Here’s What I Think About Ageing Gracefully

Here’s What I Think About Ageing Gracefully

You can shove it where the sun doesn’t shine.  Sorry but do you ever think about where this idea comes from – the idea of ageing “gracefully” – and what it actually means. If you look for a definition of the word graceful, it is always about...
Negativity Cost Me Years of Stuckness

Negativity Cost Me Years of Stuckness

This was literally my response to everything: “yes but..” Negativity, negativity, negativity I was so good at coming up with the negative perspective, the reasons not to try and I could see every angle of why something wouldn’t work out. In fact, I visualised it not...
Burnout in Mid-life Women

Burnout in Mid-life Women

I talk a lot with people about burnout. And I feel like we need to make a distinction between burnout and burnout when you’re a mid-life woman. Burnout is a different experience for everyone because we’re all different. But there are a number of specific factors that...
Your Nervous System is Key for Confidence

Your Nervous System is Key for Confidence

There is a strong link between confidence and your nervous system that a lot of us simply aren’t aware of. We have a tendency to view confidence as something that comes from the mind. But the Latin root of confidence is confidere – which means ‘to trust...
How to Stop People Pleasing (today)

How to Stop People Pleasing (today)

Last week I banned a client from saying sorry. And the query that came back was “is it not a nice thing for me to care about how my actions affect others and care about their feelings by apologising for my actions?” She had apologised to me for getting upset in a...