Category: Blog

We hear a lot about the importance of ‘work-life balance’ these days, but when you’re a working parent, is this utopian ideal even possible? It’s a question many working parents wrestle with regularly, daily even. Working parents are required to navigate many big, and often competing demands. It’s a constant juggle, and one requiring lots [...]

A friendly question for you…. Do you consider yourself a leader? Think about every area of your life. Your work, your community, your family or any other. When this question is asked to a group of people regardless of title, seniority, or age, nearly always more men than women will raise their hands. Women tend [...]

Are you a working parent feeling apathy and fatigue?   McKinsey & Company’s latest report on parental burnout cites working parents face higher numbers and longer exposures to typical burnout stressors due to the multiple roles they play, and the reduced access to recovery. 90% working parents experiencing burnout report they are not getting the [...]

A career I love. A thriving family. No overwhelm in sight.   2022 just rolled around. The kids are back to school soon. Work is ‘loudly-quietly’ ramping up. Sound familiar…it sounds VERY familiar to me. The dream of a successful year at work, a happy family and manageable demands may already be feeling like a [...]

IS THE END OF YEAR CAUSING YOU STRESS & OVERWHELM? The year is closing out…fast! For many, 11th hour work demands are coming in thick and fast, our family commitments are increasing, and Christmas is once again nearly here. Along with the excitement, we can also feel very bogged down by mental stress, demand overload [...]

SHOULD I QUIT MY JOB?   It’s currently a rare day without loud chatter about ‘The Great Resignation’. Droves of people globally questioning the true value of what they do at work. When we consider the term ‘value’, what springs to mind? Perhaps words tucked away deep within us like purpose, meaning, or even the [...]

One upon a time, our mental health was not a topic discussed. Certainly not in the workplace. As we reflect this October, Mental Health Month, it’s worthy to acknowledge how far we have come in less than a decade.   While the pandemic continues to place enormous mental strain on many, and quite frankly most, [...]

Many of us across the country may feel a sense of languish right now. ‘Languish’ – what is this you may ask?  A feeling of just ok, not mentally unwell but not flourishing. Sound familiar? Feeling unmotivated without purpose and any real sense of achievement and joy is a common story shared round the world [...]