After 10 years in the corporate world of advertising, Roxanne left to set up her business doing something a little more meaningful. She founded The Hobbs Consultancy – a diversity and inclusion consultancy – after the birth of her eldest son. She believes we can’t have diversity without inclusion. She spends her time supporting adults to show up authentically in the workplace, a large part of which is about understanding our own triggers and biases.
She is also Mum to Leo and Finn, and bores/engages them in equal measure talking about courage and emotions. Her first book, Diverted, was inspired by Leo’s autism diagnosis. This time she wanted to bring that emotional learning to younger readers.
Sometimes when hard things happen, and we feel hurt, we find ourselves holding on to that hurt and then throwing it at other people. My family thinks of this hurt as tennis balls that attach themselves to us during our day. Then, in the evening, and with the people we love the most, we often get rid...
