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How do you know what to do when you don’t know what to do (especially around big decisions like changing career or life)? If you’re...

Tolstoy had imposter syndrome. At the height of his fame as one of the most celebrated authors of his time, he felt like a failure...

TAMING MICROAGGRESSIONS PART 2 [WISE WEDNESDAYS] I shared in a post on Facebook recently that I never know how to answer the “ethnicity...

My mother heard the first gunshot. And then the second. She’d been told to come straight back from school, and hurried on. As she looked...

Sometimes it takes a brutal wakeup call to slow down and realign your life, and sometimes it doesn’t. A few people just decide one day...

It was a grey afternoon in 2009. The therapist stared silently across from me as I wriggled awkwardly in the chair. I felt so vulnerable...

When your heart is on fire... The historic times we live in have amplified a sense of purpose and inspiration in me and many of my...

The spectrum of reactions to lockdown has been wide. From introverted thinkers who’ve relished time away from the office with their...

Celebration: It’s four years since the first Wise Wednesdays. It was on How to deal with cabin fever, and seems as relevant as ever…Happy...

When I was 14, I believed there was an ultimate solution to everything. I chose advanced mathematics for high school and I was going to...

What happened to your book? WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR BOOK? Have you ever shared an idea that you were excited about and then forgot about...

As the pandemic kicked off, I remember resolving to lie low and ride it out quietly. But the strangest thing happened. As I gave myself...

A friend asked me recently whether I’d been called back to the frontline as a doctor, since coronavirus struck. When I explored that a...

Caged with calories to burn and nowhere to exercise: managing diet and exercise in lockdown. A healthy diet and exercise can be a bit of...

“I just need a hug right now”. It’s hard enough to ask for one of those under normal circumstances, especially if you’re a strong and...

The best way to predict the future is to create it. If you're wondering what to do with yourself in these times, the answer is simple:...

If you live on Planet Earth, then you’ve probably become very aware of the need for the drastic reorganisation that our societies are...

Coronavirus is playing on most people’s nerves at the moment. The more it spreads the greater the fear, the greater the fear, the more...

Whether to leave your job is a big question. And it isn’t. Changing careers is becoming increasingly common, let alone changing jobs....

Persuasion and influence seem to be a big deal at the moment. Gone are the days of command-and-control in the VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain,...