On my fortieth birthday, I climbed a mountain. It might not seem a big deal but I had released 20 kilos of weight, I felt calm and grounded from the chaos that had surrounded me for years and I had made many profound changes to my life. The pointless and vindictive chatter in my mind had flipped to become purposeful, optimistic and championing and everything that I had been – overweight, unhappy, directionless – had melted away. I knew that the future looked amazing and that

We have all heard about how critical work life balance is to live a life without the chaos and distractions and being our best for all parts of our life. I challenge that concept. It is not about a balance between your personal life, family and your work, which we have heard in the last few decades. Work-life balance is you walking on a tight rope with the pole teetering side-to-side trying to make sure you are balancing everything in your external life. This is not sustainab