Wise Wednesdays

[Update:  Expand Your Impact  sold out over the weekend. We're delighted with the response. If you missed it, you can join the waitlist for the next one  using the link in the bio] Thank you for being a Wise Wednesdays reader and engaging with my writing and coaching work. Your attention is the most valuable thing in this economy. As Wise Wednesdays approaches its 8th anniversary, I feel a sense of renewal and excitement and am clearer than ever about how I can help. This follows a period of reflection and relative uncertainty during which I had to dig deeper into my vision and values, and trusting life. This year, I plan to offer more thought-provoking events and new ways of working together to support your journey as a service-driven leader, professional or changemaker dealing with complex challenges in times of high uncertainty. Whether I'm discussing career change, leadership mindset, relationships, communication, health, systemic issues, war or spirituality and consc...

  So I finally watched it. One of the top 10 films of 2023…   Let’s face it, systemic oppression and the colonial, capitalist patriarchy can be heavy material.   So Barbie, the movie, gets 5 stars from me for making the subject accessible and cathartic. (My biggest surprise researching the movie was discovering that capitalism iconoclast, Prof Noreena Hertz, had joined the board of Mattel last year…But that’s another story.)   Here are the 6 most profoundly enjoyable and cathartic reminders I got while sipping a hot chocolate with Barbie:   1.    Living in patriarchal capitalism is hard on the heart and soul – every day. 2.    Both men and women lose out in the patriarchy - in different ways. 3.    The patriarchy was invented to deal with the discomfort of being human in an uncertain world, by creating an illusion of control. 4.    The patriarchy is based on a fundamental misunderstanding of who we are ...

  When would NOW be a good time? Breaking through procrastination [Wise Wednesdays]   Ever thought ‘I don’t know why I procrastinated so long and didn’t do this sooner!”? You may be lost in psychological time.   Most of us misunderstand time and, therefore, misuse it. We think that by cramming more in, we’ll get more done…   You may have heard things like “time is an illusion” and brushed it aside as eccentric philosophical musings. But understanding this could free you up from a lot of frustration and boost your time management.   [Read on or join me in this week’s video at the Senate House Library. Sorry about the light, I meant to cover the light with my head but I guess it just wanted to shine! :) ]     CLOCK TIME VS PSYCHOLOGICAL TIME   The only reason we care about time is because we believe that we need it to get to our goals. If you’re not thinking about goals, you’re not aware of time, right? So does time really exist if you’re ...

  It was a true pleasure to be part of the UCL Climate Change and Health Panel for the 8th year. I feel the conversations are getting deeper and the questions from the students are increasingly pertinent. I feel hope for the future listening to them. A warm welcome to you if you joined Wise Wednesdays following the event!   [Photo: With the wonderful Professor Ilan Kelman (author of Disaster by Choice), Dr. Izzy Braithwaite (transitioned from clinical medicine to a PhD in Public Health), and Dr. Geordan Shannon (former Academic Global Health professional turned founder of Global Health Disrupted). Prof. Kelman brought us together to illustrate the diversity of experiences and possible career transitions.]   A perennial question is: what do I do when I don’t know what to do?     It gets to the heart of everything – the inherent uncertainty of life which is amplified when going through a transition. Career transitions are more likely to succeed with higher Am...