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It’s weird but I feel kind of nervous sitting down to write about this topic… I have a sick, heavy feeling in my stomach right now and a thudding heart. And yet, I know that I can’t allow myself to run away from the prospect of failure yet again. Not this time.
If you’re anything like me, you’ll have grown up believing that failure is something to be avoided at all costs.
Read moreWouldn’t it be amazing if you never had to work again?
I know I’ve chosen quite a ‘click-bait’y type heading there, and I promise this is not going to be some kind of pyramid-scheme sell where I offer you a UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY to make a MILLION DOLLARS in three easy steps!!! For a start, if we genuinely had enough money that we never had to work again, we might not find it the golden ticket we’d hoped for...
Read moreSearching for that ‘aha’ moment when you want to change career but don’t know what you want to do can feel like having your head in one of those 'Chinese Finger Traps' - the more you try and work your way out of it, the more constrictive and painful it feels...
Read moreAs the great man, Bowie, said: "Turn and face the strange, Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes" and this feels particularly resonant to me as I prepare, this week, for a major change in my working life, leaving London to work remotely in Asia as a ‘Digital Nomad’. As I left my office at the university on Wednesday, I was a bit sad to leave lovely colleagues behind but the overwhelming feeling was of excitement at the uncertainty and sense of possibility this new life brings.
Which got me thinking about change, and the very different emotions it can bring up in you.
And more specifically about the difference between big life changes you’ve chosen and ones you haven’t...
Read moreSo often, when I see people struggle in the process of finding fulfilling work, it's nothing to do with external circumstances and everything to do with what's going on in their minds....
Read moreI've been blogging on and off for a while now, in various guises (I'll let you dig around and find the other online versions of me!), but have recently decided to bring it all together here on my new website.
Here I'll be sharing my musings on the stuff I really actually massively care about, namely: how to lead a happy, mindful and fulfilled life...
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