I recently concluded a career development programme with female academics and researchers and on our last workshop we took some time to celebrate the successes that they were achieving. There was lots to note, small wins and big and we explored how easy it is for any of us to miss all that is going […]
This week we celebrated World Gratitude Day on 21 September. Yes, it really is a thing! And I took the opportunity to express my thanks to you for being part of my community. I also shared a use anywhere, anytime 5 Things Gratitude Tool that you can download here if you haven’t already! I encourage
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I’ve been reaching out to ask what are topics that you find challenging currently and would like some support with via my blogs or facebook lives and a recurring theme is work life balance. You know that feeling that there are more tasks than time, more month than money and more stress than rest? Things
It’s summer time and if you’re like me, your normal routine is perhaps a bit disrupted. Maybe you’ve had holidays and are finding it hard to get back to your good habits? Or maybe you haven’t managed to put great habits in place yet this year? Either way, we are well into the 3rd quarter
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I first heard this quote when I was starting out in business. At the time I was about a year into running my own business and had bought into the cultural brainwash that making a success of working for yourself meant ‘being on’ 24/7. In truth, the concept that I could be more successful by
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Do you ever get to feel that way? Meh? The dictionary defines it as ‘feeling bored or apathetic’. Being somehow ‘unimpressed’ with how things are going or the progress you are making, e.g. in terms of achieving your vision. This is something I’ve been challenged with myself of late and am working through it. It
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Napoleon Hill, writing in the 1930s, coined the phrase Master Mind Group in his book Think and Grow Rich. He defined Master Mind groups as the “coordination of knowledge and effort, in a spirit of harmony, between two or more people, for the attainment of a definite purpose”. While Hill’s research focused on people who had
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We’ve just had a holiday weekend in Ireland which was hopefully an opportunity for many of you to unwind and connect with family and friends. I often think of August as a great opportunity to pause and refresh, often we’re in a holiday mode and there are still a few weeks to go before the
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For many people Covid-19 has had a profound impact on their career and employment experiences, resulting in redundancy, layoff or furlough for many. For others, it has meant the imposition of home or remote working on a fulltime basis, with little or no resources and planning to make that an optimal experience. We’ve seen recruitment
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Many of us are largely housebound at the moment, perhaps cooped up with multiple generations all vying for access to limited resources like internet capability, screens and space for some private work or time alone. Others are feeling very isolated, living alone, working remotely and without the typical interactions normally achieved through work and social
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