Brigid (she/her) is a coach and facilitator who works alongside people in the public and third sectors across Scotland. She believes in a relational approach to coaching and development.

Her husband, Jim, died of leukaemia just before the pandemic in early 2020, and since then she has been living with grief and the loss of their life together. She continues to reflect deeply on what living with grief really means, and has found it helpful to share her unfolding thoughts and feelings in conversation and in writing on social media.

Over the past 3 years she has collaborated with Charlie Jones in convening weekly #SpacesForListening over zoom, listening to and connecting with many hundreds of people across the UK and beyond. She is passionate about creating more spaces for listening to each other, and for having more open conversations.

She is undertaking a professional doctorate with HULT Ashridge using an action research approach. Her area of interest in research and practice is around how we bring ourselves into working in a truly relational and collaborative way in community.

Brigid can be found on Twitter: @brigidrussell51 and publishes a blog on medium: https://brigidrussell43.medium.com/