My story

The Story Behind the Work

My work sits where strategy, storytelling, trauma-informed practice and lived experience meet.

Portrait of Ratu Nida

Consultant. Author. Speaker.

I am what happens when a healthcare professional, a marketer and a social entrepreneur walk into the same body and decide to create systemic change.

I spent my early career learning how clinicians think; I learned quickly that statistics without trust go nowhere, and that most communication problems eventually become people problems.

Then I spent a decade inside healthcare marketing where getting the message wrong did not just cost budget. It cost credibility, trust and, occasionally, someone's career. So I learned how to communicate carefully, clearly and humanly.

Now my work sits at the intersection of storytelling, trauma recovery, belonging and social change. I help people and organisations become more human.

I am the founder of Women's Lantern, a social enterprise supporting migrant women rebuilding after violence through economic empowerment, psychosocial safety and community connection.

I am also the author of Homecoming: The Art & Practice of Trauma Recovery, a trauma-informed book about belonging, healing and the journey of returning to yourself.

PS. I would also like to note that I make very good decisions under pressure, which is either a professional asset or a trauma response; possibly both.

Brand Strategy

  • 8 years healthcare and product marketing
  • GSK · Haleon · J&J
  • Strategy, positioning and behaviour change

Lived Experience

  • DFSV survivor and advocate
  • Migration and multicultural identity
  • Founder of Women's Lantern

The Work Now

I help leaders, women and organisations communicate with the kind of depth that sees humans clearly and the kind of strategy that moves systems.

Ratu Nida holding Homecoming in a bookshop

Homecoming

The book is not just a product. It is the living proof of the work.

Every offer I make is grounded in it: the workshops, the coaching, the consulting and the rooms I speak in.

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If you are an organisation doing important work, or a multicultural leader navigating identity, transition or the aftermath of something hard, let's talk.