Change and Wellbeing

I naturally slip into reflection and review when I’m planning ahead. I like to look back at what’s happened, then think about what I want more (or less) of in the next chapter. In my twenties I even had a dedicated hardback “goals notebook”. It starts in 1995 and runs through to 2004, full of lists, categories and careful reviews. When partner and kids came along, the notebook evolved into annual lists of individual, joint and family goals. At the end of each year we’d sit do

I found this old blog in my archive of “New Year” pieces and realised it’s actually more useful as a gentle guide to change at any time of year, so I’ve updated it. We’re often sold the idea that change happens overnight – a Monday, a birthday, a new job, the first day of a month. In reality, we’re the same person on 1 January as we were on 31 December, and most meaningful change takes longer than our culture likes to admit. Habits build over weeks and months, not in a single

Since the pandemic, resilience has almost become a “dirty word” in some organisations, where it’s been used to suggest that people simply aren’t “tough enough” rather than addressing unrealistic workloads, poor culture or lack of support. I still believe resilience is a powerful and helpful concept – when we use it properly and ethically. So let’s reclaim it. What do we really mean by resilience? For me, resilience is the ability to adapt, recover and keep going in the face o