When one of those absolutely beautiful, clear, cold, blue, winter days arrives…. If you can, drop everything. Walk away from the PC, shove your paperwork back into the pile it came out of, put your out of office auto reply & your voicemail on, wrap up warm and leave the building……. Really! do it! Even […]
As someone who was an introverted child, my dad still screws his face up occasionally and says the words ‘but you were such a strong little thing’. I can sense that we had a perhaps a few confrontations whilst I was small. Whilst this may have been a pain for my parents, once I have […]
We live in a culture that has very little respect for age. Bombarded as we are with images of nubile nymphs, it is really easy to forget that time, self knowledge and experience bring great information to our career development. Once we get into our 30s and 40s however, we begin to really make some […]
It is within the tensions or conflicts that we have not yet resolved that the most brilliant creative responses emerge….. The difficulty lies in sitting with it. Unresolved situations are uncomfortable. We do not know what will happen. We do know there will be some change and change is challenging. We can feel unsafe and […]
I don’t know if this applies to you, but I have had it pointed out to me (often actually!), that the professional commitments I make and the responsibilities i shoulder, and the expectations I have of myself sometimes do not honour my human needs. It is not clients or business partners that cop the brunt […]
Sometimes it is not possible to be on-top-of-it-all. However hard you work, however many hours you put in, sometimes the number of projects or clients in and out of the door is way to swift a turnover for the ends to be all nearly tied up before bed. This is when it is essential to […]
Slowly but surely, from here on in, the days will get longer and the light will return. Even though we cannot see it yet, small seedlings, snug beneath the soil, begin to send tentative tendrils downwards to seek the nourishment they need to flourish. We humans are no different. Whilst the days are dark, our […]
I am not a patient patient! & Ten days of Ill-health have taught me a little about taking a deep breath and have a little faith and trust in the universe and in business whilst I heal. Predictably beautifully, January has brought career coaching business rolling into my inbox, and, it has been important for […]
In business, or in pleasure never, ever, underestimate kindness. Genuine concern, and it really cannot be faked, for another’s welfare, is what makes business a pleasure. They do say ‘it’s not what you know but who….’ Whilst this is simplistic and can seem callous, what I now realise is that alone, without each other, without […]
Sometimes, even with the best will in the world, its difficult to avoid feeling angry….There is injustice in the world. And may we never become immune to feeling badly about these! There are behaviours towards ourselves and others that we would much rather not see. Sometimes a mix of tiredness, with misunderstanding or mal intent […]