• Stepping on Stage to Save Your Life: Behind the Scenes on my Speaking Path

    I have survived some things which I would not wish upon anyone. I didn’t invite them, didn’t expect them and didn’t want them but I did learn from them. I may carry scars but I carry hard-won wisdom too. If you are reading this, I know you have wisdom in you too, you may not feel it right now, but it’s there. I appreciate you and am glad you are in the world. Some of us are aware that we have survived or experienced something extraordinary and we want to share that with the world. (One would think that’s half the struggle; recognising your message, your mission and wanting to…

  • Brexit, Britain & the EU: 3 Tools to Build Emotional Resilience in Uncertain Times

    You know the bit in a novel when someone comes into the room and says, ‘The government has fallen!’ and everyone gasps, dowagers clutch their pearls and send the maid to make tea, (with a stiff whisky for the gentlemen)? That’s how it’s felt here since Friday – financial markets crashing, house prices falling, politicians resigning in droves, and fear rising, rising, rising. While I don’t believe in the catastrophizing, I have seen many people scared and hurting after the Brexit result, and I’ve felt the anxiety in several of my coaching clients and in myself. I want to address that fear here today. I may not know all the political implications…