Recently I spoke with Jimmy Burroughes about going through a break up and becoming a single mum while in a senior leadership position and what I learned from my experience that inspired the development of a truly family friendly workplace. (click on the image to hear the podcast episode) Kudos to the board I worked […]
How to support your staff through a break up Read More
Fun fact. The notion of ‘work life balance’ was first proposed by a renegade called Robert Owen. Can you guess when? 1817. Owen’s famous phrase was “8 hours labour, 8 hours recreation, 8 hours rest” neatly dividing the day into work time, play time and rest time. While the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) says
Managing work-life creep Read More
It’s been a year now since my last post on my health destiny but I sure do remember that lurgy. Oh boy. Had I experienced that now I’d more than certainly find myself in quarantine, or at the very least with some very dirty looks aimed in my direction. And how did my commitment to
Changing my health destiny: Part 5 (a break through) Read More
There’s no point pretending this is business as usual. It’s not. I’ve just quietly edged away from gnarling cabin-fevered teens to post this (oh, who am I kidding, the first part of the sentence was enough). Things are different right now, we are different. I’ve put together a few posts that may assist, feel free
Covid-19 resource pack for working during self-isolation Read More
Why habit measurement is more important than SMART Goals Do you have a goal that hangs about, refusing to budge no matter how many good intentions you throw towards it? You know those goals… The ones you imagine would be nice to achieve, life changing or even critical to your ongoing life. These are the
Are your habits killing your goals? Read More
What are your plans for this holiday season? A bit of lying about? Or perhaps catching up on those things you can never quite get to during the year? Maybe you’re still working? Or perhaps you’re busy serving hoards of people who are doing the sitting around for you – otherwise known as children and
What’s your holiday project? Read More
There isn’t a person I’ve spoken with in the past six months who hasn’t made some comment about being busy. Busy at work, at home, in the garden, in the community, running around after family and sometimes busy doing all of the above (and more). Busy does not discriminate by age, occupation nor postcode. It
The Human Condition: Busy Read More
So. After publicly noticing that I was far too busy about one month ago in parts one – two – three of this series I kept running. Oh no, not running in the joggers and tights sense, no, no. Running more akin to if I slow down now I may spontaneously combust kind of madness.I ran, ran
Changing my health destiny – Part four Read More
I was too unwell to gym this week. Look I’ve been once this year now, isn’t that enough? My daughters still went (smug belongs in this part of the sentence) and after I collected them I somehow managed to accidentally eat four nutella scrolls. They were only little – and I baked them myself, does
Changing my health destiny – Part three Read More
Change can happen in an instant. Oh I’m not talking about my health destiny here, don’t worry the lightbulbs are still flickering. I just thought it may be nice to start the post from a philosophical stance. Nevertheless, a few things have come to my attention; Serendipity. My hot water system blew up. That meant I
Changing my health destiny: Part two Read More