Expose Yourself

I was going to call this month’s Flourishing Female mailing “Put Yourself About” and then decided such slutty overtones would never do here. So Expose Yourself it is, although actually I’m writing on a rain-whipped day and the last thing I feel like doing is exposing anything to anyone. But of course you know I’m not here for bare bottom cheek, it’s your mind, your intellect that I’m asking you to expose this month. I listened to a riveting BBC radio 4 podcast... Read More

Failing Better

I got a call a couple of weeks ago from a young journalist (who is now probably put off motherhood for life given what was going on in the background and my seeming inability to string a sentence together – why oh why didn’t I let the answering service kick in?) seeking my views on the psychology of young women and failure. She told me about a brilliant teacher at an all girls school in Wimbledon who’d recently run an experiment to help her young minds cope with failure;... Read More

Opportunities

Do you know how amazing your mind is? How awesome you are? Yes, you are astonishing. How about that as a welcome to January? (But no, this isn’t a celebration of how well you did managing all those people, presents, palaver and general overwhelm at Christmas - although I’m sure you’re very deserving of praise on that front too). It’s astounding what complex things your brain undertakes every day and in this short Flourishing Female mailing I’d like to showcase... Read More

Client Success Story

It’s great to hear from clients on how their lives are progressing. Sally got in touch recently to share her story since we worked together five years ago when life wasn’t quite as she wanted it to be. Do I remember her? Of course I do - every woman who opens her life and her thoughts to me leaves an impact. Hello Jessica, do you remember me - you coached me back in 2006 and with your help and encouragement I changed the course of my life. I did a two... Read More