Isn’t it tragic that many of us spend our lives feeling trapped, waiting to escape from work which ironically, we have often fought so hard for?

We can't wait to get to the weekend, to escape on vacation, even to finally retire so we can forget about the stress and anxiety so many of us feel in our everyday work life

Wouldn’t it be great to ditch feeling trapped, stressed and overwhelmed by our work - for feeling as excited and curious about our work as we used to feel, when we were dreaming about ‘what we would be’ when we were grown ups

If you face a lot of change, a lot of pressure, a long to-do list, and ever challenging people situations at work, at home, in your whole life, there is a way back to a more child-like curiosity, a calm and more poised reality. The way back is about enjoying and seizing the opportunity of every bounce, even in today’s working world ... so you swap your mind-set from trap to trampoline

Have you ever wondered how CEOs often bounce from one gig to an...

A quick shimmy on LinkedIn will leave you super clear – streamlining, cost-cutting, and focussing specifically on the ‘cost of business’ is pretty much on all our agendas right now

The thing is – as anyone who has launched their 27th cost cutting project dressed up as a “transformation project” knows – knee jerk cost cutting, in fact knee jerk anything has a frustrating way of taking us backwards rather than forwards in business

So, what do we need to do to genuinely move those business measures which make us all feel a bit more joyful about why we do what we do? Maybe the answer lies in investing in being more who you want to be – who knew it!

According to Harvard Business Review’s recent report about the most successful businesses right now, they say,

“Instead of exploring how they can improve the bottom line, these regenerative leaders work backward and ask: How could we invest in our people to create a long-term impact? How could we work together differently to build a differen...

Sounds weird, right?

Most of us seek comfort every day. We find it in hugs, in bubble baths, in nights in with Netflix. As humans, we are wired for comfort

In a turbulent world, it feels normal to seek comfort to re-energise and soothe ourselves from the chaos around us. The thing is, as humans we are also wired for growth. With no progress, with no growth, in the areas of our lives which are important to us, we simply aren’t happy

But a lot of us have forgotten this, believing true happiness lies only in the cocooning softness of comfort, neglecting the basic human longing for growth

A recent study by researchers Kaitlin Woolley from Cornell University and Ayelet Fishbach from the University of Chicago published by the Association of Psychological Science highlights the reality that prioritising comfort could be preventing us from the real happiness of living a life of fulfilment, progress, and growth

That's right - ironically, not welcoming discomfort as much as we welcome com...


As Dina Asher-Smith, the British sprinter says, “you can’t run fast with baggage, you gotta throw it out”

To be honest, I am a bit of a cliché. First teams for sport at school, good degree, high flying career – got it all, you may say. And you would be right, the ‘all’ including a lot, and I mean, a lot - of baggage

But this isn’t about me, this is about you and frankly, what I want to share with you so that you can stop wasting your time and start living life on a totally different level, start enjoy running really, really fast – because you may well think that the way you feel today, successful on the outside, with baggage on the inside – is the only way to be. You may think you have reached your potential and the thought of really ‘taking it up a level’, really smashing it, really running fast – at work, at home, in your whole life - is something you just don’t have the time and energy for

Well, I am hear to tell you – go for it!

This isn’t about the toxic over performance you...

As so-called high performers we often define our success as being promoted into positions of leadership

Finally we get to do the things which other leaders before us, failed to get done

When the first few promotions come, we excitedly check the increase in our bank account. We 'accept' the invitations to the ‘important meetings,’ previously above our pay grade. We lean forward in our chairs, relishing the intellectual challenge of new projects and responsibilities. We thrive with the opportunity to lead our team and prove our collective value

Then the reality of our leadership roles kick in and we can often feel 'stuck', sapped of energy and overwhelmed with the task in front of us

Change is constant, targets are tougher, yet the cash and resource often required to hit those targets is constantly cut. and I haven’t even mentioned the politics, goodness the politics!

When we have a catch up with our boss - what we need is momentum, energy, insight - what we often get is 30 minutes ...

A cool, crisp cocktail, a beautiful hotel with a private beach, and a modern house style home makeover, are definitely soothing and calming...

An antidote to feeling stressed and overwhelmed in our daily life. Yet in reality there is often a hangover, a post holiday 'meh' feeling when we return to reality on Monday. The escape lasts until it ends and reality, especially a lot of so called succesful people’s reality, which let’s face it can often feel pretty overwhelming – kicks in

Isn’t it tragic that most of our lives are spent waiting to escape from work we have often fought so hard for?

Wouldn’t it be great to ditch feeling stressed and overwhelmed by our work - for feeling as excited and curious about our work as we used to feel, when we were dreaming about ‘what we would be’ when we started out 

If you face a lot of change, a lot of pressure, a long to do list, and ever challenging post pandemic people situations at work, at home, in your whole life – there is a way back to a...