Here are my 39 lessons I’ve learnt for one for each year of my life that I would tell my 18 year old self 21 years ago… 1. Social media is not reality. It is edited, cropped, retouched and paraphrased. Do not compare your life to anything you see there. 2. Embrace your cycle. Do […]

The Great Shift is here – and with any shift, also comes a challenge- moving away from the old ways of doing things can feel awkward and difficult at times as we are defining a new way of working for future generations. So what is this ‘shift’? A shift in the way we define ‘work’ […]

I previously worked in the corporate world in marketing for 15 years for major brands like Microsoft, Skype, Mercedes, Crayola, Ford, and the BBC. Whilst there was a lot I loved about my roles, something was missing for me… I now know I wasn’t fully being ME. I was presenting a pared-down version of myself. […]

This Great Resignation is actually a normal response that most people have never gone through, I’ve experienced this kind of thing after every return from deployment.

All the patterns and routines are broken. You’ve lost your tribe. Your sense of community and belonging at work depended on cohesive social networks, and so many of those have been disrupted during the pandemic. You feel left behind, somehow, and it’s very hard to process emotionally.

We quit our jobs in 2012 to go and live in Australia. (Me and the ten-boyfriend, now husband, Nick)

The trip was life-changing in many ways. ⁠ ⁠

It really could have all gone wrong- we needed to find jobs when we arrived, we didn’t have anything lined up, we left behind safe jobs with benefits and pension packages.

I’ve been working on a BIG shift in the way I approach work over the last year (as many people have!)

 And… I’ve allowed myself to pause and hold space for ideas for fully form.

If I’d followed the common approach to productivity and success, I’d have gone down a hole of punishing myself for being such a procrastinator over the last 2-3 months. I have not really marketed my services… yes I post on here but mainly informational posts sharing what I’m learning. Generally with social media, I teach my clients to do about 25% brand posts, 25% community posts, 25% educational posts and 25% sales posts.