When the #Metoo campaign became common knowledge last year I realised how lucky I was to never have experienced sexual harassment or sexual assault and my heart went out to all those that had been impacted upon and how it may still be affecting their lives. Then recently something happened, and I found myself asking…
I find life is littered with many powerful analogies that apply to numerous aspects of our personal and professional lives and success. They can beautifully and powerfully draw our attention to obstacles and how to tackle them. These parallels can also enable us to reframe, rethink, assess and evaluate our lives to get more of…
I’m often asked if I set goals and in January I’m inundated with questions about new year resolutions. Should I set them? Shouldn’t I? What should they look like? How should I word them? Do I need to create micro actions? Do I have to get up early? Do I have to rewrite my life?…
When I started my company, I had a phone and a laptop, neither were new or particularly high spec and I had a strong loathing of learning new tech. Years later my business has led to; Being asked to write a book for the UK’s leading nonfiction publishers. We recently sold the rights to Turkey,…
Sorry to be a bit blunt however recently I’ve been inundated with private messages saying things like “Hi Mandie can you just share this please.” Or “Love your work Mandie, can you just tell everyone about what I do please?” Add that to the pile of emails asking me to submit someone else’s work to…
Have you ever walked away from conversations thinking “Why didn’t I say that!”? or found that you lose your true voice when talking business or waffle on and then think “Why did I say that!” or that you wish the ground would swallow you up when asked “what do you do?” or “speak for 60…
What is a Coach and what is a mentor? I often hear people say “Why should I use you instead of a consultant or a mentor, What’s the difference?” And having spent years learning and honing this skill and learning the intricacies of the latest ideas and thinking on the way we think, feel happy,…
I get a bit nervous in July when I start to tell clients and organisations that I work with that I won’t be around for a month. They tend to think I’m joking, “you will be checking your emails right?” “No I say, I’m really taking a month off.” The nervousness sets in because as…
Over the last few years, I’ve seen a worrying increase in the number of people looking to quit their “high Flying, this is what I’ve always wanted careers” for a different life. More and more people are becoming disenchanted and disengaged with working for large corporations and the joys and treasures that this can hold…
Of all the things that are big obstacles to success. I think the one that is the most frustrating for clients (rather than scary or stressful) is when The Shiny Thing Syndrome hits. Don’t know The Shiny Thing Syndrome? The STS (Shiny Thing Syndrome) is when you are working towards your goal and then a…