I’m David Holloway, author of STUCK: When Survival Becomes Sabotage and founder of Perennial Human.

I’m David Holloway, author of STUCK: When Survival Becomes Sabotage and founder of Perennial Human.

My career has involved leading major property and construction programmes, solving complex problems and carrying significant responsibility. Yet being capable at work didn’t mean I understood the patterns shaping my own life.

Growing up as a Jehovah’s Witness influenced my beliefs about belonging, approval and who I needed to be. Through personal setbacks, relationship challenges and reinvention, I began questioning how the behaviours that once helped me cope could also keep me stuck.

That exploration became STUCK and, later, Perennial Human: helping people understand themselves more deeply, reconnect with what matters and make steady progress.

I bring a mix of leadership experience, personal honesty, practical reflection and humour. I’m comfortable discussing the uncomfortable, particularly the gap between looking successful and feeling fulfilled.