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Gosh, it has been a long roller coaster ride of a day! Back to back meetings from the minute, I walked in this morning, I feel like I've been fire fighting all day with no respite and what feels like no support, this is wearing!

I've survived on a bag of nuts and coffee, no wonder I'm so wired. The...

I was sitting at my computer thinking about the best way to describe this feeling of too many eggs in one basket and I couldn't help but hum the rhyme of Humpty Dumpty.

'Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
All the king's horses and all the king's men
Couldn't put Humpty toge...

12 months ago, my body transformation coach told me that the program I was starting was just the beginning. I didn't believe her ... 

Looking at myself in this photo, I feel so proud of my achievements in such a short time. 

It hasn't been easy ...

I've still got work to do ...

I have good days ...

I left the meeting feeling like things were finally going to work! I was excited and motivated to get stuck into this project. I knew it was an important one and I felt honoured that I had been chosen to lead it ...

The entire brief was perfect for me I knew I had the skills to deliver this one and...

Heinie has been incredibly supportive of my career since the beginning, he knew when we met that I was a career woman and he's always cheered me on. 

We've never had traditional roles in our relationship and have enjoyed a 50/50 partnership from the start. We both work full time and equally contrib...

And there it was ... 

Another meeting where I was told my team wasn't performing and still not delivering to the right level. I was getting more and more frustrated by the constant uncalled for criticism and all I wanted to do was offer some 'free advice' ... it was starting to feel like a personal...

Over the last few days, I've talked about what it feels like to be in a difficult situation at work, where the culture can be described as 'toxic'. Where it is extremely difficult to get things done. Where every meeting is challenging and your self-confidence is knocked. Feeling tired and worn and a...

A Sunday well spent brings a week of content ... we've all heard that one!

As I make my way to the office I am contemplating another week, another day, another opportunity to make a difference, another project to deliver and another positive affirmation ... start the way you wish to continue ... ok...

I was on top of the world!

After all the time spent planning our strategy for the project we were making progress. We had our budget signed off and agreed by senior management. The team was well balanced and we were ready to roll! I was feeling on top of the world! 

Nothing more rewarding than fee...

I couldn't believe what I was hearing!

Those words ... 

YOU'RE FIRED

... rang in my ears ... a big ben style bell was going off in my head.

Surely I had misheard ...

... this is not the Apprentice!

I had to bite my tongue. I was in a room full of senior managers who seem to be immune to this s...

Last week I popped into a retail store local to my office and bought this fabulous poster! Shocking pink capital letters on a shiny silver background, white frame!

It reads work hard, play hard, be kind.

The shop assistant remarked on how awesome it is and that it is a limited edition item. We the...

This photo is of our last night in Hermanus, we had just shared our 'last supper' with my mum and dad, it's a firm family tradition and is a bittersweet evening spent with them. 

We head back to South Africa every year it is quality time we look forward to with our extended family, time away in the...