My word to reflect on today is power. It’s a word that often carries a heavy charge. For some, it evokes authority, hierarchy, dominance. For others, it brings up discomfort, restraint, or memories of power misused. Yet at its root, power comes from the Latin posse — “to be able”. Capacity. Capability. The ability to […]

It’s a new year, and with it comes that familiar urge to reset. To draw a line under what’s gone before and declare, with the best of intentions, that this will be the year things change. I imagine many of you have already made a few New Year’s resolutions. Getting fitter. Looking after your health. […]

Today I’ve chosen the word ‘inspire’ from the small bowl of words that sits on my desk. I often pick one at the start of the day, not to analyse it academically, but to let it work on me quietly in the background. Inspire is one of those words that reveals more the longer you […]

We’re nearing the end of the year — that strange, slightly frantic stretch when it feels as if everything must be wrapped up neatly before the last day in the office. I’ve always found this period slightly amusing, if only because part of me knows it’s entirely self-created. And yet, year after year, I feel […]

Today I’ve chosen the word light from the small bowl of inspiring words that sits on my desk. This is a ritual I’ve come to rely on, especially during these dark December days in London when it feels as though the sun barely rises above the horizon, before it’s heading straight back down again. Indoors, […]

I’ve just finished reading Merlin Sheldrake’s astonishing book Entangled Life, and I haven’t looked at the ground beneath my feet in the same way since. It’s a book about fungi: those strange, often misunderstood organisms that most of us only notice when they pop up as mushrooms on a woodland walk, or worse, as something […]

Today I’ve picked the word communication from the little bowl of inspiring words that sits on my desk. It’s a word I see every single day in my work with senior executives, and yet it’s a word most of us glide past too quickly, assuming we already know what it means, assuming we’re already practising […]

This weekend, I was stopped in my tracks. A bug — nothing dramatic, but certainly disruptive — took hold of my gut, left me exhausted, and reminded me of something I know to be true yet so often forget: my body is constantly working on my behalf. I cancelled my plans, took to my bed, […]

Every morning, before I open my laptop or glance at my calendar, I reach into a small bowl that sits on my desk — a simple pottery dish filled with words. Each word has been chosen carefully over time, for the way it holds a spark, an invitation, a quality I want to cultivate. Today, […]

It was my birthday this weekend, and my husband told me to set aside Saturday for a surprise. That was all I knew. No clues, no hints, just the promise of something special. I woke up that morning feeling open and ready to receive whatever the day had in store. We began somewhat inauspiciously, with […]