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Last weekend I was in Kuwait for the Middle East Psychological Association annual conference and attended sessions led by play therapists, marriage counselors, organizations that head into conflict zones and an expert in passion. It left me with a notebook full of notes, a to do list of things to look up and people to […]

Recently I spent a fascinating morning with Kirsty Kavanagh, out at her offices in BarkPark Dubai in Al Awir, to talk to her about how she moved from Human Resources to managing a pet import and export business here in the UAE. Her story shows how finding meaning and purpose in life, together with perseverance […]

While being interviewed this week on the Business Breakfast, one of the broadcasters mentioned interviewing a business woman who had said that she did not take business calls when she was at home with her family, turning her work phone off before she got out of her car at home. This was even though her […]

I was delighted to be asked on the Business Breakfast broadcast today to talk about upping your game in 2019. You can listen to the podcast on the link below:  

Around this time last year I wrote about how long it took to form a new habit and how one slip from your New Year Resolution did not mean failure, but rather that you had discovered something that didn’t work well. I have always had issues with the concept of New Year’s resolutions as they […]