This is a space about difference.
Yours, mine, ours.
Welcome to Norm.
Difference...
...is to be expected.
...is necessary.
...is our shared reality.
...is often confusing.
...can be uncomfortable.
...can feel difficult to navigate.
Norm helps to explore how we relate to ourselves, to each other and to difference – and what becomes possible as a result.
Coaching, workshops and creative projects are our bag.
Everything is built around you.
Who are Norm?...
We’re Sophie and Ben – two people brought together by curiosity about difference and a frustration about how it is viewed.
Between us, we bring decades of experience in music, creativity, leadership, education, coaching, mentoring and somatic therapy.
A late-in-life discovery of our neurodivergence reframed many things for both of us – how we relate to ourselves, how we relate to others, and what we believe really matters.
These are some of the threads we now weave into NORM – a space for honesty, curiosity and connection.
Creative projects.
Inviting people and organisations to explore how “normal” gets made, and to shift how we see and relate to it.
Work with us...
We work with individuals and organisations to explore who we are, how we relate, and create conditions for change.
INDIVIDUALS
Come as you are. Begin where you are.
Coaching that supports personal transformation — helping you understand yourself more deeply and create change that feels true to you.
GROUP
In community, we make sense of ourselves.
Carefully curated spaces for 6-12 people navigating late diagnosis, no diagnosis, “in-between” identity, or big questions of belonging.
WORKPLACE
Creative workshops, talks and experiential learning.
For teams and leaders ready to go beyond policies and processes – who want to unlock more connection and creativity.
Norm's dream mission purpose rant.
The future we dream of is...
When difference is normalised.
It is expected, encouraged and enabled.
It is not something to be ironed out in favour of the linear, the beige and the middle ground.
The corners are celebrated and the bends in the road are viewed with eager anticipation.
When the importance of connection is recognised, prioritised and preserved.
And we honour it with the most precious gift; our time and attention.
Our practice.
The things we value, wrestle with, try to live by, and invite.
01.
COME AS YOU ARE
01.
COME AS YOU ARE
The good, the bad, and the ugly (so to speak). Regardless of who you are, where you come from or what you ‘do’...
You are welcome here.
02.
RADICAL HONESTY
02.
RADICAL HONESTY
We’re all in this together. So, in the words of…? Someone (and in the spirit of radical honesty, I can’t remember who because I forgot to write it down)
‘Let’s be honest about who we are, what we care about, what we know and don’t know, what we’re still figuring out, and what we can help with.’
03.
COURAGE IS A PRACTICE
03.
COURAGE IS A PRACTICE
This shit is hard! And finding courage to navigate the things life can throw at us is even harder. Stick with the people and communities who are your champions and actively en-courage you. Then…take a deep breath, hold someone’s hand if you need to, and do the hard thing. One step at a time.
04.
FEEL IT
04.
FEEL IT
Feelings are important and they are welcome here; all of them. Joy, fear, excitement, anger, happiness, sadness; they can be our guides if we let them in. Thinking is important too, but it doesn’t solve everything. We need to feel the feels.
05.
SEEK CONNECTION
05.
SEEK CONNECTION
Ultimately, it’s all about us. Not you…….not me………..us; together, in relationship to and with each other. We can’t escape it and nor should we, because connection matters. Connection to ourselves, to others and to this big beautiful world we get to inhabit.
We need it. We are designed for it. We feel better, work better and live better when we experience it.
06
LOVING THE DIFFERENCE
06
LOVING THE DIFFERENCE
Minding the gap.
The bewildering space in between.
A place of uncertainty, trepidation and discomfort,
This is where the treasure lives.
Learning to love the difference between us could be the answer.
07
LISTEN DEEPLY
07
LISTEN DEEPLY
Are we eager to respond with our perspective? To get our point across and deliver the right way to see things?
Or are we listening deeply?
It’s a hard thing to do, but a valuable skill to develop.
Listening deeply has the power to transform people and relationships
Magic!
08
SLOW DOWN
08
SLOW DOWN
Even better, be still (sometimes)
In stillness we get to hear the quiet voice that is often drowned out by life.
It’s not very rock ‘n’ roll, but it is magical.
09
BEGIN WITH CURIOSITY
09
BEGIN WITH CURIOSITY
Curiosity stops judgement in its tracks, they cannot exist together.
Curiosity opens the mind and makes uncertainty feel a little less daunting.
Curiosity creates an opportunity for deeper understanding and stronger connections
Curiosity lays the foundation for creativity
And we bang on about creativity A LOT
10
CREATIVITY ROCKS
10
CREATIVITY ROCKS
Don’t just join someone else’s dots, create your own.
Break a few rules along the way. Try stuff out. Be weird and wonky if that feels good.
It’s ok to do things differently.
Creativity changes things.
11
FINDING FREEDOM
11
FINDING FREEDOM
Freedom takes many forms
Freedom to think…to speak…to feel…to stop…to roam…to dream…to create…to choose.
Freedom to change…or not.
Find your freedom
12
YOU CHOOSE
12
YOU CHOOSE
Nothing more to say.
13
GO OUTSIDE
13
GO OUTSIDE
It's good for you!
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NORM has been a while in the making. We're settling in – there's much more on the way.
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