The spark* blog
Thoughtful insights for socially responsible entrepreneurs who give a ****! Honest conversations about impact, wellbeing and creating sustainable change.
If it isn't diarised it isn't realised
My personal calendar died last night. I spent the evening trying to recover it and concluded it was gone. This morning I had a choice: fix it, or come to writers group and write. I came to write - and here's why that decision matters beyond this article existing at all.
Same desk, same thinking
Something keeps coming up in my coaching conversations. Founders who are stuck - not because they lack ideas or capability, but because they've been staring at the same four walls for too long.
Here's the thing: where you think matters as much as what you think about.
In this post, I share three founder stories - and a simple question that most of us never actually ask ourselves deliberately.
What to do when life gets in the way…
Zero content goals hit by mid-January. Zero. But when life gets in the way, two doors appear: one full of judgement that kills momentum, and one that keeps you moving forward. Discover why self-compassion is the secret tool for getting shit done.
The productivity paradox: what a bad back can teach us about getting things done
What happens when your biggest constraint becomes your greatest teacher? When my client's bad back forced her to work in 30-minute chunks from her living room floor, she discovered something surprising - she got more done than ever before. This productivity paradox challenges everything we think we know about working harder versus working smarter, and offers three powerful insights for busy entrepreneurs who want to achieve more by doing less.