I am naturally a do-er. The word No rarely passes my lips. Will you make brownies, asks my youngest? Sure, I reply, despite the fact I have enough on my p...

“It is a primitive fear, the fear of the unknown, the fear of forces man can neither channel nor comprehend. This fear is not new; in its classical form it i...

Last week I was making a train journey and happened to be jostling my way down an extremely squashed stairwell. Even though I could barely peer above the crow...

I remember my own burnout experience. I was in my final year of an academic and competitive degree. It didn’t start out badly: in year one, I was thrilled to...

Sometimes I can tell how much writing a blog post is going to hurt by how many other tasks I discover need doing before I’ll sit down and face it. As someone...

January can be an emotional month. We look back on the year that has been, while a new year comes knocking. Expectation and opportunities can do battle with ...

There’s a tendency at this time of year to act a little bizarre. In the space of 24 hours we leap from gorging on Lindor chocolate truffles while being chro...

We’re back in the annual round of Christmas adverts, special toasted marshmallow coffees, snowman jumpers and everything else Crimbo. It’s a lot to take in, ...

I’ve been sorting through some stuff from my past recently, and like most sifting through of old memories, it’s been tough at times. I’ve been leaning on my ...

Right now, a very close friend of mine is going through a traumatic experience, and the impact on her health, family and mindset is harrowing. Just last week...

When I was a little girl, I used to run away. Not from home, but if we were out in a park, for a walk in the woods, then I’d bolt.

My natural instinct as a young student then was the same guiding principle that runs through all of the social behemoths - to connect.

How integral this experience is to our lives: The building of projects, relationships, experiences, before they fall away.

These days I still like a tidy house, but I’ve learnt that going all out for a perfect state of affairs is the route to unhappiness.

Julia is a successful financial director at a leading international bank.  She heads a team of eight, she earns a six figure salary, she regularly speaks at ...

When was the last time you bit your tongue in a meeting? When that difficult colleague sent back that passive-aggressive email, did you take a deep breath, a...

It’s in the news, it’s on Instagram, it’s in your workplace, it’s on your dinner plate and it’s filling up your online shopping basket. How can any of us esc...

Last week, I had a really tough day. I got into a heated exchange with a colleague. The argument itself, and resulting fallout, exhausted me. I took my negat...

When Norwegian author and explorer, Erling Kagge walked solo for 50 days across Antarctica to the South Pole, he said it was the quietest place he had ever b...

Last week I did something that was pretty ridiculous.  It involved getting cold, muddy, very wet and disgustingly stinky.  I took part in a Tough Mudder even...