Two minute boosters
Sometimes you need a friend to say, “Enough’s enough!”
When you’re in a job that’s just not right for you, it’s a bit like being a frog in a pot of cold water that slowly gets heated. You don’t realise you need to jump out. You become used to the discomfort until… Most of us have been in a role like this. We’ve stayed…
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How to make lasting change, not just resolutions
I have 12 New Years’ resolutions. It’s so tempting to try to do them all at once. But no!! This is not how our brains were designed. At the beginning of each year we make promises to ourselves about the changes we’ll make. We continue to do this in spite of the fact that these…
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Here’s a key ingredient for being happy at work
Harvard study finds that compliments help us to succeed. Surprise? I’ve just come across an article I read a few years ago about a Harvard Business School study that found that, “Praise from friends, family, and colleagues creates ‘best-self activation’, which leads people to perform at their best. As a result: people whose best-self concepts…
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Get happy at work!
I help people to love what they do. Sometimes this requires giant leaps; others find that small, incremental steps work best. For me, happiness is the sum of lots of little things I do on a daily basis. It’s like meditation: even if I only do a few minutes a day, the benefits accumulate and…
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Imagine boosting your happiness by 30%…
My dream life best fit role is to help stressed individuals find theirs: the role that matches their lifestyle goals, strengths, interests and financial needs. The best part for me, is that I love it! One key thing I’ve learnt, and often need to remind myself of, is that to be able to do this…
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How to do better than just survive December!
Is it just me, or do you also find December overwhelming? Each year I look forward to December; but as it gets closer, Christmas Day starts to feel like a deadline. The invitations and obligations start to trickle through, then become a torrent. All those people we haven’t seen for 12 months suddenly become key…
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New Year’s resolutions: Why they don’t work and what we can do instead
Are you like me and want to have more energy in 2015? At the beginning of each year we make promises to ourselves about the changes that we’ll make. We continue to do this in spite of the fact that these changes rarely take place. All that seems to happen is we keep feeling bad…
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Your work used to be great. Not anymore! What next?
The way you feel about your work can transform from fantastic to terrible. You often don’t really notice until it’s dire. It doesn’t matter whether you work for yourself or someone else. The job that you once loved can become the job you would do almost anything to avoid. 5 key signs that you’re fed‑up…
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Double down for a healthy work day
Hola! Last week I met up with a gorgeous friend, Kate Riordan, for dinner at Radio Mexico in Melbourne. Yummy, oh so yummy crab shell tacos! Here’s an interview I did with Kate: How to take the pain out of returning to work We’ve both recently been on an adventure: Bali for me, and the…
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