Monthly Archives: March 2024

This week, I have been pondering the expectation people set for themselves and how these become so deeply programmed into our minds and become a driving force, which can be negative. I thought I would share a fabulous message that I received from a Radio 4 program about 8 years ago. To give you some context, eight years ago, in 2017, I was caught up in a scarcity mindset. It was an unusual mindset for me, but it occurred due to experiencing success and then losing it. We all know life is not linear, however, when we peak our success…

Hello and thank you for joining me this week with my ponderings. Many of you know me well enough to know that I am not an academic person, I write from experience; my ‘wisdom’ comes from my curiosity, and my life experiences. I hope this means I am relatable, with my feet firmly on the ground of life and business, still striving, still learning, and still finding people far more fascinating than books! I am a curious observer and I rely on moments in my journey through life to teach me the things I need to learn. Leading communities has…

Hello and welcome to this week’s Ponderings, dedicated to the human need we all have, the need to belong. I think one of the most painful emotions is to feel alone. To have a feeling that people, that you need in your life or business, don’t need you. In 2018, I recognised this feeling myself and, while I could rationalise why my loneliness had manifested itself, and take responsibility for it, I had to create a strategy, and take action to ensure I found my way through that loneliness. I used to watch others that had comrades around them, friendship…

Welcome to this week’s Ponder and thank you, last week I met many friends, due to a highly sociable birthday week, and it was amazing to hear that they like reading my Ponders. I love that some people really do choose to ponder the thoughts for their week and this week’s words are based on a great learning I had from a new client. I am talking here about how love is a virus, we can all spread it, and it seems to be highly spreadable. It is the basis of any culture to create it, within family, friends, in…