Suits is my all time favourite television show. It’s complex, sophisticated and funny. The characters draw you in to the high stakes world of corporate litigation, making them highly believable, albeit in highly unbelievable situations. But more to the point, Suits...
I didn’t see it coming. I’d been sitting there for about ten minutes. Using the free wifi. Sipping a tall Americano with hot milk. Happy. And then a voice says “How much per hour?” Me: Freeze. Is this guy talking to me? Him: “How much, you know – as he slips in a wink...
I spend a lot of time each day wondering what to eat. Come to think of it, a surprising amount of my time is filled with decisions - like what to do with this email, what to do with this plastic bag, whether to connect with this person on LinkedIn, if the children...
Raise your hand if you’ve ever felt intimidated by this, the season of the spiritual loofah. You know - time to clean the slate, jump-start the new year, turn over a new leaf, set your intentions, find your power word, shed dead skin…. Yip. All this do-gooding can be...
Yesterday was a good day for Christmas. I don’t mean it was a good day to celebrate Christmas, I mean it was a good day for people planning Christmas. There was one woman, groomed, early forties, designer beach towel, denim shirt-dress with metal button trim – the...
Don’t you hate it when you misjudge how many provitas with peanut butter to have with your tea? And then you finish them all before your tea is even cool enough to drink? And then you have to run downstairs again and get out the peanut butter again and open the...
Have you ever had to introduce people over email? It can be pretty awkward. Do you greet them both, or connect with first one and then the other? What do you say in the subject line? What do you say that is etiquette correct and so inspiring for the people reading it...
My husband does this thing. When we’re finished training at the gym and before heading off for our respective showers, he says, “Take your time. I’m not in a rush.” In that moment, it’s the nicest thing anyone can say. In that moment, he has given me freedom, he has...
The pants I bought are silky and have a geometric print. (I know, I know. I should’ve known better.) “I could wear these to a networking breakfast” I thought, picturing myself receiving admiring glances for my daring fashion sense over scrambled eggs and individually...
There’s a new buzzword in town. It’s called grit. You may have heard of it. According to the research, people who are bright, talented and kind and come from stable, loving homes don’t succeed if they haven’t been taught the teeth-clenching capacity for hard work,...
