Murby // The world told me who I was until I finally trusted my own knowing to tell the world. Growing up I didn’t know anyone like me, I didn’t see any representations of myself in the media or my community. Branding, to brand something, is to label it. The messages we put out into the world hold power, shape norms and influence culture…
Feature photo credit: @fransaraco // Have you ever considered how privilege and marginalisation show up in your everyday life? Have you ever thought about walking in someone else’s shoes? How about reflecting upon the fit of your own shoes? Everyone… Read More »Privilege and marginalisation in everyday life. Walk with me.
Inclusive Leadership: How deliberate leadership and focussed leadership paves the way for inclusive and welcoming spaces for all. A SafeSport initiative by Ness Murby Leadership is the art of persuasion, a responsibility of influence. Leaders are the custodians of change.… Read More »Simple ways leaders can create more inclusive and welcoming spaces for all
Sportsnet, by Ryan Dixon | Canadian discus-thrower Ness Murby’s quest to become the first openly transgender Paralympian | Earlier this month, Murby notified all the relevant national and international agencies that he will compete in the men’s class moving forward. To date, no openly transgender man has competed at the Paralympics or the Para worlds (or the Olympics, for that matter)…
“Appreciating the little things in life means that you focus your attention on what nurtures and sustains you in life. On everything that brings you even the smallest amount of pleasure.” Mindfulness Mindfulness, simply put, is being aware of the… Read More »How to puzzle your way to mindfulness living
The informal national flower and inherent symbol of Japan, the sakura. These delicate pink blooms are representative of the transient nature of life and its fleeting impermanence Introducing the Sakura “Sakura” is the name given to a specific type of… Read More »Hanami is life: Japanese sakura represent a wave of optimism
(Article by Ness Murby) Pronouns are not only how we connect with the world but how we see ourselves within the world. Using the correct pronouns for someone is an expression of respect and validation, as well as a way… Read More »Pronouns are important: how to get talking about them
”Interwoven into the fabric of my everyday, I see my guidedogs as a part of my soul — they are mates for life and in eternity.” (Ness Murby) “As soon as I saw you, I knew an adventure was going… Read More »Ask Me About My Totally Amazing Dog, Guidedog
Stretch goals help catalyse change, they’re designed to feel uncomfortable until we grow into them. “A mind that is stretched by new experience can never go back to its old dimensions” (Oliver Wendell Holmes) Stretch goals help catalyse change. They’re… Read More »Getting a good stretch into your goals
Defable “disabled” for a clean slate of perspective – there is no one-size-fits-all. Alright, time to get uncomfortable. What’s with the word “disabled”?! Anyone care to define it for me? Come on, settle in and feel the awkward uncomfortable clench… Read More »Disable the label | ask better questions
Our relationship with adversity can be directly linked to our exposure to it and experience of it. UK’s Channel 4 has risen to the call to challenge societal perceptions of disability and all the narratives that go along with them.… Read More »The Super. Humans.
Play is at the forefront of our neurobiological development, however, and most unfortunately, the dictionary definition of “play” contradicts this and thus we have inherited a social disregard for its importance. To state that play – engaging in activity for… Read More »Lego is serious play, just what our brains need