“Needs to work on transitions” was a comment on one of my son’s report cards. He was 7 at the time, I think.
“What does that mean?” I asked the teacher.
“Movi...
“Needs to work on transitions” was a comment on one of my so...
The term ‘bad news’ denotes that it’s not likely to be met with jubilation, but if we’re the ones giving it we can learn to navigate those difficult conversatio...
The term ‘bad news’ denotes that it’s not likely to be met w...
When I got kicked out of clown school in Paris, (yes, you read that right. How I ended up in clown school in the first place is a whole other story.
Suffice to...
When I got kicked out of clown school in Paris, (yes, you re...
Few things make me squirm more than having to deliver bad news. It’s a task that, in the past, I have done anything to avoid. The prospect of letting someone do...
Few things make me squirm more than having to deliver bad ne...
Sweet talk. When we want something, it’s easy to reach for the butter and spread it on thick.
Often, we don’t actually ask for what we want. Instead, we pussyf...
Sweet talk. When we want something, it’s easy to reach for t...
In a conversation recently I was told I was being aggressive. “Emphatic” is the word I would have used, but in truth it was more a spat than a chat so, being ca...
In a conversation recently I was told I was being aggressive...
Love is … Do you remember that comic strip? It reminds me of childhood birthday cards. It appeared in the papers, just a single frame: a little naked girl and b...
Love is … Do you remember that comic strip? It reminds me of...
Every so often I’ll hear something that completely changes the way I think. Or poses a question I’d never stopped to ask. Or offers an insight I didn’t realise ...
Every so often I’ll hear something that completely changes t...
“Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it,” — the famous, wise words of a teenage skiver.
Recently my doct...
“Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around o...
I have a friend who apologises for being her. The telephone rings. “Hello?” I say. “Hello Julia, it’s just Suzy…”
She says it every time she calls, “it’s just S...
I have a friend who apologises for being her. The telephone ...
How important is our past? Does it define us? Are we who we are because of it? Despite it? Or is our past just history — what’s done is done, cannot be changed ...
How important is our past? Does it define us? Are we who we ...
For a moment last week, much to my surprise, I thought I’d be taking home two stray kittens. Returning to my car in an empty lot I spotted said young cats rubbi...
For a moment last week, much to my surprise, I thought I’d b...
On Friday, my nine-year-old asked: “Where are you going mummy?”
“To work,” I said.
“But why? It’s the summer holidays!”
When I explained that once you finish sc...
On Friday, my nine-year-old asked: “Where are you going mumm...
I am so tired of bad news. My phone bleeps me bulletins: another terrorist attack; numbers dead. E-mails ping on my computer detailing turmoil from across the g...
I am so tired of bad news. My phone bleeps me bulletins: ano...
It is undeniable that there is a buzz in the air, the sort of electricity that comes with action and momentum and a large scope of possibility.
Driving down Ha...
It is undeniable that there is a buzz in the air, the sort o...
“You’ll do big things,” my father used to say to me, “…in your britches!”
I’m an ideas person, always have been. There are always at least two or three ideas o...
“You’ll do big things,” my father used to say to me, “…in yo...
“Celebrate good times, come on! Let’s celebrate …”
The lyrics seem etched into my brain from the daily playing on the background FM station my mum listened to...
“Celebrate good times, come on! Let’s celebrate …”
The lyr...
Walking the last part of the End-to- End this past weekend, I was inspired and motivated by the supporters lining the pavements, encouraging everyone to the fin...
Walking the last part of the End-to- End this past weekend, ...
This week’s offering was intended to focus on the question, what is success?
As a success coach, you might assume that I should have that answer. For coaching,...
This week’s offering was intended to focus on the question, ...
This weekend, I won a gold medal.
Yes, you read that right, a GOLD medal in the Bermuda Open Karate Championships. The astonishment and delight here is that the...
This weekend, I won a gold medal.
Yes, you read that right, ...
Growing up in the 1980s, ‘cool’ was the thing I most wanted to be. Cool like the Fonz, in his signature leather jacket and pompadour… but in a 1980s way – finge...
Growing up in the 1980s, ‘cool’ was the thing I most wanted ...
The Las Vegas Strip — not the first place one would expect to have a spiritual awakening. It wasn’t chance however, a win at a blackjack table or a line of cher...
The Las Vegas Strip — not the first place one would expect t...
The toe-biting cold has given way to a warmer, wetter breeze and I can’t help but notice a sense of anticipation in the air. Spring has sprung and on my daily m...
The toe-biting cold has given way to a warmer, wetter breeze...
Julia Pitt
It’s that time of year again, when I get to sit on the United World College’s Bermuda National Committee scholarship selection team.
UWC is a non-pr...
Julia Pitt
It’s that time of year again, when I get to sit o...
I struggle with criticism. Actually, that’s a lie. I struggle more with praise — accepting it that is and, perhaps, also giving it … which feels hard to admit. ...
I struggle with criticism. Actually, that’s a lie. I struggl...
My fingers are slow on the keys this morning, so darned cold. My brain feels like it needs warming up too. Are we sure that humans aren’t meant to hibernate?
I...
My fingers are slow on the keys this morning, so darned cold...
Are you considering participating in this year’s XL Catlin End-To-End?
Here’s something that might get you going: human needs psychology.
The theory behind Chl...
Are you considering participating in this year’s XL Catlin E...
A useful step along the path to personal success is finding a role model to emulate. If there is someone doing what we want to do or living life how we would li...
A useful step along the path to personal success is finding ...
I went to see La La Land at the cinema last week and it struck a chord — well, several, it being a musical and all.
Nostalgia, firstly. That was my LA experien...
I went to see La La Land at the cinema last week and it stru...
I love how the universe has a way of reminding me I’m ever a work in progress.
This Thursday, I am again involved with Natural Ltd’s Healthy Headspace seminar s...
I love how the universe has a way of reminding me I’m ever a...
