“Well, maybe I will just go and live in a forest all by myself”, I told my therapist. I was in my mid-twenties, unhappy, feeling misunderstood and a little lost about who I was or was becoming. I wrapped up my existential crisis in this one sentence as if it was a reasonable solution.
He…
If I had to pick one skill or way of being in a person's development, I would pick self-awareness. There are many ways to recognise a self-aware person, among them their humility, vulnerability and courage. Such a person is able to navigate themselves, others and the world with intention and accountability, and is often better…
I remember a Skype status update from a friend that read: "Don't worry, you are not in control." Yes, I’m old enough to remember when Skype was a thing — which means I've had enough time to learn the hidden truth of that message: I desire control and imagine my efforts will guarantee the outcomes…
I am a bit of a planner. Those close to me know this. By nature, I am hopeful. But I’ve lived long enough to know that life isn’t always smooth—and neither are my responses to it.
So, I like to have a backup plan for the days when I am not at my best, when…
I am ditching the well-meaning New Year resolutions.
Come this January, what if we don’t begin again, or erase the past, or make impossible commitments? Instead, what if we continue to build on the work we’ve started—strengthen what’s working, trust ourselves, and recognise that we’re already on the right path?
As I sit in the…
I dip into a book to help soothe the sorrow and overwhelm I feel at the continuing devastation and tragedy in the aftermath of Cyclone Ditwah. I am acutely aware of the blessing that I am not among the countless number of our people affected in the last three days. Nature does not discriminate, in…
How illness revealed the quiet transformation that happens in life’s in-between spaces.
I’m not used to falling ill, until I did, this March, and found myself in unfamiliar territory: that of being a patient.
I was in a liminal space—moving from being someone who rarely fell ill to someone who could hardly walk, uncertain when…
Good Intentions
I had lofty ideas of wise and profound things I wanted to share with you. After all, this last year, no, make it two years, have been profoundly life changing. Yet, these self-imposed wannabe nuggets of wisdom were not making it to the page. I couldn’t distil the events or the feelings of…
As remote and hybrid work environments become the norm, finding different ways to check in on the well-being of your teams will be crucial, for their mental health as well as for the well-being of the team.
A look behind the scenes to reveal how deeply personal and professional stories are spoken through symbolic imagery to create a visual identity in the form of a logo.
When your world falls apart, as mine has, and as many of yours might have during the pandemic, you have to pick yourself up from the rubble, and rebuild and reimagine.
Stories are vehicles for translating and sharing the meaning of how we understand and explain our world and its events in our lives. Stories help us make meaning together and connects us.
Our stories show up in our conversations, our writing, art, music and performances. Our stories show up in the way we respond to what…
