Shardia O’Connor

Senior Level Executive Contributor

Cultural Consultant

Executive Contributors at Brainz Magazine are handpicked and invited to contribute because of their knowledge and valuable insight within their area of expertise.

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Shardia O’Connor

Cultural Consultant

Shardia O’Connor is an Executive Contributor for Brainz Magazine and a cultural strategist whose work interrogates the psychological, cultural, and systemic forces shaping modern leadership and human resilience. Drawing on extensive experience across healthcare, education, community development, and executive strategy, her writing moves beyond surface narratives to examine responsibility, power, identity, and long-term societal outcomes.

Her work is recognised for its intellectual clarity and depth, blending lived experience with academic and strategic insight to challenge performative discourse around wellbeing, inclusion, and success. Rather than offering comfort narratives, Shardia’s writing invites readers into critical self-reflection, accountability, and conscious leadership.

An award-winning columnist and trusted voice in cultural analysis, Shardia writes for leaders, professionals, and organisations seeking substance over symbolism, and transformation rooted in truth rather than trend.

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Health & Wellness

Loneliness Epidemic – How Isolation is Redefining Social Health in the UK

Loneliness is no longer just a private feeling; it has become a public health concern. Across the UK, millions report feeling isolated, disconnected, or unsupported. The Office for National Statistics.

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Technology

Love, Leadership, and the Screen Between Us – Staying Real in a Digital World

We are drowning in connection but starving for intimacy. Surrounded by people yet rarely met. Seen by thousands but understood by almost no one. In a world where everything can be shared but nothing...

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Mindset

The Silent Collapse of Emotional Resilience in Modern Britain and How to Rebuild It

Britain is facing a quiet but critical crisis, the decline of emotional resilience. Stress, burnout, and isolation have become pervasive, fueled by social media pressures, rising living costs, and fragmented...

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Leadership

How Illusions of Progress Are Undermining Humanity, Leadership, and the Future of Work

As the world advances technologically yet declines ethically, we face a global authenticity crisis. From boardrooms to classrooms, illusion has replaced integrity. This article exposes how performative...

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Society

Beyond Black – Identity, Culture, and the Mindset Shift for True Socioeconomic Power

Let's stop romanticising the struggle. Let's stop parading trauma like it's a medal, packaging pain as profit, and calling it empowerment. Let's stop pretending that "community over everything" is a...

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Mindset

Wearing the Unseen and How Energy is the First Outfit We Choose

Before we speak, before we move, before we open the wardrobe, we are already dressed. Not in fabric, but in frequency.

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CREA Global Awards presented to

Shardia O’Connor

Cultural Consultant

The CREA Global Awards is proudly presented to the honoree by the Brainz Magazine Selection Committee, in recognition for their creative and innovative ideas, adaptability in business, or for their contributions to sustainability and mental health projects.

Caroline Winkvist

Editor-In-Chief

Daniel Ålund

Selection Committee

Brainz 500 Global Awards presented to

Shardia O’Connor

Cultural Consultant

Brainz 500 Global Awards is proudly presented to the honoree by the Brainz Magazine Selection Committee, in recognition of their entrepreneurial success, achievements, and dedication to helping others.

Caroline Winkvist

Editor-In-Chief

Fredrik Elfqvist

Selection Committee

Executive Contributors at Brainz Magazine are handpicked and invited to contribute because of their knowledge and valuable insight within their area of expertise.

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