My husband is a bike rider but his road bike which he’d had for many years and loved was stolen. He was devastated as you can imagine and has been on the lookout for a new one. The covid shutdown has slowed this down but as our city has reopened, he and his friend took a drive to a local bike shop l...

Are you thinking about doing Dry July this year? If so, let me give you some encouragement!

Two years ago, there is no way I would have (or could have) done something like Dry July. I was the statistic – 40-plus-year-old professional woman, relieving the stress of a hard day’s work over a glass ...

Last week I saw a post on a private online group I belong to. The author was asking for advice on what she could have done better so she could be prepared should the situation arise again. So, what was the situation? She works at a university and along with a male professor and another researcher (m...

Today I finished my week away from social media in respect of the request for quietness on these otherwise busy channels. The #Amplify Melanated Voices challenge asked that we make space for black speakers, activists and leaders to be heard during this time. While my following is small and my impact...

In true form for these unusual times we find ourselves in, as we head into winter in the southern hemisphere, our usual time for dormancy, reflection and rest; we emerge from a collective hibernation to a world that is reopening after the coronavirus shutdown. It’s a little topsy-turvy and upside do...

I was coaching a client recently when as a side note she told me with despair how challenging meetings were for her, especially when she first walked in and read the room. It was exhausting for her. After digging a little deeper I was able to assure her that being able to do that was actually a supe...

Have you experienced some good stuff that you’d like to keep after lockdown? Maybe it’s Friday night games night, zooming your parents instead of just calling or texting, taking proper lunch breaks and getting out for a walk, finding some alone time and enjoying your own company or creating more mea...

Every time someone tells me they are in lockdown with their kids I tell them how much I admire them. My three are young adults now and I love them with all my heart but I would not have survived 6 weeks of lockdown with them when they were school-aged! My eldest would have been living out the fears ...