My blended family. A unit of mutual respect, care and love. When people witness this they often comment on it being unusual….why can’t it be a norm? This may seem the kind of post more relevant for other social…
Daily reminder- just because you might have some Christmas leave coming up, doesn’t mean you should deprive yourself of regular moments of pause and time devoted to self care and rest now and in the build up. When I work…
I’ve been spending a lot of time recently directing my energy into questions around the theme of FLOURISHING. What does it mean to flourish? Why should you even spend your time and energy thinking about such things when you have…
Saturday 12th September is International Mindfulness Day. Yes that’s actually a thing – I’m not pulling your leg. International Mindfulness Day was created in 2017 with the intent of promoting awareness around what mindfulness is all about and its benefits….
What’s your relationship with discipline? Have you ever given this any thought? I reflected on this question recently and as you will see from the picture at the bottom of this post it was a bit of an eye opener. I realised my relationship with discipline could…
On 14th November 2016 a 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit Kaikoura that rippled through the surrounding regions of the upper South Island and lower North Island. At the time I was working at BNZ leading a team of 180 people of…
Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve noticed I’ve been getting a feeling of increasing discomfort and niggling unease. On the surface this makes sense– I mean we’re in a pandemic right. ‘Unprecedented’ times as everyone is saying. It’s a…
In 2020 I was asked to speak at an event for the upcoming International Women’s Day. I initially said yes. I love doing speaking engagements and it was for a great organisation and great cause, plus if I’m honest my…
I’m going to go there – I’m going to mention the ‘A’ word. By that I mean ‘Anxiety’. This subject gets a lot of airtime these days and with good reason – we are now in a world that provides fertile…
