Hi, I’m Nicola, a pretty ordinary women with some pretty extraordinary musings. It doesn’t matter how you got here, what matters is you find something that you value. I’m going to give you a glimpse into me. The fabulous. The difficult. The real. I love to write about whatever comes to mind. Anything from love, forgiveness, gratitude and spirituality to more gritty stuff like feminism, prejudice and injustice. In case that’s all too much, I sometimes talk about fake tan and white wine.

What I learnt from the lake in the mountains

It’s a crisp, Saturday morning in late February. The mist is delicately sitting over the silent Welsh fields that surround our quaint...

Nicola Upe Glenn

Mar 26, 20246 min read

I’m going to start with a phrase from vulnerability Queen, Brene Brown – FFT’s…Fucking First Times. All those who menstruate have had...

Nicola Upe Glenn

Feb 28, 20243 min read

After a recent visit to a women in business and tech conference I was struck by the appearance of the female speakers giving the keynotes...

Nicola Upe Glenn

Feb 22, 20243 min read

It’s a warm Monday morning in October. It’s early and I’m on the way to London for work on a slow running train. The biggest event of the...

Nicola Upe Glenn

Oct 25, 20232 min read