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I really dislike the new year, new me vibes that are shoved in our faces every January It's a sly suggestion that we are not good enough...

I wasn’t going to write this newsletter, but as everyone seems to be beginning the wind down to Christmas and starting to reflect back on...

It had not been an easy decision to make. By any means. But handing in my notice from my 9 year corporate career was one of the best. It...

We’ve done some great things together, me and my striver. It was the thing that got me from a fairly average academic record to a 1st...

It didn’t bother me that I was 10-15 years younger than the predominantly, male directors who would be my peers. I was an ambitious 26...

Please forgive the slightly strange analogy and stay with me on this one - I might be a genius or absolutely insane (I don't need to know...

Public speaking is such a common hate for so many out there. It can feel like such an unnatural environment and can make us feel...

We will have all heard of the Great Resignation – people moving jobs, careers and industries at a fast pace. With all that movement,...

I'm about to embark on a few work breaks over the coming weeks, which got me thinking about how as a society we really struggle to switch...

For me there’s always a correlation between how long a project takes me and how much I care about it. I find myself going over the minute...

Career development plan – ever heard of it?! No, I thought not. It took me until about 5 years into my career to hear about this and I...

I’ve been reflecting a bit recently (lockdown has that effect), on how much my work life has changed in the last few years. From...

It took me feeling stuck and unhappy, to really get clear on how I wanted my life to look and feel. I was 27 and a director in a global...

For the last couple of years I’ve had a word of the year and found it such a useful exercise to go through in terms of the thought...

In the essence of utilising those back to school vibes to give us a boost for the final 4 months of the year – I will be kicking off a...

Networking is a phrase that is often bandied around but many of us wonder what it actually means! It can instil fear in many of us at the...

The pandemic this year has impacted pretty much all of us in one way or another. For those of us that aren’t key workers or haven’t had...

When was the last time you took time out to assess your life and career from the outside in? Probably not recently! Taking a step back...

Self-promotion is a funny thing. We hope that our experiences/skills/business/career speak for themselves, but sadly we know that is not...

We all know the phrase. It’s something that feels almost entrenched in us as women and passed down from our parents’ generation. What if...