My daughter is going through a tough time. She’s being bullied at school by a ‘friend’. Over the last few months, we’ve had talks about how people treat one another, what it means to be yourself and how we build trust in a relationship (and what happens when that trust gets broken). The most recent … Read more
“Are you going to let this story run your life or are you going to rewrite it?” The words barely registered before the answer came into my mind. “I’m going to rewrite my story” I said. Humans are natural storytellers, we have been since we first started communicating with each other. Stories are how … Read more
In our catch meeting this week, the Drive Tribe and I were talking about permission. It got me thinking about giving ourselves permission. I remember driving into work after having my daughter and arriving late every day. Leaving earlier wasn’t an option as the nursery wasn’t open and that ten minutes cost me up to … Read more
“I don’t know your name,” I said, ‘I’m Charlie’. “Hi”, she said, “I’m Elizabeth’s mum, Hannah”. Why do we do that? As mums, why do we say that we’re x’s mum first, before our own name? I do it too. It’s easier in a lot of ways, as the kids often know each other first. … Read more
We could all do with being more vulnerable. My daughters have taught me so much about being vulnerable and I’d like to share a story and ask: how can you be more vulnerable? I collected my middle daughter from school yesterday and I could hear her playing a game with her favourite teachers. I heard … Read more