What State Are You Occupying? And What State Are You Been Drawn Into?
What state are you occupying right now? Weekly Reflection #012 explores how stages, states, emotions and environments interact, why earlier states can be reactivated, and how repeated states may influence who we are becoming.
Gender Bias, Misogyny and Backlash: What Did the Six Stages Framework See?
In 2022, the Six Stages Framework was already exploring gender bias as a dynamic and fluid process involving silence, dismissal, blame, entrenchment and extreme advocacy. Four years later, Dr Shungu M’gadzah revisits that work to ask what stood up, what became more complex and what the SSF has learned.
What Dolly Parton Taught Us About Belonging Across Difference
Why did Dolly Parton seem to connect with people across race, class, faith, sexuality and politics? This SSF Weekly Reflection explores childhood memory, music, poverty, Whitney Houston, allyship and what it means to create belonging without requiring sameness.
Accountability and Certainty: When the Evidence Is Never Enough
How much certainty do we require before taking action — and is that threshold the same for every issue? This week’s SSF reflection explores the accountability spotlight, unequal roads to certainty and whether accountability should begin before certainty ends.
Belonging, Fitting In and the Psychological Cost of Assimilation
What do we ask people to give up in order to belong? This SSF Weekly Reflection explores the psychological cost of assimilation, conditional belonging and what happens when adaptation flows primarily in one direction.
What Are Our Environments Creating?
What are our environments creating? This SSF Weekly Reflection explores how narrow ideals of perfection may shape our responses to difference, vulnerability and the early warning signs appearing in our relationships and communities.
Preparing for Extremes: Why We Wait Until Crisis Arrives
Extreme events may feel sudden, but the conditions that make them possible often develop long before crisis arrives. This SSF Weekly Reflection explores why warning signs become normalised, why reassurance is mistaken for readiness, and why early intervention is an act of care.
Human Encounters: How Do People Feel After They Encounter Us?
Every human encounter leaves a psychological trace. This SSF Weekly Reflection explores what happens between people, how our emotional state and bias shape interactions, and why the question may not simply be what we intended, but what became possible for the other person after encountering us.
What Lens Are You Looking Through: Psychological Lenses?
Why do two people see exactly the same situation yet reach completely different conclusions? This reflection explores how our psychological lenses shape what we notice, what we overlook and how curiosity begins with examining the lens through which we see the world.
Why Harm Rarely Begins with Extremism: The Six Stages Framework and the Psychology of Escalation
What if harm rarely begins with extremism? This week’s SSF Weekly Reflection explores how the Six Stages Framework helps us understand the psychology of escalation. Rather than focusing only on visible acts of hate or extremism, it examines the gradual psychological movement from curiosity and dialogue towards certainty, division and harm, highlighting why recognising these movements early creates opportunities for prevention, belonging and systems change.
