When I was 21 my dream was to be a dancer. I loved to dance and studied contemporary dance, jazz ballet, and classical ballet. I wanted to continue my studies at a degree level but didn’t have a strong enough foundation in ballet to qualify for the colleges I applied to. This was never more […]
Why Things Don’t Work Out in Your Life (Part 2)
When I was 22 I was offered the opportunity to audition at 3 dance schools for their degree programmes in Dance. The auditions were a disaster, and I didn’t get into any of them. At the time I was really disappointed, but I can see now that what I thought I wanted, was not what […]
Why Things Don’t Work Out in Your Life (Part 1)
Why didn’t you write that best selling book you know is in you and tell your story? Why didn’t your dream to be an entrepreneur and set up that social enterprise come true? Maybe you didn’t persist. If you feel overwhelmed by the duties and obligations of daily life, lost or unsure if you have […]
The Year I Became President
Last year I decided that instead of having any New Year’s resolutions or goals (which I often end up carrying over to the next year and leave me flooded with feelings of guilt at not having achieved them), I would choose a Word of the Year. I learnt about the Word of the Year through […]