Have you ever felt that tug – that persistent inner voice insisting something needs to change, yet the very thought of initiating that change leaves you hesitant? I certainly have, and I’ve watched countless women leaders experience this same tension. Change is inherently uncomfortable. It disrupts our familiar patterns and introduces uncertainty – that space […]

I had a profound realisation recently while reading Sahil Bloom’s “5 Types of Wealth.” The first type he mentions is TIME—and it struck me deeply how many of us, especially the women leaders I work with, are desperately time-poor.  We’re constantly juggling responsibilities, racing from one commitment to the next, barely catching our breath before […]

For some months now, I’ve been planning a trip to Canada to visit my brothers. It’s been a few years since I last saw them; we’re all getting older and my eldest brother is celebrating a significant birthday in June. All of which makes this visit even more precious. And yet, I still haven’t booked […]

It’s already mid-April, and I find myself in a familiar predicament at the allotment. I know exactly what needs to be done—seeds that should have been sown in February and March now need potting on, potatoes should be in the ground now that the risk of frost has passed. Yet once again, I’m behind. There […]

Last week, I stepped completely out of my comfort zone on what was billed as a “music holiday” but was actually an intensive immersion with 30 strangers and their instruments. As someone who came to the cello later in life, I arrived with that familiar voice in my head warning me I’d be “bottom of […]

Next week, I’m off to a holiday music course with my cello, something I’ve been looking forward to for months. Yet here I am, frantically rushing to complete an ambitious list of tasks before I leave. Sound familiar? There’s a certain madness in this pattern – working myself into a state over deadlines I’ve created […]

This weekend, I enjoyed the magic of a little serendipity — a happy and unexpected event. Friday afternoon I received a text from a cellist I’ve played with before, asking if I were free on Saturday to practice a trio. As it happened, I could arrange it, and we met and played together for a […]

The last couple of months I’ve been working flat out, doing everything I could to get ahead. Always thinking I could handle just one more thing. And yet, despite all this effort, I never seemed to get the important things done. You know the ones, those critical — often boring — tasks that keep getting […]

When I sat down to play my cello yesterday morning, I picked up my bow to tighten it — and couldn’t. The thread had worn on the screw. No bow, no practice. It meant this precious time I set aside for my music was scuppered. All I could do was pluck the strings. I couldn’t […]

As women leaders driving organisational change, we often focus on external challenges – the scepticism, the unconscious biases, the resistance to our initiatives. Yet sometimes, our most formidable obstacles come from within. Just when we need to be at our most confident and decisive, those internal voices grow louder. The Perfectionist insists every detail must […]