Would You Recruit Your Team? Hi everyone, I was in a meeting earlier this week, talking about some of my frustrations of working in the NHS, which I did for five years. It re-connected me with some of the frustrations of working with people who might never have had to apply for their job and […]
Are You Thriving or Overwhelmed? Hi everyone, There’s a fine line between thriving at work, loving your job and getting a buzz from what you do, and feeling overwhelmed. I’m only usually able to identify that overwhelmed feeling on reflection, after things have getting on top of me for a period of weeks and months […]
Are You A Good Line Manager? Hi everyone, I’ve been thinking about line management this week and how it can be difficult to support a team of people who have very different personality types. You’ll tend to know where the more extraverted members of the team are at but the more introverted team members are […]
Time To Change Hi everyone, I came across the Time to Change website this week, which has the tag line of ‘let’s end mental health discrimination’ which I wholeheartedly support. I also heard, through my teaching work of people in support roles being very unsympathetic to their clients which is not good. I like to try and […]
Who Inspires Your Legacy? Hi everyone, I often found, when working with Stress Management clients some years ago that problems around their confidence and self esteem would link back into their earlier lives and the messages they were given as a younger person. I’ve talked about that before in other blogs. I used to say […]
Oh FFS! What’s Your Method of Recovery? Hi everyone, How do you deal with frustrations and difficult situations? I quite like to sulk but then I remind myself that at the age of 47 I really should be way past that approach by now! As a more introverted person who likes a mental image I […]
Are You Making a Good Impression? Hi everyone, There’s an article in the Daily Mail today about making a great first impression although I’m not sure why they put it in the Female section. Do men not want or need to make a good first impression?! Anyhoo! I digress. Daily Mail Article While the points […]
That Wouldn’t Bother Me… Hi everyone, One of the stress management ‘rules’ is to remember that personal values are personal. What bothers, worries or makes you feel stressed might not bother someone else and vice versa; their worries might not bother you. But they’re all valid, those worries and concerns and it can sometimes be […]
Feeling Good is Hard Work! Hi everyone, I’ve been talking this week about negative cycles of behaviour which can impact on our confidence, self esteem and self belief. Which made me think, as I trotted around the block in the sunshine (v good self care) that feeling good about yourself can be hard work! It’s […]
Wading Through Treacle Hi everyone, Some days are just hard work aren’t they? Everything you try to do seems to be a little bit harder than you expect and than is necessary! Annoying! ? I’ve had a week like that and so at 4am this morning was thinking about how to keep going and tap […]
