In defence of workaholics

I once designed a conference on a train in Italy. Travelling through a foreign country with different sights and sounds had turbo-charged my creativity. The kids were sleeping and I wanted to test out the concept before we reached the next stop.

04.2024 | Debby Edelstein

The Curse of Creativity

Throughout history, there’s a long list of eminent creative achievers in all fields who’ve suffered from depression.

07.2023 | Debby Edelstein

Maths anxiety in midlife

We know that maths is important. It helps us to learn critical thinking and develops the muscles of problem solving. Great minds describe it as a universal language and there are even those who see beauty and poetry in its order.

03.2023 | Debby Edelstein

Because I said so

“The attacks against Trump have taught me something about myself,” one Donald Trump supporter was quoted as saying..

11.2022 | Debby Edelstein

Learning in traffic

The microlearning revolution

Two years ago I loaded Duolingo on to my phone to learn a few sentences of conversational Spanish before a holiday.

07.2021 | Debby Edelstein

How to host a conversation

Everyone hates meetings. Most of us concede that they are a waste of time and an opportunity for the preening and posturing of only the most powerful and obnoxious.

08.2020 | Debby Edelstein

The lost art of the hobby

I feel guilty when I see the word hobby. I know that having hobbies is the kind of thing a well-rounded individual should cultivate.

07.2017 | Debby Edelstein