I met Julie Ann Horvath at the Farmhouse Conference and she’s amazing! She’s not only a designer at GitHub, but she’s the Creator, Organizer & MC of Passion Projects; a monthly event where she invites badass women in tech to come in and share Read more…
Today, looking in the mirror, splashing cool water on my face, I thought how everything really comes down to clarity and intention. This summer I’ve been peeling back the layers. Determined to see, like a tired child propping eyelids open Read more…
I’ll never forget celebrating my 23rd birthday, and feeling like I was completely starting over and knew nothing. I certainly wasn’t starting over, as at the time I was living in a great flat, in my first stable salary Read more…
I wrote this piece during Wild Writing today; a writing group I have been a part of every Monday (minus a few weeks here & there) since September 2012. Every week Laurie reads us a poem, and we get a Read more…
Written at Wild Writing last Monday, prior to launching my latest offering: Skydiving: Gathering the Courage to Take the Big Jump “Start a huge, foolish project, like Noah…it makes absolutely no difference what people think of you.” ― Rumi Spill out. Recklessly Read more…
There are a million little easy things that can eat up a day. This app has a number, check it. Clear it. Read it. Respond to it. Like it. Share it. Email it. Save it. Bookmark it. Make a note of it. Cross it off. Make a phonecall. Write it down. Make a mental note. Let it go. Talk it out. Pick it up. Put it away. Move it again. Water the plants. Take it off. Wave it away. Say hello. Kiss goodbye. Read more…
This is not about working hard. More importantly, this is not about listening to the f*cking brutal voice in my head that insists I’m not working hard enough or fast enough, and that it’s all my fault. To that voice Read more…
I’ve been writing for Citibank’s Women & Co. over the last few months, and loving it! Here’s a list of all the posts so far for anyone who missed them: 3 Ways to be a Great Business Leader 4 Ways Read more…
Stand still. Listen. Listen to the pulse of your heartbeat, even when it lives in the small of your back, your tired feet, your tight shoulders. Be still and listen. Then move slowly, in place. Breathing into the space. The Read more…
Guided wisdom as old as the highest branch That’s just fallen But not to death For this branch now becomes roots Into the rich soil That has fed it for so many years Regenerating, rejuvenating and sprouting new