I'm navigating my own midlife transition whilst helping others do the same. My newsletter community includes professionals who are questioning whether there's more to work than ticking boxes. We explore practical questions like: What if that Monday morning energy dip isn't inevitable? How do we navigate professional decline with dignity? When is "enough" actually enough? If you're approaching 50 (or already there), feeling professionally restless, or simply curious about creating more intentional work, this is for you. I write for people who understand that meaningful change happens gradually, one decision at a time.
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I'm navigating my own midlife transition whilst helping others do the same. My newsletter community includes professionals who are questioning whether there's more to work than ticking boxes. We explore practical questions like: What if that Monday morning energy dip isn't inevitable? How do we navigate professional decline with dignity? When is "enough" actually enough? If you're approaching 50 (or already there), feeling professionally restless, or simply curious about creating more intentional work, this is for you. I write for people who understand that meaningful change happens gradually, one decision at a time.
Hello, Last week, I shared the uncomfortable truth about my corporate work: after 20 years, the systems I help build catch only 1% of the problem they’re meant to solve. Some of you might be asking the same question yourself: how do I keep showing up to work when I suspect my expertise isn’t actually making the world better? Here's my answer to you. It isn't about finding more meaning within the systems or pretending the limitations don’t exist. It is about doing something completely...
Hello, A 27-year-old bride was shot dead at 4:30 AM on a Sunday morning, just hours after her wedding in Goult, a village in southern France. Her husband critically wounded. A 13-year-old boy fighting for his life. The cause? A drug-related settling of accounts. I live hours away. I don’t know these people. This tragedy is completely unrelated to my life. Yet I can’t stop thinking about it. The uncomfortable conflict The bride was innocent. No criminal record, no connection to drug...
Hello, I’m back in France after four weeks in Malaysia, feeling a bit like I’m operating in slow motion whilst everyone else has already shifted into September gear. It’s strange how returning to your birth country can feel both like coming home and discovering somewhere entirely new—especially when you’re seeing it through your children’s eyes for the first time. Watching them smell durian and wrinkle their noses, then light up over roti canai, reminded me how much of who we are gets passed...