I woke at around 2am: wide awake and feeling ‘perfectly fine’. I just couldn’t get back to sleep. This isn’t very common for me anymore, but it still happens. When I wake like that, it’s because something is worrying me and it isn’t something in…
I received a note from a colleague this week, saying she was taking time off in order to be with her family. I honoured that, and her clarity on knowing what comes first. I myself, and many of my clients, often forget to do this.…
I was reminded what Ursula K Le Guin – a hero of mine – had on her desk when Seth Godin referred to it in one of his daily blogs: Is it true? Is it necessary or at least useful? Is it compassionate or at…
I’ve had a life-long problem with self-care. Self-care is the first thing I drop when I’m busy and have things ‘more interesting’ to deal with. I am aware I’m not alone in this lack of self-regard. It seems at least partly cultural. It’s definitely something…
Almost everyone I know who isn’t retiring wants to start their own business. That generally means building an online presence, and that usually means getting professional help. This professional help might include coaches, trainers, required courses or certifications, virtual assistants, social media experts, website builders,…
I come up with blog ideas usually months in advance – I hear, read, or experience something that interests me and feel it might also interest my audience, setting up the title and overall subject-matter. Then the week prior, I write it. That’s the truth.…