What fears have you overcome and how? The dentist: by facing my fear head on and getting the work done. Even though the dentist I trusted let me down, I feel as though the part of me that had a quite literal existential fear has healed. Not being liked: the more ‘myself’ I become the […]
Who was your most influential teacher? Why? My senior year art teacher had far more faith in me than I had ever experienced before. She pushed me out of my creative comfort zone and encouraged me to apply for art school. My parents wanted me to do something I could more immediately turn into a […]
What do you wish you could do more every day? Picture this – a rustic villa in the Provençal hills, gravel underfoot and a vine covered pergola overhead. Party lights loop between olive trees and above table laid with white linen and wine glasses, flowers and baskets of bread. Cicadas trill. It’s sunset and people […]
What activities do you lose yourself in? Writing. Always writing. I need to set alarms when I’m writing because I can easily lose all sense of time and place. I use specific music to send me into a deeply focused state and this allows me to get plenty of work done. The only trouble is […]
How has a failure, or apparent failure, set you up for later success? Over my business, work, and writing careers, I have failed plenty of times. These failures have led me to today, writing a book on the place of apparent failure and feedback in helping us create our best work and by extension our […]
Describe a phase in life that was difficult to say goodbye to. The decision to have just one child was not one I thought I would ever have made. I felt it was a decision made for me by my body. In the year 2000, I had an ectopic pregnancy and the resultant medical intervention […]
Describe the most ambitious DIY project you’ve ever taken on. I have renovated a couple of houses over the years but I think my most ambitious DIY project is my personal and spiritual growth. The project is still well and truly underway with no end in sight. The budget was blown years ago and the […]
