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Explore the blog for both inspirational and practical articles on redefining success, personal branding and work-life integration as well as more personal reflections and stories from my travels.
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Getting out of your comfort zone
5 things that skiing experience teaches you about life
Another year, another week of downhill skiing in Verbier, Switzerland. This week has been the best so far – there […]
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Travel with a purpose: Finding your “why”
I’ve written before about the different reasons why people travel, provoked by a friend who claimed that “of course everyone […]
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5 Boot Camp Lessons
I’ve just returned from my first-ever intensive training retreat, feeling a little sore but full of good intentions and with […]
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Survival Course in Marin County: Preparing for the zombie apocalypse
So last month I was out on the Mississippi River and I was reminded of how much I’m lacking in […]
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Adventure Is Out There: My week of paddling down the Mississippi
“So in two seconds away we went a-sliding down the river, and it DID seem so good to be free […]
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Home, adventure, and something in between…
Someone I met on a recent adventure told me that we have two desires: home and adventure. When I first […]
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Adventure is Out There: Into the Arctic Wilderness
I finally got around to writing up my experience of travelling into the Arctic Circle back in March; and what […]
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Reimagining success
100 Things to Do Before You Die: How to write your own bucket list
It’s exactly two years since I wrote my bucket list while travelling in South America; I had been watching the […]
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Adventure is Out There: A weekend of stand-up paddle boarding down the Thames
As I write this, water is hitting the windowpane as a steady drizzle continues on a dreary Monday afternoon. I’m […]
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Getting out of your comfort zone
Out of your comfort zone
Today we joined millions of other people in visiting Thorpe Park, a theme park in Surrey, on a beautifully sunny […]
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Best writing retreats: A weekend at The Grange on the Isle of Wight
So from Central America and Disney princes all the way back to Europe and onto an island off the southern […]
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Change in life is important
“You can’t step in the same river twice,” said Pocahontas. Or was it Heraclitus? Everything changes, even you, despite what […]
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A Journey across South America: My trip in numbers
So that’s it! My sabbatical in South America is all done and accounted for. I hope you’ve enjoyed following along […]
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Flying home tomorrow: Things I am looking forward to, and things I’m going to miss
So the time has finally come: I’ve checked in, I’ve chosen my seats, I’ve bought the final presents, and I’ve […]
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Visiting Machu Picchu: I came, I saw, I wondered
Today was a special day in the Inca calendar: the winter solstice, on which day the morning rays of the […]
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The Best Inca Places to Visit: Four days and 45km to reach Machu Picchu
First of all, as I’ve been told now both in Peru and in Bolivia, there is more than one Inca […]
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Taking a break from work to travel
I’ve done it. I said that I would do it, would do it, would do it, I said that I […]
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Booking Machu Picchu
I don’t remember when it started or why, but for years now I’ve been obsessed with Peru and Machu Picchu. […]
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