Learning to surf another wave
On a grey day in early autumn 2020, half a year into the pandemic, my thoughts turned to a winter holiday. And not just any winter holiday, but one that would blow off the cobwebs of a year during which I had spent almost every day within the confines of a small London flat. It seemed that some semblance of a social life was tentatively returning (briefly, as it turned out) and myself and many others were starting to revisit plans we had put on hold since the previous March.
During the first six months of the pandemic, I noticed many of my clients questioning some of their choices in life – choices that hitherto seemed unshakable – careers, relationships, friendships, social lives and hobbies. Words from a Mary Oliver poem frequently crossed my mind during those months when ‘normal life’ was stalled:’
