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Working in the City of London for over 20 years taught me a thing or two about getting along (playing nicely) with others.  About commuting and getting about our metropolis on tubes, buses, walking, short cuts and the occasional treat of a cab. I often went out...

My 28-year old niece Grace and I decided back in March this year to re-watch together the whole of the Twilight series of films.  All 5 of them. Now bear with me because if you've not heard of Twilight then the principle could be interesting for...

As my inbox has been unusually quiet recently with clients and connections on their holidays, it made me wonder about myself. Why was I bothered?  What was it that was supposed to be happening at the moment that wasn't?  What was I assuming it meant?...

As soon as I heard her say it my ears pricked up, I noted it down word for word and I waited until she'd finished. Starting work with a new client recently, we were discussing her focus, time, commitments and what kind of changes she wanted to make happen. It was when...

Here's the thing, you can never know all the ripples of what you do and who you interact with. By ripples I mean effects.  The effects you have on others.  How you touch others' lives. We have a pretty good idea from the feeling we have when we are...

As my client and I were kicking about the situation she was in, with the choices she had made, I heard myself say "well, you chose the choices you've chosen".   We both stopped.  She said to me that the phrase was one to remember, a writer-downer. The...

My ears are still ringing and I'm still smiling 😍 Last night I went to see - live and in person - a band I've followed for years and whose music I just love.  Foo Fighters. They were live in London at our Olympic Stadium and I booked the seats in August...

Last night I went to a networking (for want of a better word) event hosted by the Insurance Women's Inclusivity Network (iWIN).   As a member of the iWIN Committee, our Summer Social is the highlight of our year and we welcomed about 100 guests. Gathering members...

In 2019 I to-ed and fro-ed about paying (through the nose if felt) to go to see the band Foo Fighters live in concert. They're based in California but were playing live at the Olympic Stadium in London which, at the time, we lived about 20 minutes away from. My...

Choose a different set of risks. That was the chapter one of the mentoring groups I host were reading and discussing in our monthly call last night. The idea being that when you're trying something new, something bigger (and scarier) and something outside of your...