Becky and I both attended the inaugural Athena Effect – the brainchild of Dame Kelly Holmes – in 2024. It’s where Dame Kelly asked the audience, “who’s doing the job they believe they were always destined to do?” my hand shot up,...
In the wake of National Banana Bread Day (in the States, we’ll take it) I’ve reflected on the role banana bread plays in the POWER story. In 2021, I strapped 100 slices of banana bread, baked by the bunch, to me. It was the sequel to the 100 bananas dress (my...
Ten years ago, in 2015, I got my first tattoo. It wasn’t planned, but I’d jumped a 40ft waterfall in Costa Rica and broken my coccyx. What else to do, confined to a hammock for six weeks? I remember thinking, why wouldn’t I want to live by three words I’d chosen...
I’ve always had something inside me that pulls me to get ‘up high’ or rush to the sea. And I feel instantly calm when I do. It’s like a massage for my brain; anxiety seems to diminish or at least is put into perspective and it gives me a sense there’s something out...
Play is defined as “the meaningless moment that makes the day memorable and worthwhile” (Stuart Brown M.D). For me, I play every day. I’ve made it my life’s work to play, and to encourage play that’s wrapped up in a banana skin of movement, mindset, connection, and...
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