Thinklesticks began with my own lived experience - but I wanted to know whether other people could see something of their lives in it too.

Could these visual metaphors help people recognise their own thinking patterns, talk about them more easily and make useful ideas feel more accessible?

People from all walks of life found something of their own thinking in Thinklesticks.

That’s when I knew this idea was bigger than just my own story.

Again and again, people would see themselves in the drawings. A weed could give a familiar thinking pattern a name. A Garden Worker could make personal development feel more practical. A visual metaphor could turn something abstract into an everyday experience - easier to see, remember, talk about and enjoy.

That helped shape the principle that still guides Thinklesticks today.