Category: Life, Oh Life

The Ladder Lies: how to walk away from your baby

August 4, 2017

I’ve recently resigned from being the CEO of a charity I co-founded over 8 years ago. After having emailed round to our colleagues and contacts in the sector, my fear was that people would assume that the reason for my departure was that the charity was a sinking ship, that there had been an internal fall-out or some other reputation-smearing reason (none of which are the case)! However, having bumped into a couple of these people since, it seems the main reaction was ‘How can she give up her baby? How can she walk away from something that she started?’. The answer is, both very painfully and very easily. … More The Ladder Lies: how to walk away from your baby

The Loves Of My Life

July 28, 2017

For 30 years I’ve failed to find ‘the one’ – or they’ve failed to find me. Almost every TV show, film, song and piece of marketing tells me that this is what I need to be looking for. I’m led to believe that to find this one person will be the ultimate, and highest experience of love, fulfilment and joy. I’m told that when do finally find the one love of my life I will achieve full relational contentment. Trouble is, I hate feeling like an under-achiever so I’m left with no choice but to throw a into these disneyfied works. Here it is: what if we’re allowed more than one love of our life at any one time?! … More The Loves Of My Life

The right questions to ask about the Gender pay gap

July 28, 2017

There have been a number of stories over the last year about the gender pay gap. Whether it’s in hollywood, business or the BBC, there is a universal disparity between men and women’s wage packets. Better people than I have debated, discussed and dissected this issue at length, so I don’t want to go over … More The right questions to ask about the Gender pay gap