I am trying very hard. To meet different priorities. To carve out time for me, family, business, friends. I constantly want to do more (more work, more burpees, more cooking, more crafting…) And I am also trying very hard be less (less stressed, less bulky, less mad…).

How to approach your return to work conversation

Plato said “The measure of a (wo)man is what (s)he does with power”.  What do you do with it? Covet it? Recoil from it? Find it attractive? Step into? Or begrudgingly hold its weight?

Like money, power is a currency which runs through our daily life and can bring up stories about ourselves and our place in the world, at work and at home.  As such, power is a topic which comes up often in my coaching relationships.  This blog explores the different sources of power and provides ideas for how to access them and the pitfalls to avoid.

Does the idea of selling yourself fill you with dread or make you feel wildly uncomfortable? If so, you are not alone. And you can change. Many of us can become preoccupied by our faults and development areas. We struggle to articulate where we add value. These practices, where we praise ourselves last and bat away compliments, hold us back and diminish our confidence further. It also makes it harder for others to hire, promote or partner with us.

Here are some thoughts on why it is important to voice your positives and how to make this feel less nauseating…

This is a call to mothers returning to work (and a reminder to their colleagues, clients, family and friends).  Motherhood is not a burden on the workforce, it is a gift to any organisation.

Realising one’s potential can feel like a big ask. When there are so many demands on our time and energy, an amorphous concept, like ‘self-actualising’, can easily fall down our list of priorities. Instead, we tend to invest our time and energy into our pressing (already actualised) to do list.

Here are some thoughts on how to know whether life feels fulfilled or just filled to the brim.