I write this from a balmy, sunny Glasgow.  A description we don’t often get to use round these parts!  In fact, last summer we were hard pushed to get just two consecutive sunny days.  2025 has treated us differently and we have had week-long stints of gorgeous sunshine.  It’s glorious.

When the su...

My business turns 5 this month!

There are several things I did prior to developing this business, like producing arts projects, facilitating training and my various beadwork shenanigans that still feature, but the coaching and online courses only came into being in the last 5 years.  It’s also the ...

If you’re generally a good egg, it’s likely that you volunteer your time for things.  Sometimes this is official - sitting on a board, supporting charity events and so on, sometimes it’s unofficial - helping out your pals and family who could benefit from your skills and expertise.

This can, I know...

How much space do you have?  Not just physical space, but headspace and space in your diary?

In all aspects, space can be hard to come by in our busy lives but it’s one of the essential ingredients for creativity.

There will have been times in your life, when mental, physical and time-based space ...

I came across this term recently. 

Initially my British sensibility scoffed at the word, thinking it was probably something far too cheesy for me to accept, but then, on deeper reading I found myself thinking “yes!... this!... absolutely this!”.  Turns out I’ve been lemonading most of my adult life...

The connection to sharks will become clear, but to start with, I want to tell you that I’m a huge fan of Parts Work.  It comes from the therapeutic world where it’s called Internal Family Systems or IFS for short.  In coaching it is usually called parts work.

It’s where you create a cast of charact...

1. Subscribing to Austin Kleon’s substack (where I nicked this idea for 100 things)
2. Throwing my hat into the ring.  This time last year I’d applied for the Great British Bake Off (deadline 2nd Jan) and already had an initial interview (3rd Jan)... I then waited and waited, but no further call came...

The ancient Babylonians are said to be the first to mention New Year resolutions so they’ve been around for over 4000 years.  Although their new year was likely to happen in Spring as they worked to the agricultural year, which would have started when new growth appeared.  Spring, in my opinion, wou...

Something very odd has happened over the last year and it feels fitting, it being Go Sober for October right now, to tell you about it.

First it was wine.  It started tasting funny and the sleepless nights that occurred when I drank too much of it became too much.  Then it was prosecco… although th...

Dear eyelashes,

It’s such a shame that you’ve decided to jump ship.  I get it: all my head hair has gone, so I guess you feel like they’ve got a point and there’s little reason for you to hang round too.

I’m not sure if you’ll believe me, but head hair got really confused.  That’s why they left.  ...

This summer I shifted a significant relationship.  One that has been complex, sometimes rewarding but increasingly toxic.

It wasn’t with a human, but with my smartphone.

In many ways I love my phone.  I can run my business from it when needed (although “big internet” is often easier).  It holds my...

This blog has taken an age to write.  Not because I’ve been tinkering with it and endlessly editing.  I apologise, dear reader, as I’m too imperfect and impatient to do such things.

I’ve simply been avoiding sitting down and doing it.  A couple of weeks ago I had a gorgeously sunny holiday in Crete...

On paper, it could be said that I’ve had a pretty rough and traumatic time of it over the last 12 years or so.

In that time I have, as regular readers will know, lost my hair though alopecia.

What I talk about quite a bit less is that I’ve lost quite a lot more than that too: I lost my fab brother...

I could give you a list.  

I could tell you in bullet point form how creative business coaching might help you.

But that would be pretty boring…  I’d rather start by telling you a story.

My relationship with coaching is only 5 years old: it started back in 2019.  Considering how long coaching has...

It’s a phrase that’s uttered a lot: "Diversifying Income" but it is often shrouded in business talk which turns most of the creative sector (myself included) right off.  But, when you move away from the exclusionary jargon, it is absolutely key to building a thriving creative business.

When done ri...

It was the 27th January last year when a roomful of fabulous women, my hairdresser and my lovely kids joined me for my Brave Shave party.  Over 70% of my hair had gone so it was the swiftest and, in some ways, easiest haircut Paolo had ever given me.  It was certainly the cheapest!

But it was also ...