I have never been a great fan of the phrase work/life balance!  Firstly, because it puts work first and secondly, because the expression gives one the impression that balance is something that is static and once achieved remains with us forever in that form.  So a number of years ago when I started exploring my own life purpose, I reframed the … [Read more...]

I met a woman recently, Sally, who was telling me about the business she and her husband has created over the last ten years.   Sally is 62 years and her husband is 65 years.  They started this business in their garage as a hobby at the weekends and it has now turned into a very successful full time business for them both.    The business grew out … [Read more...]

I have been travelling with my partner and mother in law through England over the last week.  We have just left Liverpool, more famously know for the birth of the Beatles and Billy Fury!  Less famously but none the less inspiring to me, because of my mother in law who was born and raised there.  This trip to Liverpool has been a bit of a pilgrimage … [Read more...]

I am currently living my refirement holidaying in a gorgeous town in South Wales called Ludlow.  We have travelled here with my 88 year old mother in law to give her the opportunity to catch up with many old friends she left behind when she and her husband moved to New Zealand over 15 years ago.  We had a wonderful day yesterday seeing Ludlow … [Read more...]

I live in a beautiful area of New Zealand, 35 minutes from central Auckland and a million miles away from noise, traffic and frenetic lifestyle that was once my ‘home’.  So to truly appreciate this wonderful country vista and to exercise our two miniature schnauzer dogs,  my partner and I try to walk the country roads at least three times a … [Read more...]

It occurred to me recently as I reflected on my clients over the last 11 years that many became stuck or unstuck in their lives or business ventures because of their relationship with money! I have seen many clients over the years who have been in very senior roles in organisations or running their own very successful business’s and they are … [Read more...]

The idea of a BLOG  on refirement vs retirement came to me one night as I was listening to yet another inspirational story from a fellow ‘boomer’ who with his wife was living their ideal Life Design. I reflected on all the client, friends, colleagues and acquaintances stories I had been privileged to share since I changed my own focus at the age … [Read more...]