How we might be similar to dried lentils & what we can learn by watching them

Damned if those lentils, given just the right conditions, hadn’t still known (despite, we figured out, years dried up in a packet), exactly who they were and what they were here to do.

Why core values are important & how to find yours

Do you ever just feel like something is missing? You’re not fulfilled, you’re restless… just not feeling like YOU? Often this is when you’re not living your personal, or core, values.

One simple way to protect your time & energy.

What makes someone else happy isn’t necessarily going to make you happy! So how can you check in with what makes YOU happy, not them; that is to say, don’t assume that you want to be a copywriter because you see someone else loving that job.

Why vision boards don’t work (and how to make one that does)

There’s no denying that vision boards are popular right now, especially as we start a new year and we’re all thinking about goals and plans and The Year Ahead… As someone who’s a believer, I talk about them a lot and I’m finding people typically land in one of two camps… (well, actually three). Vision

3 introvert-friendly ways to boost self-confidence

Have you got that core strength? I mean that deep, deep knowledge that, whatever you say, whoever hears you (or doesn’t), you’re totally ok.

This is what I do when I think I can’t do it.

At the start of lockdown, I was unclear on my direction and trembled in front of a room of people. Suddenly I see how it’s possible to take small steps forward.

How to believe in yourself

We’re taught not to brag. But is it bragging if you’ve done it? And how does this link to self-belief?

Who are you right how? and how to use Covey’s ‘roles & goals’ to check in.

I first came across ‘roles & goals’ whilst reading Stephen R. Covey’s 7 Habits book many years ago; applying it at the time to the very discrete areas of ‘work’ and ‘home’ – it’s been a lightbulb moment to realise how much this simple technique can support me now that work and home are inextricably linked…