How do you get over a disappointment at work? Maybe you were overlooked for promotion or the flagship piece of work you were leading just didn’t, well, work. It can be a scary place to be, feeling like the rug has been pulled from underneath you and the added discomfort of having to face yourContinue reading “Mistakes”
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Overwhelm
What do you do when everything is getting on top of you? It can be pretty scary, frustrating and demotivating. You’ve probably tried plenty of things to ‘fix’ it, to get everything back under control, but it’s just not working. So where do you go from here? Take a deep breath This is completely normalContinue reading “Overwhelm”
Self confidence hacks for 2022
“I want to be more confident!” – sound familiar? Well here are some things to consider when this thought pops into your head! Confidence is a very bad goal to have in itself Nobody ever feels confident all the time. To think they do would be a mistake, and to aim for a state ofContinue reading “Self confidence hacks for 2022”
Why it isn’t working
We all have something that we want to achieve, a habit we want to develop, a way of existing we’d like to change. This could be job related, it could be personal, it could be relationships, it could be to do with sport or hobbies or your own self care That thing that you keepContinue reading “Why it isn’t working”
How To Get What You Want
It’s easy: Decide what you want Work out all the things that are stopping you Address all those things Voila! You are where you wanted to be! My brain is very good at seeing all the pitfalls in a plan…it is what made me good at project and change management in my corporate career. IContinue reading “How To Get What You Want”
When things get HARD!
It doesn’t matter whether you’re following your passion or just working for the paycheck, there are always going to be times when work and life gets HARD! This is normal. This is ok. This is nothing to panic about. I find it quite frustrating when I see advice along the lines of “If you’re notContinue reading “When things get HARD!”
How to get unstuck and LOVE your career!
It can be a confusing place when you’ve had a successful career, good promotions, you’ve built up a variety of experience and skills and then suddenly a brick wall appears, perhaps out of nowhere. Maybe you didn’t get that promotion Maybe your motivation has suddenly dropped off a cliff Or you look at the pathContinue reading “How to get unstuck and LOVE your career!”
How to stop comparing yourself with others
We all know we shouldn’t compare ourselves to other people, we all know how pointless it is, how unhelpful it is. Yet we keep doing it. So is there anything we can do to stop it? One of the most powerful ways I’ve found to help people with this is to work with them toContinue reading “How to stop comparing yourself with others”
Doubt
I’ve been thinking a lot about doubt lately. I have learnt not to resist my emotions and instead, I welcome them in, even if they are uncomfortable, I let them float across the blue sky of my mind like clouds. They might linger longer than I want sometimes, or evaporate quickly in the midday sun,Continue reading “Doubt”
Monday Morning Blues
I used to have the worst Monday morning blues, which would last most of the day. This then began to encroach into Sunday night blues and at one stage Saturday afternoon blues as I realised there was only one day left between me and Monday. The weird thing was I was actually good at myContinue reading “Monday Morning Blues”