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As soon as I heard her say it my ears pricked up, I noted it down word for word and I waited until she'd finished. Starting work with a new client recently, we were discussing her focus, time, commitments and what kind of changes she wanted to make happen. It was when...

Here's the thing, you can never know all the ripples of what you do and who you interact with. By ripples I mean effects.  The effects you have on others.  How you touch others' lives. We have a pretty good idea from the feeling we have when we are...

As my client and I were kicking about the situation she was in, with the choices she had made, I heard myself say "well, you chose the choices you've chosen".   We both stopped.  She said to me that the phrase was one to remember, a writer-downer. The...

My ears are still ringing and I'm still smiling 😍 Last night I went to see - live and in person - a band I've followed for years and whose music I just love.  Foo Fighters. They were live in London at our Olympic Stadium and I booked the seats in August...

Last night I went to a networking (for want of a better word) event hosted by the Insurance Women's Inclusivity Network (iWIN).   As a member of the iWIN Committee, our Summer Social is the highlight of our year and we welcomed about 100 guests. Gathering members...

In 2019 I to-ed and fro-ed about paying (through the nose if felt) to go to see the band Foo Fighters live in concert. They're based in California but were playing live at the Olympic Stadium in London which, at the time, we lived about 20 minutes away from. My...

Choose a different set of risks. That was the chapter one of the mentoring groups I host were reading and discussing in our monthly call last night. The idea being that when you're trying something new, something bigger (and scarier) and something outside of your...

When I first hosted my first ever Retreat in 2013 I was so anxious, overwhelmed and panicked! Would I be able to be the host to the women who'd joined my Mastermind?Would I forget what I was supposed to be doing?Would they know my knees were knocking as I started the...

So this week Snowy and I went for a glammy dinner at Mansion House in the City.   Mansion House is the home of the Lord Mayor of London for his time in office and it was very grand affair. Long dresses/White tie dress codeTrumpetersSpeeches from various top table...

There's a phrase which is so helpful when you're planning an event, a gathering, a dinner - something that you're hosting or which you're 'in charge' of. "Treat others as you would be treated yourself" is the phrase I'm referring to and it helps you think about...