Media
Interviews, Publications, Appearances & Awards
Podcasts
European Medical Journal (EMJ)
Are You Sitting Comfortably? The Power of Storytelling
The first part of the podcast with Dr Jonathan Sackier, discussing physician burnout, the challenges of working in low-resource healthcare settings, and the psychological benefits of storytelling.
The second part of the podcast with Dr Jonathan Sackier discussing wellbeing strategies for healthcare professionals, moral distress, and the long-term effects of adverse childhood experiences.
The Power Skills Project, Assemble You
Storytelling with Lalith Wijedoru
An exploration with Adam Lacey from Assemble You on how storytelling could feature at every stage of the employee life cycle, including recruitment and retention, learning and development, and performance and progression.
Free Thinking with Montel Williams
Emotional Wellbeing with Dr Lalith Wijedoru
A lively dialogue with Emmy Award-winning US TV chat show host Montel Williams on the benefits of storytelling for personal wellbeing, workplace culture, and starting courageous conversations on diversity and inclusion topics.
D.I.I.Verse Podcast: Will it make the boat go faster?
Journey to Zero Male Suicide: Narratives for Healing with Dr Lalith Wijedoru
A sensitive discussion with Adam Vasco from the University of Wolverhampton’s Faculty of Education, Health, and Wellbeing on the theme of International Men’s Day 2023: Zero Male Suicide.
Uncomfortable Truths
Expert Series
Adam Lacey from Assemble You
A story-based, five-part podcast-style audio lesson mini-series tackling workplace challenges: bullying, discrimination, grief, chronic illness, and loneliness.
Looking Back to Move Forward
The Way Forward Podcast
Fliss Goldsmith
A friendly chat with Fliss Goldsmith, reflecting on our childhood experiences, specifically comparing and contrasting our relationships with our parents.
My Family, Mental Illness, and Me
Our Time Charity
Dr Pamela Jenkins
A candid discussion about my childhood growing up with a father with unresolved childhood trauma as well as bipolar depression. Our Time is a UK charity dedicated to supporting children and young people affected by parental mental illness.
BridgEd: The Education Podcast
The Bridge, Wellington College
Iain Henderson and Karen Taylor
An exploration of how storytelling can support and develop the staff involved in the education of children.
Dear Future Grandkids
The IdeaFirst Company
Soo Kui Jien
A light-hearted celebration of what makes up my personal identity, and my messages to the future generations.
Storytelling to Connect a Remote Workforce
Working Well Beings Podcast
Ben Moss
Awards
Staff Engagement Award (2020)
Winner: Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust
Most Powerful Round
Winner: Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust
Browne Jacobson Award for excellence in employee engagement
Winner: Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust
Educational Links Award (2020), North West England
Winner: Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust
Publications
Our Stories: 75 Years of the NHS from the People Who Built It, Lived It, and Love It
Excerpts from my interview with the NHS@70 oral history project is included in the chapter ‘The 2000s’, edited by Prof Stephanie Snow from the University of Manchester, with a foreword by Adam Kay.
Taking Care
Featuring as one of a number of NHS workers captured by Mexican folk artist, Aliza Nisenbaum, for her 2020/21 Tate Liverpool exhibition celebrating the workers of the global pandemic.
Listen to understand, not to reply: the power of storytelling at work
Original article published in Workplace Wellbeing Professional on the benefits of storytelling in the workplace.
Healing the wounds of moral distress through storytelling
Original article published in Welldoing.org about my own journey with moral distress and moral injury while working as a paediatrician in the NHS, including my healing journey through storytelling.
Humanising the carehome workplace with stories
Original article published in The Care Home Environment on how storytelling creates compassionate and humanised workplaces, and could be a good strategy for staff retention in the high turnover carehome setting.
Team Time Storytellers
Wellbeing article published in the 2021 winter edition of Milestones, the staff magazine of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. It describes the successful pilot of online storytelling to support staff wellbeing during times of social distancing during the coronavirus global pandemic.
Representation: Storytelling Days
Eva Wong-Nava
Words and Pictures: The SCBWI British Isles Online Magazine
Featured in an article by award-winning South-East Asian children's author Eva Wong-Nava.
Embracing Company Values Using Storytelling
Featured in a blog about connecting Yelp's remote workforce to its company values during its 20th anniversary.
TV Appearances
Two appearances on this children’s TV program about health. The first episode involved managing a scalp laceration (2018), while the second appearance related to a suspected elbow fracture (2021).
Two appearances on regional (North West England) news. The first related to a Chinese observership program for doctors (2019), and the second was about featuring in a Tate Liverpool group portrait being on long-term loan to a children’s hospital (2023).
The Piano, Channel 4 (2022)
Featured as one of a cohort of amateur pianists, playing to secret celebrity judges Mika and Lang Lang on a street piano at Leeds City Train station (Episode 2), and as a VIP guest at the Royal Festival Hall finale (Episode 5).
Online Events
Painting the NHS
Exhibition documentary accompanying Mexican folk artist Aliza Nisenbaum’s vibrant exhibition celebrating Liverpool’s NHS workers of the global pandemic (2020/1).
A personal testimonial which was made available during the Global University Admissions Conference 2023, organized by the International Baccalaureate Organisation, describing my reflections on doing the Diploma Programme at the International School of Beijing in the mid-90s.
Token Man Consulting
Daniela Fiandaca
A panel discussion on what relationship-centred, authentic, and compassionate leadership looks like and what impacts it could have.
Radio Appearances
Lockdown Legacy: The Medics
BBC Radio 4
Illustrating the impact of lockdown on UK children using archive from my oral history contributions to the University of Manchester's Voices of COVID-19 project.
BBC Radio 5 Live
Live interview to promote the BBC Radio 4 series Lockdown's Legacy: The Medics on the 5th anniversary of the start of UK's lockdown during the coronavirus pandemic.
Oral History Projects
Interviewed for the NHS at 70 (2018) and over 18 months for the NHS Voices of COVID-19 project (2020/21) by the University of Manchester. The projects are now archived at the British Library.
Featured as a contributor talking about student life the late 90s, touching on welfare issues including student accommodation, London Transport, regional financial crises, tuition fees, and student radicalization on campus.
Queer Pandemic: Resilience in Times of Crisis
Contributor to this oral history project through Goldsmiths University, which featured as part of Queer Britain and now archived in the LGBTQ+ museum. Topics discussed included lack of human touch and subsequent skin hunger for those living alone during lockdown.
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