Last year I started a new global role at ThoughtWorks, which – being remote – has stood me in good stead for coping with the craziness that is the COVID-19 pandemic. I was interviewed by ‘Balance the Grind,’ about how I manage work, life and balance in a busy global role. I thought I’d re-share …
New Years Eve. It’s that time of the year where we stop and reflect on life’s journey over the last 12 months. Where we’ve been, what we’ve achieved, what we could have done better. And, perhaps most importantly, where we are headed next. The reflection is all the more significant this year, being also the …
Deep in the midst of the year that wasn’t, gripped by a darkness that I couldn’t see beyond, I did a lot of self-work with the help of a professional counsellor. I discovered a great deal about myself and about my behavioural patterns. One of the most damaging, I came to see, was that when …
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What will they write of you, in the years that follow your life? Will they speak of you as one who loved, fiercely, even those who did not earn or deserve your adoration? It is easy, after all, to love your dear ones. But did you also hold your enemy in your heart, and wish …
Cat calls from rooftops and perving from cars, wandering hands, in clubs and in bars. Pawed at on pavements, on holidays walking, harassed in the pub where I sit with friends talking. He gets aggressive when I ask him to go, but I never asked for his company you know. Groped at on stairs that …
A fine drizzle drifts lazily through grey mist, coating the businessmen who hurry by in somber suits. Grim faces pass, dead eyes fixed doggedly ahead. I duck and weave among them, skilfully avoiding a mass assault with the sharp edges of my umbrella. It’s autumn, but I’m in denial and refuse to dig out my …
“The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.” ~Socrates It started young. I was a sentimental soul, clinging to the objects that represented memories of people or places. I cherished them, tenderly placing them in their own special ‘homes’ around my room. A …
She looks at her. She sees her in all of her radiant glory. Her strength. Her passion. Her unique beauty. And the biggest tragedy in life, she thinks, is that she will never believe it. She tells her anyway. “You are beautiful,” she whispers softly, “In the way that the forest is beautiful in the first …
For as long as I can remember, there has been a part of me that longs for the sublime. A niggle that urges me to head off on an eternal adventure, filling my freedom bucket as I roam from exquisite valley to roaring river, stopping only to gaze at nature’s marvels along the way. It’s a dream …
He has never been loved. He tries it on Shrugging his shoulders to slip beneath its heavy weight, Admiring its warmth, that cozy glow. He feels safe. Powerful. He turns to the side, Admiring himself for the first time Drinking it in. He’ll never take it off He tells her. Tells himself. This is not an everyday …