Hug it out or stiff upper lip? What’s your emotional IQ?

A few of my colleagues and I were talking yesterday and stumbled upon an interesting topic (well, it was to us anyway!), which I thought I’d share with you today. What’s your take on physical contact? As in, random people or acquaintances getting up close...

2012 Predictions and plans…join the revolution!

At this time of year it’s always customary to take stock and make plans. Personally, I hate conforming to the stereo-type of joining a gym on January 1st, going for a month then never going again, doomed to spend the next 11 months watching £60 come out of your...

Fed up of being pigeon-holed?

I know that you will have been inundated with ‘It’s Christmas!’ messages over the past week or so and I do genuinely hope everyone has at least one fond memory of time spent with loved ones over this festive period. However, that’s not what this post is about. This...

How to be fearless without being reckless

I was thinking this afternoon about what might hold someone back from doing something big and scary and the only thing I could come up with was this… A FEAR OF FAILURE. But as I started to think about this, I realised that to hold you back, you have to have a...

Give yourself some down-time

Last weekend I went away for the weekend to Derbyshire and stayed in a lovely little log cabin in the countryside.   We arrived at about 10pm, got out of the car stiff and sleepy but woke up instantly when we opened the door to our cabin and began to explore our...