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Failing for 15 years: habits that work
At my girls’ boarding school, our running groups were sorted alphabetically by fruit: the Apples were the stars, Bananas were pretty good. My friend Emily and I were Ugli fruits, and fought hard to never get promoted for fear we might have to break a sweat in a race.
It’s time to joyscape Christmas!
A friend told me she was crawwwwwwling to Christmas yesterday.
God knows, it feels like a battle this year… Which is why, right here and now, this is the moment to plan some joy.
Revelations from our year of all-change
This time last year we were living in an ‘80s townhouse in Zone 2 Tower Hamlets. We bloody loved it. But the familiar crunch of nos canisters underfoot and taking our football-crazy daughter to training in a multi-storey car park lined with AstroTurf suggested a change was needed.
2022. Buckle up with a fighter pilot.
Happy New Year!!
We all need a boost this week to I went to visit Mandy Hickson, former RAF fighter pilot turned motivational speaker, to get her advice on how to soar into 2022. She was full of laughter, despite being unable to book into her regular spinning classes, due to all the New Years Resolutioners turning up to hyperventilate (aka me).