Surviving ‘In between jobs’
This book took me back to my own experiences of job loss, which like any one who has spent their career time in the NGO sector is more than once. I reflected about the three key times I lost my job and
Black girl Magic
As we made plans for the next five years of our lives, it was clear to us how different they must look. All of us are closer to our 50’s than to our 20’s. The stakes are different. We planned more carefully
Why forty slurps different
In my perfect world, I was to have been married to a tall, dark, and handsome man. Living in Lavington with two kids who would be in school at Braeburn and taking a holiday out of the country once a year.
Having self-doubt? You are in good company
It was a relief a few months later to find out that there was a name for what I was experiencing. The imposter Syndrome!
Rejection can be a blessing in disguise
People pleasing is hard. Not being true to yourself is one of the biggest burdens of life.
Why do compliments make us so uncomfortable?
What if the hand that giveth and the hand that taketh belonged to the same person? Belonged to you, to me?
A journey through Florence, the City and Me
In 2018, just as I turned 40, I was diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome. You can call it burn out. I was empty, depleted, tired and in pain in every way. Of course, on the outside I kept on with the façade