Redefining Success

On starting over after stroke — and why I've stopped calling it starting over My stroke came at one of the most stressful points in my career. I didn't love what I was doing. I knew I wanted something different — something entrepreneurial, something that felt like mine — but I couldn't quite land on what. There were ideas. The AI bandwagon was right there, ready, beckoning. I was good at it. I could have jumped on. But my body intervened. My brain, actually — which has its ow

On why burnout might be the push you didn't know you needed There's a particular kind of tired that isn't fixed by sleep. I know, because I've felt it. That Sunday-evening feeling that starts creeping in around 4pm — the dread that settles in your chest before the week has even begun. The kind of tired where you're sitting in a meeting and you genuinely cannot remember why any of this matters. Where you're ticking things off a list, performing competence, going through every

A stroke survivor shares why she's pursuing a neuroscience degree while managing recovery, family life, and building tools to help others navigate healing.

I tried to have it all—brilliant career, perfect motherhood, flawless home. Then my stroke forced me to learn a better way. You don't need it all to be happy.

This isn’t the end of my story. It’s a reset. A second chance. And with that comes clarity, courage, and a deeper understanding of what it means to be alive.

This story isn’t about trashing the NHS. It saved my life. But once I was discharged, I entered a void.

Three years ago, I had a stroke. I was young. 43. Career-driven, chief of staff at a high-growth start-up. Every task was urgent.