There’s a familiar rhythm to this time of year.
The sense that something new is approaching.
The quiet pressure to prepare.
To plan.
To be ready.

And often, we move straight from sensing into doing —
lists, priorities, intentions, goals.

But wise leadership asks for something else first.

Before y...

As we move further into December, a month that has many contradictions (darkness and light, hope and anticipation v societal pressures and consumerism, etc...) I've been spending a lot of time thinking about stillness as a strength.

There’s a quiet truth many leaders forget:
stillness is not the op...

We all feel pressure in certain elements of life...

Pressure is makes many of us speed up...
We talk quicker, decide faster, react more swiftly —
as if speed will help us to make the right choice!

But pressure doesn’t demand speed.
It demands clarity.

Because when our nervous system tightens,
so ...

There’s a moment in every leader’s week

where something feels 'off.'

The work is getting done,

the conversations are happening,

the decisions are being made —

…but something just isn't landing cleanly.

Something needs refining.

You might not be able to put your finger on it,

you kno...

Last week I noticed that complexity has a way of sneaking up on us.

One email turns into a decision...

That decision turns into a meeting...

The meeting turns into a project...

And suddenly, what was once clear feels tangled and heavy...

Or becomes a responsibility that was not one we wanted...

Last week, I was reflecting on various conversations which led me to believe that most of us assume we think clearly.

After all, we’re experienced, intelligent, and capable!

Right?

But here’s a quiet truth:

We don’t see the world as it is —

we see it as we think.

Our decisions, reactions...

To find out more about the bubbles and a break — scroll to the PPS below on this page. It is a delightful story :-) 

I believe that there is an innate desire for us to lead in one way or another. It is the idea of self-leadership that leads to action. Most of what we call leadership happens in mo...

 The image is a picture of stillness, a place for pause, somewhere to inspire me — and you — to think clearly for leading calmly.

This blogpost is a bit of a step change. Over the last few years, my own work has circled around a simple but demanding practice: to think clearly and lead calmly.

20...

It has been a while, I know. 

And I missed you. 

If you are wondering where I have been for the last 6 months I wrote a post for World Mental Health day on Linkedin and Facebook which I also share in the PS at the end of this piece. 

I am just delighted to have found the space to be writing again...

I chose this image as it shows work in progress... making mistakes to learn... and yet each of the bent nails is also a potential work of art... so mistake or not, that is the question!

For many years my son has been buying perfume from the same luxury independent business. After many years of ...

Responsibility is the ability to respond to any situation —

This is a statement that someone said in response to a comment I made about responsibility in a 2 day (weekend) training I completed a couple of hours ago. The focus of the session was all about the land and how we find our place in relati...

It seems that conversations with my niece always provide rich material for The Space. Last Friday I saw her and she commented on my 'new' skirt. The skirt is a multi coloured skirt which is light and dark green, beige and black, pink and red... all in one. 'Your skirt makes me happy' she said, follo...