This time last week, we were living in quite a different reality. For most of us that is. Conversations were about normal things – work, the weather, travel plans, politics. Our worries were intensely personal – how is the boy doing in school? Should we settle on vacation plans now or later? Why didn’t you […]
I’d like you to meet someone…
Today I’ve been putting the final touches on some work that I’m delivering in the coming weeks. I have been delving deep into the subject of Women’s Empowerment. And this story came to mind… I wanted to share: Margaret suffered from Polio when she was a child. It was a time when there was […]
a kick in the face of this year’s reality..
It had cooled down. I finished work and despite my exhaustion, I decided to go ahead and do it. I pulled on my running clothes and trainers and set the app to go. Week 3, of my 8-week program, having missed 5 days because I had been feeling under the weather. This evening I was […]
caught off guard
It’s been a rough week Personally speaking , I’m not talking about anything that may be going on in the world. The doctor’s don’t prepare you for the full extent of a procedure, if it’s successful then that’s all they care about – and it was. But it hurt. Like hell at first. Nothing serious […]
Off the grid
I’m just finishing up the last few things. Alternating between the final items for packing, the final emails and reviewing the last few tasks I wanted to do before the big day. I’m going away. And I’m going to be off the grid. I mean little or no wifi for most of the 9 days […]
You are that person
I don’t think I’m alone in experiencing struggle over the last few weeks and months. To make sense of so many things in this world and in my life. If I’m honest, I have faced challenges that have at moments felt insurmountable and I’ve experienced a sense of sadness, loss and a kind of mourning […]