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If work-life balance has felt vague, unrealistic, or like it requires too many trade-offs, it's usually because it's being approached in fragments. Close your laptop at 5.30pm. Digital detox. Leave the office on time. These might look like work-life balance. But they're surface level, the tip of the iceberg. You could be doing all of the above but get home so emotionally exhausted that all you can do is numb out all evening on the sofa in front of the TV.

There's a concept I come back to again and again when I'm thinking about money, careers, and financial decisions. Ramit Sethi  calls them money dials. The idea is straightforward: Money dials are the areas of your life where spending feels good - or at least, you don't resent it. We spend lots of time in leadership development thinking about our values, but the question of how we like to spend our hard earned cash is often overlooked; yet it often has a much more tangible imp

The 5-Minute Routine That Finally Stuck. There's one routine I started this January that has genuinely stuck. It takes five minutes. It fits around everything else. And it's been surprisingly transformative.

This is the transcript of The Refreshing Leadership Podcast episode: The 5-minute system for getting on top of your camera roll, published on 26th January 2026. Do you know how many photos you have on your phone? And more importantly, when you open up your phone library, does it feel enjoyable or overwhelming? For me, for a long time, mine felt completely out of control. January is always a declutter month for me, and I try to take that a bit deeper every year. One year I wen

This is the transcript of The Refreshing Leadership Podcast episode: 3 career shifts you need for 2026, published on 19th January 2026.

This is the transcript of The Refreshing Leadership Podcast episode: 5 money shifts every high achiever needs to hear this year, published on 12th January 2026.

Here's a fun method that will give you a more accurate picture. All year, I've been keeping a Ta-Da list in my Apple Notes...

A lot of smart people still follow career advice that made sense early on but doesn't hold up later in their careers. Career "wisdom" gets repeated until it becomes a set of beliefs - and some of the most common ones I hear from senior leaders are the very things keeping them stuck. Here are three worth challenging: Career lie #1: "Let your work speak for itself" In high-performing environments, this is gospel. Do great work and the rest will follow, right? The truth is, nobo

As an executive coach working with senior leaders, I've noticed a pattern: the most successful people are often the harshest on themselves. They'll tell me they're incredibly supportive of their teams and friends, yet maintain impossibly high standards for themselves. But research shows that people who are harsh with others are usually just as harsh with themselves

this is exactly the time to talk about an abundance mindset. It’s easy to feel abundant when things are going well.It’s much harder - and more powerful - when everything feels uncertain.

I know from working on vision exercises with my high-achieving clients, that waking up feeling rested is something many people aspire to but

Fresh from several Vision Builder conversations, I want to share an analogy that's had a profound impact on my clients. We often think about

Working with hundreds of leaders as an executive coach, I see this pattern repeatedly: highly capable, multi-talented professionals who can'

When I floated the idea of a screen-free experiment to my family, I wasn't sure what to expect. As someone who's followed Cal Newport's work

When I wanted to have a proper conversation about money and wealth, I knew Rose was the right person. She's got this brilliant strategic min

I tried goal-free living in December, based on Stephen Shapiro's book. As someone who's had goals since a young age, this was profound.

There are so many opinions flying around about goals right now. Should we be setting January goals? Are resolutions destined to fail?...

On today's episode of The Executive Coach podcast, I'm reviewing my word of the year: 'supported'. What made me choose it? How did it work?

Today on the podcast, I'm reviewing one of my 2024 goals - the wardrobe transformation project.

Following my first conversation with Feng Shui Master Meena Jagpal-Paré about optimising workspaces,