Rewriting the Rules of Connection

The Fuchsia Group is a movement to bring relational intelligence and body-based awareness to the most pressing problems in our lives - from bedroom to boardroom and beyond.

The old way of developing leaders was built on one assumption: fix the individual, and everything else will follow.

So we sent them to workshops. Gave them communication frameworks. Taught them conflict resolution techniques. And wondered why the same relational breakdowns kept happening, at work, at home, in the moments that mattered most.

Here is what we have observed: The individual is not the problem. The system is.

High achievers aren't failing because they lack strategic frameworks. They are stuck because they are navigating relational systems with outdated wiring, nervous systems trained by years of social conditioning, unresolved patterns, and the false belief that you have to choose between being real and being heard.

The Fuchsia Group exists to change that system.

We train embodied relational intelligence, the ability to relate well under pressure without sacrificing yourself or your relationships. Not through concepts you memorise, but through somatic coaching that rewires how your body responds in conflict, challenge, and uncertainty.

We are rewriting the rules:

• * From fixing individuals to transforming how we connect.
• * From learning strategies to embodying new responses.
• * From choosing between integrity and influence to becoming both.

The result is leaders who navigate the hardest moments with intention. Relationships that deepen instead of disconnect. Communities where people show up fully, from bedroom to boardroom and beyond.

And by encouraging the curiosity to question the system and the skills to respond differently, person by person, we can rebuild a better system.

We are not just another coaching brand. The Fuchsia Group is a movement to change the way we relate, lead, and live.

Why The Fuchsia Group?

The colour fuchsia represents confidence, boldness, passion and grace- all qualities we value in leaders, parents and partners. Some say the flower opens the heart chakra, which speaks to our emphasis on relationships and connection. 

One of our core values is community, and you'll see that woven through everything we do. We firmly believe that lasting transformation doesn't happen in isolation. We are social creatures, impacted by the society around us. And there is something incredibly powerful about working on your own nervous system, drawing on the healing that can come from within but doing so in connection with other people and their nervous systems. The sense of shared experience and community, of finally not feeling alone, are a balm to the very relational wounds that have led us here. We know, not only because it's based in neuroscience, but because we've lived it.

CHLOÉ (Naomi) SWICKARD

HI, I'm CHLOÉ

I was misled by external definitions of success, by expectations of “neurotypical” and what relationships should look like. My family motto was “work hard.” There was no “play hard” attached to that (even if I did).

So I played by the rules, ignored my own needs and was an executive by 35. I managed world-leading frameworks for climate change mitigation projects- running ragged to try to save the planet. By 40, I burned out, dumped the lemonade, separated from my spouse, trained as a somatic relationship coach and trauma therapist, studied power and dominance, affective neuroscience and polyvagal theory and reclaimed my intention and desire.

When I was 42, my AuDHD son survived encephalitis and was left with drug-resistant epilepsy. Every day remains a struggle.

What saved me and keeps me going? Reconnecting with my body and my nervous system, my community and learning to feel again. 

That’s how I found my fuchsia..

POLLY HAZLEWOOD 

HI, I'm POLLY

I was misled by the expectation to stay in tune. March on. Say nothing. Smile through it. The system wrote the score and I played along.

By 30 I had spent nearly a decade in educational leadership and built a school from scratch. By 35 I was a trailing spouse on the other side of the world, in a marriage falling apart, raising twins with a life-limiting diagnosis.

By 40 I packed up my marriage, picked up my first tattoo, added an unhealthy obsession with latex, and retrained as a somatic sexologist.

What changed? I stopped marching. Tuned into my own beat. And rewrote the whole d*mn musical. 

That’s how I found my fuchsia.