I've been sitting on writing this one for a bit — and as per usual, chastising myself for not doing it yet. And also as per usual, with anything I tend to put the brakes on putting into the world, it's for a reason. I don't know why I just can't drop the chastising part... anyway. Back in June I had the opportunity to attend a free personal safety workshop, EmpowerHer, for women, facilitated by volunteer female officers from the Surrey Police Service. (Small world: turns out the lead...

Somehow, it's been five years. Five years since I started Emily Gibson Consulting in what I can only describe as the most unplanned pivot of my life. Self-employment was never a dream of mine. Honestly? I actively didn't want it. My Dad has run his own physio clinic for over 30 years and I watched him carry the weight of that — and I told myself I wanted no part of it. I liked my reliable paycheque. I liked my employer-paid benefits and my paid vacation and my paid sick days. I liked knowing...

I’ve been thinking a lot about receiving recently. Over the past few months I’ve been intentionally making time throughout my day to ‘receive’ as part of my workday—aka not just sitting there pushing out outputs or refreshing my email. It’s been a really interesting experience and I wanted to share. I’ll preface this by saying I’m no expert on receiving and I’m certainly not suggesting that what I’ve been doing is the approach or even an approach that will work for you. There are so many ways...