One life. All of it. Coffee included.
Hi, I’m Leigh.
Consultant. Cook. Curious about the why.
Food, living with CRPS, a home that works for me and the day job. It all sits at the same table.
Pull up a chair.
Pick what brings you here.
01
No Spoons to Cook
Practical food for real life and changing energy levels.
02
Food Odyssey
Recipes, heritage and the pleasure of feeding people.
03
Living with CRPS
Plain talk about pain, everyday life and advocacy.
04
Home & Accessibility
Making a home easier to live in, and still mine.
05
The Valiente Group — Change & OCM
Organisational change management: contracts, advisory, short projects and mentoring.
From the journal.
Change & Work
Enabling MFA without locking people out
A personal phone can quietly become a condition of doing your job. Nobody announces that the rules have changed. I support stronger…
Read moreChange & Work
Accessibility isn’t a tick box. My Test Lead showed me why.
I thought I was across accessibility until I acquired CRPS. What changed, what WCAG testing involves, and easy ways to make content…
Read moreLiving with CRPS
Pain and appetite: why eating still matters
When pain suppresses appetite, eating gets harder and matters more. Three low-effort strategies and when to ask for help.
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Podcast in development
Living with the beast.
Navigating with no spoons.
Honest conversations about chronic pain and everything that happens between appointments.
The day job
Degeeking the geek.
I run the Valiente Group, helping people make sense of complicated change.