Musings on creativity, oomph, getting unstuck, playfulness and living a more joyful life.
I want to tell you about my shed. It’s quite a long story. Potentially a little dull. It is, after all, a blog post about a shed.
It’s smart though, isn’t it? My smart shed.
Some people close to me have heard a lot about this shed over the last couple of years.
It’s...
Since 2014 I have dipped in and out of Yoga With Adriene (YWA) on YouTube. At some points I’ve cultivated the daily practice she gentle encourages her viewers to adopt. And then life gets in the way... But unlike that ill-fated gym membership or the bike that sits neglected in the shed, I...
I work with a lot of people who are exploring or embarking on the transition from employment to self-employment for the first time. There’s lots of things to unpick around this move, from dealing with increased risk to how to plan and have a strategy that works for that person and their...
This is the smile of someone who has achieved something she didn't feel very certain about.
There's been a bit of that going on lately: a dive into the unknown because my instincts tell me that it's the right thing to do. Covid has played a part in this, as it has for so many of us. The career...
Kindness is one of my core values.
My others, if you’re curious, are Optimism and Grit. Of course, there are loads of other values that I hold dear, but those three form a foundation for me; a triangular anchor to steady my ship in a storm or provide me with the momentum to get...
Today the sun is forecast to shine all day.
A day after the summer solstice and midsummer night.
And it is my half birthday or as Alice might call it, my un-birthday.
Let me tell you a story about my half birthday and why I’ve found so much joy in celebrating the half rather than the whole.
I...
This is the blog I wish I had found when I first spotted a bald patch on my head and my heart gripped with fear.
It started with a small patch of partial alopecia areata in 2001. It came after a particularly stressful time with work: I’m not ashamed to say that I had a difference...
