Did you know that 95% of New Year’s resolutions are abandoned by the second week of January? We all have good intentions to make changes in our lives, professionally and personally, yet seem to place enormous pressure on ourselves with the continual “new year, new me” mantra. As the first weeks of the year pass, we have often already slipped back into old ways and thoughts of career development or personal improvement seem to fade into the background. It is unsurprising. After the quiet reflective time of Christmas passes, we are met with a return to work and a barrage of messages from social media and advertising, telling us why to change our lives and how to do it “easily”. […]

This is an article originally written in 2013 however still has relevance all these years on …  Well, that was the famous song in the late 70’s, when woman were trying to have it all and were desperately trying to compete in the board room while juggling family life and yes, most people were working 9 to 5pm.  How things have changed …. Dolly Parton has recently brought her musical version of the film to the Edinburgh Playhouse and having had the good fortune to go along; this feel good show certainly gave me some food for thought.  Set in the late 70’s there were no computers just type writers, no mobile phones and most people  clocked in at 9am […]