Rest, Invest, What’s Next? – Take Your Business Further With Deeper Forms Of Celebration 

Celebration is a lost art. Many of us avoid it, resist it, pushing forward with our To Do list, skirting over our successes. The result? Self-employment feels like an endless treadmill, rather than the journey of freedom and fulfillment we’d hoped for. As I celebrate the 5th birthday of You Inspire Me – yep, that’s five [...]

I Am This, I Am Not That

A few weeks ago, I found myself crossing the River Thames and entering a working boatyard on Eel Pie Island, a renowned creative and cultural quarter in London. Here, for two whole days, I had full run of an artist’s studio. I had sheets of metal and a hammer, paint brushes, a huge slab of [...]

Tighten Our Belts

I was the columnist in The London Paper last week, suggesting that the recession is a good thing. Readers vote on whether they want more of you… and 96% did. I also had many comments calling this point of view “refreshing” and “inspiring”. In this, I hear a whispered hope for a move away from [...]