What's missing? After many years working in the corporate world I couldn't shake the feeling that something was missing. Whatever it was had me searching for more money, more responsibility, more love, boots and handbags, vodka....you name it I tried it. But the 'gap'...
Focus on the good No one could have anticipated the recent tragic events in Christchurch New Zealand. I feel proud and privileged to be part of a nation that has come together with such overwhelming support for the victims and their families. This bears witness to the...
Living the Dream? Yeah right! Living the dream can sound a bit trite and unrealistic when you're struggling to pay the bills every month. I've lived that life and moved beyond it and I've helped my clients to do the same. One of the strategies that I love is based on...
Do you ever find yourself wondering if the good space you're in can last? I felt that way for a long time too. In the past I have struggled with a 'fear of abandonment' - I was super premature as a baby so isolated for longer than is now thought to be sensible....
When life throws you a curve ball, which it invariably will, how do you respond? Most of us default to drama in one sense or another, perhaps falling into victim-hood, anger and bitterness. This is often known as the ‘why me’ stage of moving through an experience we...
We all have LONGINGS and DISCONTENT at some point in our lives. I lived for a good part of a decade in the longing and discontent world, thinking that was it and I’d never steer back into less troubled waters. The good news is that these two emotional states are our...
Do you believe in happy ever after? Maybe you’ve found it and if you have that’s awesome. If not, this may help you work out why not.
My clients often come to me to work on their career, but here’s the thing, as careers start to progress, often we notice areas of discontent in other parts of our lives. So let’s paint a picture which may resonate with some of you. You live with your partner, you may or may not have children but you live in a rhythm which for some is a comfortable habit and that’s great, for others it’s become a habitual sense of inertia or even an endurance test.
I remember my mother (who I admire immensely – she started her own business at 55), talking to her friends about getting older and them all agreeing that the ‘turkey neck’ was the one thing they all struggled with. Just think about a turkey’s neck and you’ll get it. I...