Confidence in the Crowd: can you take the leap?
… If we only tell women to try harder, we forget the other side of confidence: a trusty environment that supports these efforts. …
3 steps to manage procrastination
Putting things off can be a working parent’s biggest nightmare! “Putting-a-job-off-until-tomorrow”, or procrastination, is something we all have in common. There are times (and places) in our lives when procrastination causes mere inconvenience. For some of us, it can even be a thrill to beat the deadline at the last minute! But for the working …
STOP: Four steps to mindfully make and manage change
Being mindful of change can help us manage change better. Every September, I watch parents run after excited school children to the pedestrian crossing from my home-office window. Some families cautiously approach the school gates, anticipating the change that awaits after a leisurely summer. Others are buoyant with enthusiasm – ready for change! Occasionally, I …
Mario or Martyr?
On a faded post-it note next to my home-office desk, I have a quote from the formidable Glennon Doyle: “A responsible mother is not one slowly dying for her children, but showing them how to live bravely. I stopped being a martyr and started being a model.” This quote comes from a podcast interview in …
Exiting the uncomfortable Comfort Zone
Many of my clients struggle with exiting the perceived safety of lockdowns. The sense of control those external rules gave us. But we were never in control in the first place. Life and time and seasons will continue to happen to us: we are not figures in a painting
Attitude, gratitude and September
September is here. I used to love the first of September, as it was the first day of spring when I was a child growing up in the southern hemisphere. We got to have a non-uniform day at school, and the promise of summer was in the air. Now, living in the northern hemisphere, I …
Get a Green Shot for mental health!
“A walk in the woods walks the soul back home” – Mary Davis On the first Saturday of the 2020 COVID-19 social distancing in the UK, the National Trust generously opened their gardens to the general public. The sunny weekend prompted me and my family to join the many visitors to take advantage of this …
Find your WHEN
The ever alluding work-life balance is more challenging in some seasons of our life’s than others. To be happy in my career is not as much about finding “my WHY” but instead finding “my WHEN”. In my searches for balance, it was about discovering a place where I was not being stretched too thin. It …
Do you need to suffer to become resilient?
“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power” – Abraham Lincoln Resilience is not only a learned trait, but is often the result of an individual’s reaction to life’s circumstances: that being adversity or power. These circumstances can be challenges that might be perceived …
Can you learn resilience?
When I use the term “resilience” I like to refer to the ability people have of restoring shape and even become better after they received a knock from life. Like a little rubber squash ball that flattens out against the wall if it has been hit hard, it regains shape and bounces back, ready …