23 May The Yes Curse
Some days I think to myself, How did I get to a point where there are so many more things on my to do list than lines on the page? It's because I say 'yes', often substituted with 'okay', too often and don't say 'no' enough. ...
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28 Apr The better times
Once upon a time, we had dinner parties until after midnight and slept in until after eight the next morning to find many more empty bottles of wine than we thought we'd consumed. Once upon a time, we went on long runs five times a...
19 Apr Six steps ahead
If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail. This is something that has been said over and over again in my workplace since I joined the corporate world over 10 years ago and probably for many decades before that. Our environment and the...
19 Mar Make those moments count
It has been a particularly bad week at work. A number of tight deadlines all happening at once, causing very early mornings after very late nights, with too much coffee and chocolate to get me through. The nature of my line of work is that...
06 Mar Be happy with you
We live in a time when people are judged, ranked and assessed on what they have, what they do or what they’ve done. Our high performance corporate environments encourage us to always be better than the person next to us, exceed expectations and over deliver...
27 Feb Feel it in your bones
There are few things more liberating than turning up the volume on a happy sing-along song and dancing around crazily. After all, as the well-known saying goes - dance like no one is watching. Meredith and Christina did it in Grey’s Anatomy and I’ve recently...
16 Feb Great expectations
I quite often find myself frustrated with someone because they haven’t met my expectations, and I know I’m not the only one! We continuously expect more - increased productivity, innovative thinking, new solutions, over delivery in a shorter time. The list is endless. We’re constantly...
07 Feb The story of Us
Always, when I look back at events and times in my life, I can so clearly see God’s hand in how things turned out. One of the most obvious of these times is the way God brought my husband and I together. We met after...
29 Jan Sticks and stones
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never harm me. This old saying couldn’t be further from the truth. Words do hurt. Words can break a heart. Words can ruin a day, cause tears and ruin friendships and families. In a world...
19 Jan Balancing act
I've been back at work for two weeks now, after an extended maternity leave of eight months. In these two weeks I can't count the number of times I've been asked "was it difficult to leave your children at home?", "are you doing ok?", "don't...