Inflation, cost of living, financial sustainability is on everyone’s mind these days. It seems obvious, then, to include Financial Security as a value – there’s no point building a business that doesn’t provide financial security. It’s growing a business that will sustain you as well as deliver wealth, or even replace your income that needs…

Resilience and its gentle sibling, Patience, are the mother values. You can’t be in a service profession, or be in business of any sort without them. Resilience helps us recover boundaries, to learn, refocus and move forward. It supports growth and change, self-awareness and self-forgiveness. It gives us the perspective and distance to transform failure…

Enlightened philosopher Jean Jacques Rousseau famously, and simply asked: “what wisdom is greater than kindness?” It is a small accessible act that can have mighty consequences and is easier to perform when its soul sister, empathy is on board. I find that if I can take a beat before descending into my less than kind…

What purpose would Joy serve within a business? All values, personal and business have a place. For me, Joy is an essential part of life. It nourishes, replenishes, invigorates and inspires. My definition of Joy is living with passion, enthusiasm, humour and a feeling of abundance and gratitude: essentials for running your own business, especially…