Blending soulful insight, dry wit, and hard-earned real-world wisdom, these articles offer more than just feel-good inspiration — they’re field guides for anyone who’s found themselves standing at a crossroads or stuck in a life crisis. Whether you’re navigating an empty nest, a career change, a major loss, or just a nagging sense that your life needs a rewrite, you’ll find thoughtful guidance, gentle provocation, and the occasional laugh — all aimed at helping you rediscover clarity, reclaim your purpose, and set off in a new, more aligned direction.
- “Work-life balance isn’t a myth. And it doesn’t necessarily mean working less.”
Leaders tell me: “Balance is impossible. If I slow down, I fall behind. If I keep going, I burn out.” Jennifer, a Senior Vice President at a tech company, put it perfectly: “Everyone talks about work-life balance like I should just… work less. But I didn’t build my career by doing the minimum. I love …Continue reading ““Work-life balance isn’t a myth. And it doesn’t necessarily mean working less.””
- The Hardworking Achiever’s Resilience Toolkit24 Simple Practices for Building Resilience Introduction Resilience is basically the difference between people who get knocked down and stay down versus those who dust their resilience toolkit off, get back up and keep going. Think about it – we all know someone who seems to fall apart at every setback. They’re constantly in crisis …
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- “Why do I wake up exhausted after 8 hours of sleep?”I hear this constantly from executives: “I sleep, but I never feel restored. It’s like my brain is still running flat out even while I’m in bed.” Rachel, a Chief Marketing Officer, described it perfectly: “I go to sleep thinking about the team restructure. I wake up at 3am replaying that tense conversation with the …
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- Book Review: “The Nature Fix” by Florence WilliamsWhy Nature Makes Us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative I’ve always believed in supporting other authors-especially non-fiction authors-and one of the ways I do that is by sharing book reviews. I focus on the books that have truly shaped how I live, work, and support people through life transitions. These aren’t just summaries; they’re stories …
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- How to Recover From Burnout ForeverCan Joining a Range of Activities, Interests and Community Groups Make You Happier, Healthier and reveal How To Recover From Burnout? Quick Take: Your LinkedIn network might be impressive, but when did you last laugh until your sides hurt with people who don’t know your job title? Hardworking professionals often collect achievements, such as trophies, …
- Can Music Help You Prepare for Surgery?#Operation Optimism: A 7-Day Mindset Makeover Before Surgery Part 3 Surgery Less Stressful Meet Sarah, a 58-year-old teacher who was scheduled for major abdominal surgery last spring. Like most of us facing the operating table, she was terrified. Her blood pressure spiked every time she thought about the procedure, and sleep became elusive. Then her …
- FAQ “How do I stop work stress from spilling into my family life?”Executives often give their best to their work — and their leftovers to their family. I hear this all the time from executives I work with: “By the time I get home, I’m drained. My team gets my best. My family gets what’s left. And it breaks my heart.” Sarah, a VP at a Fortune …
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- Action is the Antidote to Anxiety: A Doctor’s Guide to Breaking Free from ParalysisSummary Anxiety loves a stationary target. While our minds spiral into catastrophic thinking, our bodies remain frozen – and therein lies the trap. Action, however small, disrupts anxiety’s stranglehold by engaging our physiology, shifting our focus, and proving that we’re not as powerless as our worried minds would have us believe. It’s not about grand …
- Emotional Regulation: Are You an Emotionally Regulated Adult?Summary: If you are an emotionally regulated adult, you don’t explode in meetings, implode over spilt coffee, or need wine to “decompress” from Tuesday. Emotionally regulated adults have cracked the code that eludes most hardworking professionals: feeling all the feelings without letting those feelings run the show. Spoiler alert: it’s not about being zen 24/7—it’s …
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- Would Couples Benefit from Going on a Couples Hiking Retreat?The Short Answer: Yes, But Pack More Than Just Your Boots Sometimes the best relationship advice comes not from a therapist’s couch, but from attending a couples hiking retreat, walking a muddy trail where your partner’s true character emerges—usually when they’re hangry and you’ve just realised you forgot the trail map. Couples hiking retreats strip …
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- The Manifestation Trap: Why Your Inner Work Isn’t WorkingSummary: You’ve meditated your way to enlightenment, manifested abundance until your vision board caught fire, and inner-worked yourself into a therapeutic coma. So why are you still stuck in the same job, the same relationship patterns, and the same bank balance? Spoiler alert: the universe didn’t get the memo because you forgot to send it …
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- Enabling or Empowering: The DifferenceQuick Summary Are you enabling or empowering those around you? To Enable someone is to hand them a fish. To Empower someone is teaching them to fish, then helping them build their own fishing boat empire. One creates dependency; the other creates legends. The difference isn’t just semantic—it’s the gap between good intentions and transformational …
- How To Manage Stress During A Serious MisunderstandingThis article highlights a woman’s extraordinary professionalism, memory, and poise under intense pressure. What is going on here? This clip shows the moment Maria João Pires realises that she’s prepared the wrong concerto, and then how she seamlessly switches over to play the correct one flawlessly. This misunderstanding happened during an open rehearsal (often referred …
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- “Settling” Is Actually Self-Abuse in DisguiseThere is no passion to be found playing small – in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living. Nelson Mandela In Short Here’s the uncomfortable truth wrapped in a comfortable sweater: That “good enough” job, relationship, or living conditions you’re tolerating? It’s not prudent compromise—it’s you slowly …
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- We Manifest What We Think We’re WorthThe TL;DR That Might Save Your Life Your self-worth is your life’s GPS—and most of us are navigating with a broken compass. We manifest what we think we’re worth: we don’t attract what we want, we magnetise what we believe we deserve. Think you’re worth scraps? The universe will serve you a steady diet of …
- Time Does NOT Heal All WoundsSummary Time isn’t a magical bandage – it’s more like that drawer where we stuff broken things, hoping they’ll somehow fix themselves. Spoiler alert: they don’t. While time can dull the sharp edges of pain, it takes intentional work, not passive waiting, to truly heal. This article explores why the “time heals all wounds” myth …
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Author Bio: Dr Margaretha Montagu – described as a “game changer”, “gifted healer”, “guiding light” and “life-enriching author” – is an experienced medical doctor, a certified NLP practitioner, a medical hypnotherapist, an equine-assisted psychotherapist (EAGALAcertified) and a transformational retreat leader who guides her clients through life transitions – virtually, or with the assistance of her Friesian and Falabella horses, at their home in the southwest of France.