How much of what we believe about stress, mental health and recovery reflects what's truly possible, and how much reflects the limitations of the systems designed to support it? For Jo, that question became the driving force behind years of research and practical work across stress physiology, psychology and organisational health. The more she explored, the more one pattern emerged: by the time people show visible signs that they're struggling, the conditions contributing to those outcomes have often been shaping their health for years. The question itself was born from personal experience. After losing her mum to asbestosis at the age of eight and experiencing adversity during her teenage years, Jo experienced first-hand the importance of support during life's most difficult moments. Those experiences also exposed a gap in how we understand health. While existing approaches are increasingly effective at recognising and responding to distress, they often provide limited insight into the underlying processes that drive it, or into the practical ways people and organisations can influence the stress response to support better health, wellbeing and performance. That question became the foundation of Innovess. Today, we support teams and organisations strengthen the conditions that support healthier people, stronger performance and lasting prevention, while extending that impact beyond the workplace through The Innovess Group CIC. Because when we change the conditions around people, we change what's possible.