The weird thing about work is it’s both a huge source of (potential) satisfaction and somewhere we can lack certainty and control. We’re focused on being successful while there are so many influential factors we don’t have control over. We don’t always have a say in who is in our team. We don’t always have […]
What do I mean by dream job? Your dream job is not your forever job. Your dream job is the best job you can imagine for yourself RIGHT NOW. I like thinking like this because it’s impossible to know your dream career for your entire life from the start. We go through different seasons in […]
Most people hate applying for jobs. To the point that they will put off leaving a job they don’t like, just to avoid the job search process. Is this you? It was me. When I lived in London, my first job was a 6 month contract. At the end of that contract I got offered […]
I love coaching. And I love being coached. Coaching has supported me to: And countless other small realisations that have added up to the women I am today. Coaching has given me so many tools I turn to when navigating tough decisions or big emotions. Coaching has shown me how to tap into what I […]
Welcome to blog one hundred! I honestly didn’t think I would ever make it here. It has taken me over six years of off again, on again blogging to hit this milestone. That’s about one blog every three and a bit weeks. Wow, calculating that feels like I’ve posted way more than I realised. Maybe, […]
I’m not sure if you’ve heard but I recently started a new job! I’ve actually had this idea for a blog about starting a new job for ages. Quite a few friends have shifted roles and seeing their experiences, I wanted to share some thoughts on navigating the change. And now I have my own […]
Recently I’ve had a couple of conversations about change. In one I said, ‘I don’t know what I’m worried about, change is so constant for me, I’m used to this.’ Context: wondering whether I had capacity to take on something new with all the change happening in the next few months. In the second conversation, […]
When was the last time you said something like ‘I just need to prioritise’? Or ‘I just need more time.’ We say these things so often that they’re almost devoid of meaning. It’s like saying we’re good. It doesn’t tell us anything anymore. Ironically, to actually prioritise, we need to prioritise prioritising. We won’t magically […]
I was talking with a friend recently who has been job hunting on and off for a while now. She’s not hearing any response to her applications and generally pretty disheartened by the whole experience. We can all relate to that feeling. It’s pretty rubbish when you’ve put lots of effort into writing a custom […]
You may have seen the ‘quiet quitting‘ convo happening in the media right now. If you haven’t, ‘quiet quitting‘ is supposedly when employees passively-aggressively refuse to work longer hours or outside of their designated responsibilities. i.e. that doing your job, is some kind of silent rebellion. Madness! I’m not alone in this but what I […]
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