| Subtitle | Mend, Tend and Change the Future |
| By | Kerry Tottingham |
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| ISBN | 9781788607742 |
| Non-Fiction Genre | Self-development |
| Publication Date | 06/17/2025 |
| Price | 14.99 |
Synopsis
If you’ve made it through difficult life experiences, you know what needs to change and why – but pain and injustice destroy your power. Healing-Centred Transformation nurtures potential and cultivates deep energy, so you can lead profound and positive change in your life, work and world.
Authors Biography
Kerry Tottingham is a social change designer and Strategic Lead of A Brilliant Thing CIC, working with government and health organisations, funders, and non-profits to drive systemic change through co-production, wellbeing, and trauma-informed practice in the workplace. Kerry led the development of Healing-Centred Design™, a framework that helps leaders and organisations transform adversity into leadership and social impact.
Reviews
In a world that is increasingly individualistic it can be challenging to access a sense of safety and connection. This book creates a wonderfully accessible and reassuring framework that is truly inspiring, compassionate and much needed. – Dr Sula Windgassen PhD MSc, Health Psychologist and Director of Mind Body Blossom Clinical Health Psychology practice
A must read for individuals who want to discover and seize the silver lining in chronic pain. It is a vital tool for people working in community, health and social care, therapists and HR managers. Readers are gently guided through the author’s popular Healing-Centred Design practice delivered to the public sector and business through her company ‘A Brilliant Thing CIC’. – Michaela Lavender, Managing Editor Public Money and Management, a highly-respected international journal covering finance, policy and management issues in public services.

This is literally a brilliant book by Kerry Tottingham. She knows her stuff and weaves her own lived experience, and career experience, with inspiring stories of change and transformation. As someone who lives with chronic pain and also wanting to change societal systems that support community health and wellbeing, this is the book that changes how you’ll think about transforming pain in to power. It needs to be read by everyone who wants to make a positive change in how we live.
this book and its philosphy makes perfect sense and turning pain in to power has really helped me through my brain tumour diagnosis and treatment.
I cant reccomend this book highly enough
A brilliant book easy to read and relate to. Kerry writes from
a place of authenticity and inspiration, using her experiences and knowledge to help move people from where they are to where they aspire to be. Truly A Brilliant Thing!
Wonderful book, easy to read and relate to with some brilliant reflect exercises. If your moving from pain to power or just looking to shift life from where you are to where you want to be this is definitely one to read.
Great book! Highly recommended.
Has changed my life for the better! THANK YOU.
Great book. Thank you.
Great Book and defiantly a Turley brilliant thing. I would highly recommend
A brilliant book full or raw and honest examples of turning pain to power. It’s easy to see how applying this way of being could bring around so much brilliance and good in the world making it so relatable.