tallrachel

Scared. Excited. Sad. Grateful.

So yesterday I left my job of 9 and a half years. Today I am the…
The battered rucksack

I scrubbed my nearly-30 year old rucksack with a bowl of warm soapy water whilst sitting…
Progress

Eeeeek. So a slightly unplanned start to the New Year threw me off-balance temporarily. A romance…
Mind Games and Marathons

Having just watched the final 10 minutes of the Nike team’s efforts to smash the 2…
A colleague and mentor remembered

A few months ago a trusted friend and colleague passed away. Some months previously at my Dad’s…
The Digital Dating Survival Guide

Dating has undergone a wholesale change in recent years. This is thanks to the arrival of the…
Mentoring: a formal arrangement or an informal conversation?

While formal mentoring schemes have been shown to deliver great results, quite often we can benefit…
Take your broken heart, make it into art

Meryl Streep’s closing line at the Golden Globes was given to her by her friend, Princess…
Right, before I die

Last year whilst on a trip to Bruges looking at all the usual historic sites, I…
In Demand – the importance of post-divorce dating

There is a song I like from Texas, called ‘In Demand’ – the video featuring Sharleen…