The Year of the Fire Horse It’s clear at the moment that we can’t really escape talking about the energy around the Year of the Fire Horse. As much as I’m definitely ready to shift my energy away from everything that 2025 was for me personally, I’m also aware of how much hype surrounds the Fire Horse. It’s described as passionate, charismatic, dramatic, action-orientated, courageous and ambitious. It carries magnetic presence, high confidence and a drive to make big moves and

I have a new hobby! Surfing! No, actually it’s sobbing on flights whilst travelling. This is not the first time in my life. I think maybe it’s to do with air pressure , transitioning and stillness. It surely can’t be to do with the fact that I am finally allowing myself to feel my emotions now I am coming out of the survival era of navigating a horrendous divorce. I’m not going to lie, I have written a lot around that lately, so I’m drawing a line right here in the sand. No m

Following My Own Path It has taken me until the age of 48 to truly understand the importance of taking care of myself. I have spent most of my life rushing. Seventeen years in frontline policing in London did not leave space for a calm or regulated nervous system. Hypervigilance became normal. Pushing through became a skill. Rest felt unfamiliar, even unsafe. In 2017, I left the police and married someone living with high-functioning anxiety and a great deal of unexpressed an