The One Where I Made Pizza I’ve made pizza nine times since we began lockdown. This may lead you to believe that I am some huge pizza fan, and that would be understandable, but actually, while I like pizza, I’m not crazy for it. Back in the ‘normal times’, the hubs and I hit our Pizza…

The Novelty of the Road Less Travelled Have you ever noticed that when you take a new route somewhere, the journey home always seems shorter? This phenomenon is known as the ‘return trip effect’ and it happens for a few reasons. The first is because, already on just the second journey, we are becoming familiar with our…

Breathe We’ve all become a little more conscious of our breathing these days, haven’t we? Between the news of ventilators and aerosolization, to masks and sidewalk breathing etiquette, life in an age of a respiratory pandemic has made breathing both the hero and the bogeyman of our psyches. …

Autopilot For the next few posts, I want to talk about living in autopilot. I had a client mention to me recently about how internally distracted she is at the moment. She can be watching TV or helping her kids and then suddenly realises she hasn’t really been paying attention for…

The Gift of Imperfection I gave a virtual presentation today to a group of executives. The brief was to talk about how the execs could lead in a more empathetic way during this crisis. …

Day 1 — Why?? First, I have to say, that I have felt supremely uncreative lately. I saw a tweet recently that said, ‘Coronavirus is not a writers retreat’ and y’all, I felt seen. I simply haven’t had the mojo to create. The ‘doing’ has been fine (mostly) but the…

One entrepreneur’s journey to capturing the most elusive commodity The sun rose over the Mediterranean today and the silhouette of my little writing desk against the sea felt like a dream to me. Today is a special day, not just because every day in the French Riviera is special, but because it is the culmination of a long-held dream…

What vulnerability can teach us about ourselves and the future of work Fun fact: we’re only born afraid of two things — loud noises and falling. Sort of strange when you think of it. But in truth, our brains at birth are something of a tabula rasa. A blank slate. Some scientists posit that we aren’t even born knowing how to love…

Why Empathy is the Key to Changing the World in 2018 I don’t generally like watching war movies. I find the ‘good’ ones so moving, so deeply disturbing, that I find myself for weeks reflecting on the fear, trauma and pain of all involved. So it was with a bit of reluctance I decided to see Dunkirk last year. Given my…