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The performance of a trapeze artist is simply mesmerising for me, I love watching them swing from side to side, trusting their ability to perform and of course their partner's ability to catch them as they let go of the swing. OMG, it makes my heart skip a beat. A sharp intake of breath and a huge r...

Throwback to our holiday last year and the morning we decided to go for a run and a swim in Hermanus. Spending time with my sister Elsabet, one of the most important people in my life, is pure food for the soul!  I can still feel the breeze and smell the fresh ocean air - it is simply a magical part...

I was reflecting back at my TED-style talk at PwC’s inaugural Alumni Live event on the 26th of June last year and can't help but recognise how far I have come since then. 

My talk was titled: “Completing the human firewall”. This was the toughest public speech I had done to date. I had 10 minutes t...

So you head into a management meeting to discuss progress to date. The person in charge of the meeting is what some would consider snobby, condescending and contemptuous, appearing to know it all, but in reality, they actually know nothing of real worth. The ‘know-it-all’ may convince their audience...

Four qualities that describe me now ... 

Confident. In Control. Focused. High Performer.

Qualities I had lost, they disappeared over time and it took me hitting rock bottom to realise how far I had allowed things to go ...

My confidence was knocked a bit more each time I was left feeling like I h...

I was stuck in my own groundhog day.

The same story repeating itself again and again and again and again ... 

Is it spring yet? Has the weather changed ... is it safe to come out?

Groundhog Day is a popular tradition celebrated in Canada and the United States on February 2. It derives from the Pe...

Writing a book has been one of the most challenging things I have ever tried to do.

I have spent hours putting together the format and designing the layout and the chapters and mapping out the structure of it, it has been tough and rewarding and involved a whole lot of soul searching on my part.

N...

What a treat to spend some time walking Stella together with my boys, time out in this magical place is food for the soul, I find reconnecting with nature incredibly grounding. Much needed after a full on week #qualitytime #familyiseverything

 

Friday can't come quickly enough this week ...

I feel drained, exhausted like I've simply run out of steam ...

I've had a serious sense of humour failure this week ...

Everything seems too much and I just want to run and hide !!

That was my narrative not so long ago ...

I was facing a...

Ever been so blinded by your ambition that you choose to just suck it up because that's how people get ahead? Suck it up and never rock the boat? Never challenge the status quo because you want your performance to reflect positively, always!

Always the person at the front, always doing what the bos...

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...