Category Archives: Personal story

In year 9 at my high school, every student had a career counselling session. Trying to answer that age old question – “What do you want to be when you grow up?” When I think back on my answer to that question from a little girl all the way to 28 years old, I don’tContinue reading “What do you want to be when you grow up?”

During high school I had a male PE teacher who made sexist remarks and treated the girls differently from the boys. On one memorable occasion, he had us practicing kicking soccer goals. He set the girls up at one line first and then said, “and the boys will kick from the line alllllll the wayContinue reading “Girls are strong too”

I think a lot of people struggle with networking because in a way it can feel ingenuine. It certainly can be, if your intention is to only be connected with people who might possibly give you a job one day. But there’s definitely other reasons to network, and I would argue that growing your communityContinue reading “Spinning the web of your network”

Last year my family suffered the loss of my paternal grandmother Carla Blake. She was an amazing woman, a shining example to me – so this week I’ve written this piece to honour her and tell her story. Grandma Carla lived an amazing life and contributed a lot to the world around her. What hasContinue reading “What Granny taught me”