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My Passport Was Kidnapped. So Was My Inner Peace: What I Learnt When I Lost My Travel Freedom for 48 Hours
I handed my three passport booklets to a courier. He vanished for 48 hours. On what it feels like to lose your identity, your freedom, and your exit door — and realise your passport was never really a document.
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All Ideas, Including Eating Protein, Need a Go-to-Market Plan: Why the Best Communicator Wins, Not the Best Thinker
A good idea is not nearly as important as explaining someone else’s idea better. On thought-leader theatre at work, WhatsApp-group democracy, and the aunt who finally convinces your parents to eat protein.
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The Art of Spending Money: What Does It Mean to Say “I Made It”?
The strange, deflating feeling of finally getting what you spent years wanting. On the difference between wanting something because it brings joy and wanting it because owning it makes you feel successful.
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My Travels: What Constant Work Trips Actually Look Like
Clearing out the fridge, packing again, flying to Seattle. The unglamorous reality of a travelling job.
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I Am a Girl and I Hate Stuffed Toys: On Corporate Women’s Events
They handed out stuffed dogs at a women in leadership panel. Nobody hands crocodiles to men in tech.
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You Are an Idiot and I Can’t Say It to Your Face: Working With Difficult People
Everything that runs through my head when dealing with wilful incompetence, and why none of it gets said.
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Uniquely Yours: An Anniversary Nine Time Zones Apart
Nine years of marriage, much of it long distance, and an anniversary that ends before it has properly begun.
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Shopping Addiction: What 400 Square Feet of Stuff Taught Me
A friend’s studio packed to the ceiling, and the buying pattern I started noticing in everyone, myself included.
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I’m Not Alone: Speaking to a Room With Nobody in It for You
A speaking event with no friends or family in the audience, and the unexpected way the day turned around.
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Donkey or Horse? On Working Hard vs Working to Win
Do you work to get things done, or race to win? A question that has been quietly bothering me for weeks.
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