Category: Self-Reflection

It Never Seems to End….
April 1, 2022
If you are on Facebook you have seen the Memories feature. Facebook pops up with the comment, “We thought you’d like to look back on […]

Show Up, Step Up, Speak Up
March 1, 2022
This newsletter was written before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. I strongly condemn the actions of the Russian government and my thoughts and support are with […]

White Light
February 1, 2022
At the start of a new year, I often decide on a word I will work with that shapes my interactions and stretches me at […]

Rejoice
January 3, 2022
A wonderful friend and a terrific colleague, Giselle Martin-Kniep, passed away last month. I was unaware that she had been ill. News of her passing […]

Embrace the Ordinary
December 1, 2021
I have a cognitive crush on Alain de Botton, founder of The School of Life. What he and his colleagues write about is brings me […]

Changed for Good
November 1, 2021
When I procrastinate, which is somewhat often, I find myself in the Facebook Watch section and see a video from The Dodo of a baby […]

Running on Empty
October 1, 2021
I ‘knew’ of Jackson Browne when I was asked to go to one of his concerts this weekend, but I didn’t know Jackson Browne’s epic […]

What Needs Shoring Up in Your Life?
July 1, 2021
A few weeks ago, with ten minutes to go in a Stretching Your Learning Edges introductory workshop with school heads, my internet went down. I […]

Can’t Do ‘Same Same’
June 1, 2021
For the first time in over 15 months, I went to a hotel for a weekend away. I went to brunch with new vaccinated acquaintances […]

Embracing Growth at Our Edges
May 3, 2021
“Inward, Upward, Outward, Onward”
That’s my catch phrase to describe the essence of my new book, Stretching Your Learning Edges: Growing (Up) at Work. The book […]