“We think much more about the use of our money, which is renewable, than we do about the use of our time, which is irreplaceable” Jean-Louis Servan-Schreiber This morning, in my online Coaching and Mentoring ILM session, our tutor asked us to pick an object which describes how we were…

I told myself I ‘needed’ some ballet shoes with a strap. I bought some fabric ones from New Look at a retail park. Mistake number one. The following week I told myself my fabric ballet shoes with a strap were too flimsy (I knew this when I bought them) and…

Mental Health Awareness Week is all about nature. Here I talk about how our connection to nature goes beyond our own well-being to addressing climate change and why promoting nature connection at work is essential for people, planet, profit. My story I grew up in inner city Cardiff. Despite Cardiff’s expanse of…

In this article I’m wondering who’s in the room when we talk about ‘good work’ for better lives and a sustainable future? My mum is a guru of international development and equality. I mean how can I ever live up to that? I’m still laminating posters. On a recent zoom…

There was a gardens feature on Radio 1 last weekend - nature is properly mainstream. While it’s great news that some of us are, somewhat ironically, spending more time outside during the lockdown, it’s also the perfect time to consider how important the human-nature connection (known as biophilia) is for everyone at all times. — As a long time advocate of biophilia I’ve received the current mood of rediscovering nature and gardens as both heartening and desperately sad in equal measures. Heartening because the evidence matches people’s experience, that nature is good for us. …

If you’re working from home, here are a few points to help you, which I recently shared with our homeworkers and parents working from home, which came fully endorsed by our St Monica Trust Chief Executive, David Williams. I hope you find them helpful too! · Things might take a…

Mother Earth is cross with us. We’ve been taking everything for granted. Flying about the world without a thought, driving up and down motorways in our personal vehicles, using up the earth’s resources for throwaway items that give a second of pleasure in our man-made culture of mass consumption. I…

Hands up if last week was the most stressful you’ve had for a while? It’s testing times for us all and especially those in front-line and essential services. Uncertainty is intensely stressful. It makes us feel a complete lack of control and control is something we humans need. During my…

I was privileged to attend the BPS Division of Occ Psych conference this month and I’ve come away more driven than ever to espouse a ‘responsible disrupter’ approach to challenging the norms of the ways we work and shine a light on the planet and people elements of the triple…