Insights and reflections
This is what I call the Jamie McAnsh insights space. I want to bring together the thinking behind my work as a speaker and advocate for inclusion.
Here, I share reflections shaped by lived experience, adventure, resilience, mental health, and workplace culture, alongside practical insight drawn from real work with organisations across the UK and beyond.
Some pieces are deeply personal. Others are focused on leadership, inclusion, and systems. All are written with one aim in mind: to help people and organisations think differently, act with intention, and build environments where individuals can genuinely thrive.
From insight to impact
Alongside reflection and lived experience, I also share how these ideas are applied in the real world.
The content below is shaped by work on keynote stages, public platforms, and within organisations, as well as through partnerships and practical tools designed to support real change.
This is where insight moves beyond reflection, connecting values, action, and impact in ways that are grounded, relevant, and human.
Some of the professional organisations Jamie has worked with
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Creating a Mental Health Resilience Strategy for Crisis-Ready Workplaces
From training to transformation, this blog explores how organisations can build crisis-ready workplaces by moving beyond one-off mental health courses to develop ongoing support and resilient leadership. A key focus of this post is the importance of building a mental health resilience strategy, a long-term approach to embedding mental health support into everyday leadership and culture. Mental…
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From Sport to Keynote Stages: My Journey in Speaking
My story from sport to keynote stages has been an epic journey. There was a time when I thought my story ended the moment I woke up paralysed. In truth, that was just the beginning of a very different kind of journey, one that would eventually lead me to the world stage, not just as…
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Joining the Diversity and Inclusion Speakers Agency
A Perfect Fit for My Story In a year where I reached number 9 in the top 15 UK speakers on inclusion, it feels like the right moment to take the next step in my speaking journey. I am proud to share that I have now been signed to the Diversity and Inclusion Speakers Agency,…
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Mental preparation in professional sport: My Journey Through Sport and the Anticipation of Wimbledon 2025
Mental preparation in professional sport is as necessary as physical preparation. As I sit watching Wimbledon 2025, with the rhythmic thud of the ball and the hush of the crowd between serves, something stirs deep within me. It’s not just admiration for the game, it’s recognition. I know what those players are feeling. The pressure.…
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The Seven Stages of Life
A Modern Reflection on the Human Journey Introduction As we move through life, we all go through the seven stages of Life; these changes are physical, emotional, and mental. While William Shakespeare’s “Seven Ages of Man” offered a poetic (and at times dramatic) view of human development, the underlying idea still holds weight today: we…
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Climbing Scottish mountains with a disability
Who Needs a Quiet Weekend When There Are Scottish Giants Waiting to Be Climbed? Climbing Scottish mountains with a disability is not for the faint hearted. Some people unwind with a quiet weekend and a good book. Me? I lace up my boots, grab my crutches, and head for the mountains. Recently, I had the…
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Jamie McAnsh Kilimanjaro climb with SpryStep Vector KAFOs
A Journey Born from Adversity Jamie McAnsh Kilimanjaro Climb with SpryStep® Vector KAFOs: A Life-Changing Journey began when Jamie McAnsh woke up one morning with incomplete paralysis caused by Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS). Everything changed in that moment. What began as a life-altering diagnosis soon became the foundation of an extraordinary story of determination,…
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Resilience is a skill.
I genuinely believe Resilience is a skill. When people hear my story – waking up paralysed overnight, learning to walk again with leg braces, surviving a suicide attempt, climbing mountains, representing Wales in sport – they often say, “You must be so strong,” or “I could never go through that.” Here’s the truth: I didn’t have…
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NEO4J virtual talk on resilience and inclusion
NEO4J virtual talk on resilience and inclusion In May 2025, I had the privilege of delivering a NEO4J virtual talk on resilience and inclusion through Champions Speakers Agency. Speaking to one of the world’s most innovative tech companies, whose focus on graph databases and AI is transforming the way we understand connections, was both exciting…