I had a strange and wonderful day today… We planned a move to London for my speciality fellowship for years.  It was going to be good for my career and my husband and I had always wanted to live in Europe for a few years.  Now anyone who has undertaken an overseas medical fellowship knows […]

I recently finished reading “The Big Leap” by Dr Gay Hendricks and the section about time reminded me of something from my childhood. When I was practicing classical piano pieces as kid, I had a tendency to get faster and faster throughout the piece until the timing got completely out of control and jarringly random […]

As we launch into February, answer this One-question quiz and then check out the corresponding reflection questions to gear up to an even better February! Quiz: Which of the following best describes how was January 2018 for you? A: Amazing!  I have been inspired, incredibly productive and loving life B: Quite productive.  I got a […]

I don’t like to waste time.  If I don’t consciously take the time to relax I can be guilty of packing every waking minute of the day with tasks, sometimes several at a time.  But occasionally an entire day can go by and I don’t get around to finishing that research paper draft or sending […]

I have always hated the cliché “fake it till you make it”.  Why in the world would anyone want to be a fake?  It sounds so deceptive.  Or is it just a funny way to saying “act confident” even if you don’t feel confident so you don’t ruin your credibility and make people think you […]

Time is precious and I like to squeeze my money’s worth out of every second. Stacking the dishwasher with one ear plugged into my online course, while supervising the little boy eating dinner, waiting for the laundry cycle to go through and firing up the computer for an evening’s work.  Don’t tell me multi-tasking isn’t […]

Marcia Wieder is a best-selling author, TED speaker, CEO of Dream University, repeat guest on the Oprah Winfrey show. Marcia’s book Making Your Dreams Come true (also available as an Audible audio version) is a blueprint for finding your personal purpose, which will underpin and guide the dreams you pursue, how to live following your […]

“I got you a job in the fish factory…Little Miss Anya it’s time to take your place in life  and in line.  And be grateful” -Phlegmenkof to Anastasia in the animated film Anastasia. I love appreciating the simple pleasures in life as much as the next person, often stop to think how fortunate I am […]

So you have an incredible vision of something that you want.  Good on you.  You are special, and strides ahead of anyone who accepts an unhappy existence, not daring to dream of something better.  But what do you do when it doesn’t seem to be happening?  Maybe you know that you haven’t put  in a […]

These are my favourite ways to jump-start the flow of inspiration and ideas whether I have a tricky decision to make, problem to solve, choreography or song to create, or witty enigmatic title for a boring research presentation to come up with…    Let it GoThat is, thoughts or false beliefs that are holding you […]