At home I’m surrounded by three very different stages of curiosity. My children are eight, eleven and fourteen, and the questions that come from them every day are endless. Some are wonderfully simple, others surprisingly philosophical, and many arrive at moments when I least expect them. Why do some people believe different things about the […]

“Where is your energy right now on a scale from 1 to 10?” A question I’ve asked clients a hundred times. Recently one gave me, not an uncommon answer but, an interesting one. He paused for a moment and then laughed slightly before saying, “I have absolutely no idea.” What surprises me is how often […]

When Pushing Through Stops Working For High-Performing Women: What To Do  [See Part I here] Turning biology and overfunctioning into dividends (without self-destruction) Part I covered three conversions: standards over tolerance, structured care over silent care, and commanded switching over mental overload. Part II finishes the picture with four more conversions— where the “hidden tax […]

When Pushing Through Stops Working For High-Performing Women: What To Do The hidden tax of female excellence (and how to turn it into dividends) High-performing women are often praised for the same behaviour that later burns them out. You tolerate. You push through. You don’t make it a drama. You carry the extra load, smooth […]