Insights

There’s something gloriously symbolic about the May Day Bank Holiday in the UK. The daffodils are past their dramatic “look at me” phase, the trees have stopped pretending they’re dead, and suddenly everyone’s buying garden furniture with the optimism of a Victorian poet. 🌿☀️ Spring doesn’t just wake up nature. It wakes up questions. Am I happy? Am I exhausted? Why do I have seventeen tabs open in my brain at all times? And when exactly did “surviving the week” become my per

I’ve just returned from a long weekend in Ireland, where 1 February is celebrated as St Brigid’s Day. While St Brigid herself is fascinating, I found myself more drawn to the older roots of the day: Imbolc, the Celtic festival that marks the very beginning of spring. Imbolc is associated with Brigid the Goddess – a powerful, pre-Christian figure from Irish mythology. Brigid represents wisdom, protection, creativity and personal growth. She is also known as a guardian of th

If someone had told me on 1 January 2025 that by December I’d be writing a retrospective about coaching conversations, corporate talks, Women’s Circles, podcasts, and all the moments that made me pause, I’d probably have given them a side-eye and muttered, “Are you serious?” And yet, here I am. Running Pause and Empower this year has meant embracing both the chaos and the clarity that comes when midlife transitions, menopause, career uncertainty, and life’s bigger questions c