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Sometimes your career changes because you decide it is time for something different. You update your CV. You tell your friends. You buy a suspiciously optimistic notebook and start making plans. Perhaps you even have a Pinterest board entitled “My Fabulous New Life”. ✨ But what happens when the change chooses you? Redundancy. Bereavement. Ill health. Divorce. Caring responsibilities. A relationship ending. A relocation. Organisational restructuring. A promotion you never want

19 August is World Photography Day, so taking a career “snapshot” seems rather fitting for this week's article. 📸 Photography has a wonderful way of freezing a moment in time. One click captures where we were, what we looked like, who we were with and, occasionally, a truly unfortunate hairstyle. But a photograph is only ever a snapshot. It doesn't tell you what happened five minutes before the shutter clicked. It can't predict where you'll be five years later. And it certai

Every year on 4 August, International Owl Awareness Day celebrates one of nature's wisest creatures. Owls have long symbolised wisdom, intuition and the ability to see clearly in the dark. Perhaps that's why they make the perfect mascot for career change. 🦉 The wisest of Owls. Many professional women spend years looking after everyone else's careers, families, teams and ambitions before pausing to ask one important question: "Is my career still right for me?" The answer isn'

This week is Environmental Action Week, when conversations tend to turn to recycling bins, carbon footprints and energy saving lightbulbs 🌍🌱. All important, yes. But there’s a quieter, more personal question hiding underneath all of that: What is your working life costing you? Not in salary terms. In energy, wellbeing, confidence and long-term health. Because sustainability is not just about the planet outside the office window. It’s also about the person sitting inside the

Last week was Volunteers' Week 2026, a national celebration of the incredible people who give their time, energy and skills to support causes they care about. 🌟 A few years ago, but this Crisis At Christmas Rough Sleeping team, was one of my favourite years. Now, if you've been following my recent articles, you may have noticed a bit of a pattern emerging. At the moment, I seem to be running about a week behind on my chosen topics! So, my apologies for arriving fashionably l

This week, I read a LinkedIn review that stopped me mid-scroll… not because it was polished (although it was), but because it captured something many people struggle to articulate. The client spoke about the power of blending coaching, mentoring and HR expertise… about navigating “the full picture of work and life ”… and most importantly, about experiencing a mindset shift that didn’t feel overwhelming, but instead built through small, manageable steps. That last bit? That’s

It feels fitting to be writing this during Diwali — the Hindu festival of lights — a time when homes across South Asia and Britain glow with candles and colour, celebrating the triumph of light over darkness, hope over despair. So, I’m moving a little out of my own comfort zone here, shining my coaching torch into a space I’ve not personally lived but deeply admire: the midlife career transitions of South Asian British women navigating the crazy (and often chaotic) worl

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Last week, I had the pleasure of visiting my God-Mother while she delivered a thought-provoking sermon to her Methodist congregation. Her...