This past Saturday was Valentine’s Day. I was surprised and blessed with a beautiful bouquet of roses and tulips. I spent the afternoon preparing a delicious meal for my husband and me to share. Candles lit on the table. Soft music playing in the background. A simple, intentional pause to celebrate the many years we […]

It’s so easy to get distracted these days. Endless emails. WhatsApp notifications pinging at all hours. Teams messages. “Quick” questions. Crises that erupt without warning. And then there’s our own tendency to just check one thing… only to find ourselves still roaming the internet, or quizzing ChatGPT, half an hour later. I’ve noticed it in […]

Last week I took two full days out to begin a new coaching programme.  Not one I offer my clients. One for me. A space to deepen my own wellbeing, to grow my mastery as a coach and trainer, and quite simply, to become a better player in my own life and work.  And those […]

Today the word I’ve chosen is timing. It’s a word that’s been sitting with me since the weekend, after I spent a full day immersed in music with around forty other amateur musicians. Violins and violas, cellos and pianists, singers, flautists, and one wonderfully expressive clarinettist. A room full of people who love music enough […]

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 […]