I was standing behind a couple at a busy hotel reception recently. The husband asked his wife: ‘What time shall I book the taxi for?’ The woman, struggling with various bags and cradling a mobile phone in her shoulder, whilst conversing with the receptionist, spectacularly lost her temper at this question. She told him [...]

Ever felt like your mind is running away with you? That your head is spinning with thoughts of disaster? Here are typical things we say to ourselves (Yes, we all do it!) ‘You stupid idiot! You’ve done it wrong, now everyone will laugh.’ ‘I can’t do that.’ ‘Why did I ever [...]

My sister, when we were much younger and innocent, was always tickled by that phrase “getroundtuit”. It always made her laugh, maybe because she was Miss Efficiency and got everything done. Unlike her sister who liked to put things off.
Are you a get round to it later artist? — We’ve all been guilty [...]

Do you feel as if your work is everything? Do you feel wiped out at the end of the day or week? Are you getting to do the things you love to do, are you having fun?
The perfect work role should be a combination of fun, relaxation, exploration good relationships and challenges. Without that balance [...]

I re-learnt a lesson today. When you are feeling emotional it’s impossible to think clearly. Thanks to someone else’s decision my working life was going to change drastically. When this thought hit me I dived straight in to a mental soup of doom, despondency and outrage. I was letting myself get caught up in [...]