Don’t just do something, sit there!

Don’t just do something, sit there!

by | Jul 31, 2020 | Leadership

Don’t just do something, sit there! I wish I could say that I invented the title of this blog myself but I came across it at an online session on meditation run by Cambridge Buddhist Centre (one benefit of lockdown is being able to access stuff from my sofa that...
Are you afraid of saying something stupid?

Are you afraid of saying something stupid?

by | Jul 17, 2020 | Leadership

Are you afraid of saying something stupid? One particularly vivid memory I have from school is being in an English class in the final year of the girls’ school I was in – I would have been 15 or 16. Our gloomy English teacher, Mrs Duffy, was asking a...
Don’t take the monkey

Don’t take the monkey

by | Jul 3, 2020 | Leadership

Don’t take the monkey May I introduce you to Alex. Alex is a finance manager in a tech company. She’s struggling to keep her head above water at the moment as she fields demands from all directions – her boss, her colleagues, her clients, not to...
Listen to your body

Listen to your body

by | Jun 18, 2020 | Leadership

Listen to your body The other day, I went off-piste. I’d been feeling groggy all week and woke up tired again. However, after I did my usual 20 minute meditation, rather than just going up to my desk as I would usually, I curled up on the sofa with a blanket and...
Be your own No 1 fan

Be your own No 1 fan

by | Jun 2, 2020 | Leadership

Be your own No 1 fan When my husband and I first met, he used to joke that he was my “No 1 fan”. He buoyed me up with words of encouragement and celebrated what went well for me. He even came and cheered me on at a tennis match. (He’s still very supportive though, 10...