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Top tips for remote workers
Being a remote worker myself, I wish someone had told me the challenges that I’d be facing in stepping into such an exciting new professional dimension. As much as I love the flexibility and freedom it offers, I think we’d all agree in saying that it also can prove to be one of the most
Recognising your unhealthy thoughts
Events are neutral. Our thoughts create our feelings, our feelings drive our actions and actions create our results. This was the golden nugget from my blog – Thinking on Purpose that I posted last week. I can’t tell you how delighted I was to get an overwhelming response from my readers. Some had the same
What to do when you feel helpless
There are so many times in life we feel helpless and not in control. Be it with something going on in our personal or professional lives, national events, crisis or tough situations that leave us feeling lost, sad, upset and helpless. Most of us have been in this situation more than once. Here are a
Stop self-sabotaging
Over the summer, I’ve been writing about real coaching topics – from finding flow to setting intention to reframing failure, cracking motivation and so much more. My friends, I really hope that my Monday morning posts have served you. I hope to keep sending you more as the year goes on and circulating the good
13 tips on how to listen for what’s not being said
Active listening can be quite a tricky skill to master and whilst it comes naturally to some people it doesn't necessarily to others so I thought I’d share some hints and tips on how you can practice and learn. Be quiet, give them your full attention and listen to understand (don’t think about what you
5 things to consider for a culture of psychological safety and inclusion
Research has shown that the most important factor in effective team working and high performing teams is psychological safety – in other words, the security to take risks, be honest, and potentially mess up, knowing that you’re still ‘safe’ within your team. I’ve seen this research most often applied to teams within the tech sector,
What do you do when things don’t go to plan? 10 tips on how to get back on track
What do you do when despite all your best efforts things don’t go to plan? How do you feel when something unexpected happens and knocks you off course? Where does it leave you when you are suddenly not able to do all the things you wanted, or planned, to do? This was when I suffered
Fail, fail again, fail better
My daughter turned 14 in March. I had one of those epic mum moments where I dug out some old photo albums and started looking through all her baby pictures, wondering how fast time flies and wishing she wasn’t growing up this fast. I got to the photos of the time she was a year
When stress becomes burnout and how to deal with it
‘Even though burnout is one of the most widely discussed mental health problems in today’s society, it is still disputed and not officially recognized as a mental disorder in most countries.’ (Heinemann and Heinemann: 2017) Stress Can Be Positive While stress can have a positive impact on our lives and can be extremely motivating when