Good News For Behind-The-Scenes People: Your Work is Indispensable
In a celebrity-driven age like ours it’s easy to applaud those who work on the top deck—the public faces of business, government, medicine, entertainment—while overlooking those who work in the…
The Day I Met My Seventeen Year-Old Self
What would you say to your seventeen year-old self if you met them face to face? One strange afternoon I had such an experience. Drawn from the new gift book Reflect…
Why Beauty Leaves Us Breathless
A vivid sunset, a misty horizon, the vibrant life of a colourful coral reef. In the presence of such beauty could we in fact be glimpsing something more? Drawn from…
Don’t Be Ruled By Your Fears
What are you running from? Where are you running to? This short story will have you longing for the freedom of wide open fields. Drawn from the new gift book…
10 Commandments for These Divided Times
A few years ago, researchers did a fascinating experiment. Wanting to know when people would step in to help a stranger, they asked participants to watch a woman named Elaine…
Announcing My New Book, Reflect with Sheridan
Interrupt the rush. Take a breath. Pause There used to be a home improvements store near me that had a big green button in one of its departments. If no…
What Autumn Tells Us About Life and Work: There’s a Time to Bring Something Good to an End
Autumn is a time of beauty, of harvesting and of shedding the old. I think it has something powerful to tell us about our careers and callings too: autumn isn't…
You Need to Play More. Here’s Why
If there’s one member of our household taking these uncertain times in his stride, it’s our black-furred, silver-pawed cockapoo, Rupert—whose playfulness is getting him through heatwaves and lockdowns alike. Rupert’s…
Here’s Why You’re So Tired Right Now – and What to Do About It
I thought I was getting through this Covid crisis OK—until a couple of weeks ago. That’s when chores started taking longer to do, broken by spells of staring at walls.…
Let’s Recover Friendship as a Holy Calling
Friends: they celebrate our birthdays, pop a cork over our new jobs, become bridesmaids and best men at our weddings. But fewer of us seem to have them. In the UK, a…