‘Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.’ Confucius A close friend of mine has been a passionate photographer for as long as I’ve known her. When we were young, her dream was to make photography…
‘There is a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.’ Leonard Cohen I work with a young woman who’s been finding life tough lately. She’s clever, funny and kind and from the outside, even though she has recently faced some challenges, it looks…
‘It is only when you accept how different you all are, that you will be able to see how much the same you all are. Don’t expect anybody to be the same as you, then you will see that you are in many ways the…
“No matter how far you travel, you can never get away from yourself. It’s like your shadow. It follows you everywhere.” Haruki Murakami When you’ve had a tough month (or a tough year) there’s nothing more inviting than dreaming up an escape plan. It’s tempting…
Not everyone has a pre-determined career path or a single passion that will lead them to a dream role. Most people don’t even actively choose what they do – they fall into jobs by accident or sheer luck. While it’s normal to go through one…
Image: Martina Gemmola Last Tuesday afternoon, I had the pleasure of meeting Tess McCabe, founder of Creative Women’s Circle. I’ve been a member of the Circle for a couple of years and was profiled on the blog recently. We sat in her sunny kitchen and…
There’s nothing quite as disheartening as dragging yourself out of bed on a Monday morning to head into a workplace that makes you miserable. One of the most difficult things is keeping yourself in the right frame of mind while you try to either turn…
‘You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.’ Dr Seuss When our daughters were little, people told me that they’d grow up so fast. It didn’t really sink in back then because when…
‘We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.’ Plato Fear is a strange thing. Sometimes you’re not even aware that you’re feeling it. It can sit there, under…
