A Practical Plan for When You Feel Overwhelmed

Oct 06

A Practical Plan for When You Feel Overwhelmed

If you’ve tried to send me a message on LinkedIn, email me or even if you’re one of my closest friends, you’ll know that I always say I am busy. I know, it sounds like a cop out and I’m sure its frustrating to not be able to get my attention but I guess I like being busy and I get so enthusiastic about stuff I can’t help myself. In any...

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Juggling Stress

Sep 19

Juggling Stress

So you may have noticed that the regularity of posts has declined recently. It’s end of financial year at work (yep I have a day job too!), and there are so many cool HR activities coming up with HR Club Sydney and also AHRI NSW Young Professionals- so I am pretty busy. It’s also 6 weeks now until I head overseas for a month to the U.S. in November. With...

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How do you check in on the mental health of your people?

Aug 10

How do you check in on the mental health of your people?

I was reading the paper quickly yesterday while microwaving my lunch when I came across this article and I thought it might be worthwhile sharing it. While the survey was only of around 800 people, there some concerning statistics in there. For instance, Graeme Cowan (Director of R U OK?) said “Work stress has become pervasive, with many feeling it on a daily...

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What’s your Third Space? #AHRINC

Jul 13

What’s your Third Space? #AHRINC

Recently at the AHRI National Convention, I told you that I was fortunate enough to hear Dr Adam Fraser speak. You may have listened to my last post with a short burst of the hilariousness that is his method of story telling. Anyway, at the convention Dr Adam Fraser was talking about the multiple transitions (and actually micro-transitions) that we make in our...

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