Inspired by my dear friend Gala Darling, I’m taking my love lists out of my (metallic hot pink) journal and sharing them with you. Little Things I Love: The scent of pine and pomanders decorating the house * Embroidery – I went to an event on women, art and social change and left with plans, ideas and a radical embroidery practice * Listening to Classic FM and all the festive music * Learning Jingle Bells on my harp * The poems of Horace, in Latin and in translation on my bedside table* Raspberry vegan hot chocolate * My gorgeous new turquoise Filofax – a bigger size, I’m practising taking up –…

Sometimes sharing is scary. For many of us, if we are living with challenges or pain, our very voices can feel forfeit. If we are also an entrepreneur, sharing online can be something we very much need to do. But how to reconcile these tensions? To manage the anxiety, I love to work with systems. I love systems, they can hold what needs to be held so I can focus on what’s really important to me; creation and connection. I actually have flow charts for my businesses, yes, really. In coloured sharpie, with boxes and colour coding. If http://Healing-Boxes.com gets press coverage, you bet I have a system to cover that.…

I am delighted to welcome the Lord Holmes Review today. Why? I believe in inclusivity. I believe we are stronger together. I believe that diverse views and experience matter. Because it is helping to ask the question, what does talent look like, really? If I asked you to imagine a doctor…what comes to mind? For many people it’s the image of a non-disabled, white, cis man. But that’s not what all doctors look like. It used to be, perhaps, when prejudice excluded everyone else from training and applying. But more and more doctors can look like the people they treat – like everyone. There is still a great way to…