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Marjorie's perspective

Grateful people are happier people. What are you grateful for?

Sep 30, 2020

The power of a simple thank you can be underestimated. And what’s more, it’s good for your health. In the midst of ongoing global turmoil, anxieties may be running high. As a result of the coronavirus pandemic, new mental health problems have arisen, and existing...

What are you willing to let go to create space in your life?

Aug 31, 2020

In so many of my personal coaching conversations it strikes me how many life goals and dreams bear little relation to what is occupying clients’ lives today. For some, their current occupations are a necessary and deliberate means to an end and for others, these...

These pictures remind me of possibility

Aug 13, 2020

These pictures remind me of possibility. Serving as the youngest and first ethnic minority president of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries as well as the third female (in 160 years) was a great privilege - something I hadn't allowed myself to believe would happen....

A Perspective on Life

Jul 27, 2020

“Certainty is the enemy of growth; we should be in constant search of doubt.” This is a quote from Mark Manson’s sensitively (but unambiguously) titled book on ‘a counter-intuitive approach to living a good life’. I found it a stimulating read offering so many avenues...