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Maisie had watched the Amy Cuddy TED "Presence" talk and really took on the need to slow herself down and to be more present during the interview process.   It's a brilliant talk and I encourage you to watch it yourself... Having been put forward for a...

“You wouldn’t worry so much about what others think of you if you realised how seldom they do.”  –Eleanor Roosevelt Oh my goodness, isn't this quote freeing?!  I have a sign off at the bottom of my personal emails and I put in it my favourite quote of...

It’s so easy to assume that you have to have your career path all  worked out and any given point if you are not clear about your way ahead then you are failing in someway… This is an illusion and it’s one that I have absolutely learned from my own...

Small word.  BIG difference.  If or how you can say "No" to things changes how you show up, what you show up to, how people treat you and what you choose to make important. AND it changes your mental capacity for what you do want to do more of IF...

When my client told me about her recent course along the lines of Confidence & Resilience and why she was put on it, my mouth dropped... What?!  She explained about one of her colleagues in this financial institution was, without a doubt, bullying her....

So I recently went through the interview process to be a volunteer at our local Citizens Advice Bureau. The process went well and I was offered the role which entailed one full day per week in the local offices learning about the services and then, via much training...

It was the thumping dance music which first made me want to be part of it. Then it was seeing the high energy movement of the class following Pete like he was the Pied Piper.  It was as if they were one, not about 20 women sweating profusely! I used to...

So, having just come back from my first French Conversation Circle meeting for this term, I feel inspired to write to you about the word 'Enough'. I've missed 3 classes this term.  Week 1 was the Gathering I hosted in London and then 2 weeks of being a bit...

How long does it take you to bounce back after a bit of a shock or something going off or not right?   Personally and professionally It can often floor you and, depending on your ability to keep going - and to a degree bring a bit of Taylor Swift into...

One of the best things about organising and event, a gathering, a party is getting ready and making the venue welcoming.  That's my take anyway. I love thinking about how those coming will feel, what they'd want to know in advance to be comfortable and...