God, I am going to try and do something I find hard. Something I am not sure I can pull off But something I feel You are drawing me towards I know I will hear many voices as I go, ‘You are too old for this’ ‘Who would ever want to see this?’ 'You don’t know enough’ 'It’s too much' 'It’s not enough’… Allow me to hear those voices, and move past them Allow me to tune into that which is deeper To the energy that makes the rivulets appear on the beach Let me trust that this new rivulet might...

May you find a certain solidarity with others who are waiting May you be gentle on yourself as you prepare to leave the thin comfort of not knowing for sure you haven’t been accepted To finding out whether you or not you have been. May you be blessed by a sense that whatever happens The stretch you made to be considered was not wasted If only, because the fact you tried, will in time be its own comfort. May you, whenever your time might come to be the maker of decisions that others will wait...

A force of nature...that's how Julie Fairhurst describes herself . Her Women Like Me Stories and Business podcast aims to give women a chance tell their story. I was delighted to join her recently, and this International Women's Day weekend feels like a fitting time to push this out... https://www.buzzsprout.com/2083529/episodes/18734852