Imagine what our lives would look like if we stopped trying to be good and started trying to be kind. Chidera Eggerue, It’s Not Ok To Feel Blue, And Other Lies THIS. QUOTE. Sometimes a sequence of words sends my mind spinning. Kindness before goodness, says so much, speaking directly to our inherent worth as…

Eight ways to stubbornly choose a delight-filled life
“We must risk delight. We must have the stubbornness to accept our gladness in the ruthless furnace of the world.” – Jack Gilbert I read this quote in Big Magic, and it stopped me in my tracks. It was like a truth bomb had gone off inside my head and heart. Why is delight a…

Psychological safety: the key to flourishing at work
I just finished reading Brene Brown’s book, Dare to Lead, and I took such extensive notes as SO MUCH of it deeply resonated with me. If you haven’t heard of her or read/watched any of her content, I implore you to take a month off work immediately and take a deep dive. She has a recent…

An Ode to Silence
I have been trying to write a blog on this theme over the last few weeks since I read Silence by Erling Kagge in the alps at the start of the year. It made a huge impression on me, yet it has proven difficult. This is mostly due to the fact that I ended up…

Top 7 reads of 2017
I’m currently in the Alps, in the most gorgeous chalet nestled in the snowy mountains. I should be flatlining it down the slopes on my snowboard with the squad, however I unfortunately tore my left shoulder muscle a couple days ago, so I’m seizing the rare opportunity to post a blog. It’s been too long….

Five Things I Could Really Do Without
I am often described as a very level-headed person, one not often imagined erring on the side of anger. But all have their anathemas. And you’ll be pleased to know I’ve taken the time to write a by no means definitive list but five, choice dislikes that I could so happily live without. Several are arguably irrational, and I appreciate…

The Great British Take Off
So…on Thursday evening I voted to remain in the EU. When I woke up on Friday morning, my Facebook feed had become an online venting forum. An unprecedented amount of people talking about one subject: #Brexit. Throughout the morning, people began to advise people to stop posting how they were feeling and that it’d be for the best…

Seven Steps to a Feel-Good Life
So, this blog is about creating a life that feels as good as it looks on the outside. Plus, a wise person once said if we’re trying to make people more like us, then we’re only really loving ourselves. I’ve had to ask myself whether this blog was an endeavour to get people to become more like me,…

New Year, New Me
So… Here’s my new year’s resolution: Not the most inspiring, granted. However it’s taken me over a decade to discover the profundity of my Mum’s words to me when I was a teenager, “You need to slow down. You don’t stop for a minute”. My younger brother would playfully jest that he needed to request about…