A few years ago I suffered a health collapse from stress. I developed an auto-immune disease and I struggled with chronic fatigue for several years. I lost a lot as a result of this burnout: relationships, income, and my confidence. I had trouble believing in myself and I developed a belief that I would never…
The quickening of the pulse, the tightening of the chest, the raising of the hairs on the back of the neck. These are some of the symptoms. Why do our bodies react in this way when all we want is merely to speak our mind or get that spider out of our home? Is having…
Fear of failure is a subconscious symptom of even deeper-seated issues that are triggered by the things that challenge us, the things that others will see and share unsolicited opinions about, sometimes even the mundane things that seem ordinary to the masses like leaving the house today. Failure is a derivative from the concept of…
There’s evidence that suggests that hospitals over-estimate women’s endurance to pain and as a result, many women patients are under-treated until it’s too late. Serena Williams was met with a similar fate when she had to diagnose her own blood clots during her childbirth as doctors had only done a standard CT scan and failed…
We need to put heart back into our leadership. Leadership’s a verb – let’s use our hearts and intuition courageously. Being in a position of leadership doesn’t mean you’re an effective leader. I can count on one hand the number of genuine leaders I’ve been blessed to work with. Yes, with, not ‘for’. Leaders build…
If you’re ambitious and climbing that corporate ladder or building your dream business, there’s no doubt that you know how important it is to develop into a great leader. I’ve been leading and managing people for almost 20 years now and I have learned the single most important lesson about leadership: you can never stop…
I started my career in technology, outnumbered as a woman in large corporate IT departments. I worked in teams where some of the men questioned whether I had any value to add. It’s hard not to take those comments personally but I chose to use them as fuel, striving for excellence in everything that I…
What is your role at Sun Exchange? I’m managing director of Sun Exchange. I’m responsible for ensuring Sun Exchange operates as efficiently as possible and guiding the business in executing against our strategy. My current role has evolved over time. I first met Sun Exchange through the business incubator programme ‘Microsoft Bizspark’ in 2014. I…
To understand failure, it depends totally on what your view of success is. If success is wealth, status and achievements to you, then failure will be its antithesis. But if Success to you is more about wholeness, family and spirituality, failure is not a scary word. When you look up the word failure, there is…
Born or bred? Nature or nurture? How often do we discuss this quandary in the hope of finding answers that will give us more resources and understanding. Resilience has had its fair share of this debate applied to it. Thankfully for us, it’s come out of the research showing itself to be a quality that…
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