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Category: Blog
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Social Media and Belonging
Our brains cannot distinguish between things that happen to us in real life and things we see on TV/social media. They also cannot distinguish between members of our genuine inner circle, and people we see a lot of on Facebook and Twitter. This is why we need to be very careful about what we watch…
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It’s all a crab bucket
Have you heard the phrase “crab bucket”? I came across it in the Terry Pratchett novel “Unseen Academicals”, which centres around the fortunes of three football fans who work in the kitchens of a university. It struck me as such a recognisable phenomenon, and indeed it is a widely known idea – the “crab mentality”.…
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A Tale of Five Women
I told this story to a friend the other day and she encouraged me to turn it into a blog post. It is about five women whom I met when I was working at a residential home for the elderly in my student days. I worked in the kitchens and as a cleaner at the…
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How is massage beneficial to mental health?
Touch is so important for humans. We are a social species, and we need appropriate daily physical contact (lots more than most of us get, a minimum of 8-10 meaningful touches a day for adults) to satisfy our need for belonging and safety.
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My Story
Having talked last time about owning our own stories, I thought it was high time that I told mine. What have been the crucial experiences that have led me to where I am today, what has shaped my personal philosophy? Let me give you my potted history… I am an only child of financially comfortable…
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Owning Your Own Story
As much as we like to think that we live in reality, in truth we each live inside our own stories. Memory is a tricky thing, often showing us things in a way that isn’t quite accurate. The future is a castle that we build in the sky, to the point that it is quite…
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How do you find the time?
This is a question I get asked on a regular basis, and it is a question I have helped some of my coaching clients to answer. There are numerous time management strategies, but for women running their own businesses I have found the following to be really helpful, including for myself. The solution? A four-weekly…
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Your Mental Health – Enjoy The Ride!
For this week’s blog I have a guest contributor, Sarah Steinhofel of The Hive Mind Company. The Hive Mind is all about supporting women with mental health issues. From a place to come and talk, to championing other mental health groups Sarah hopes to bring you positive vibes and support. Historically, being in business meant…
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Let’s talk about emotional safety…
Emotional safety has long been something with which I have struggled, as anxiety runs in my family. My youngest, who struggles with it, asked me to define anxiety simply for him the other day and so I came up with this definition: “Anxiety is when you don’t quite feel safe in your life and you’re…
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How to avoid business burnout
This piece was originally published as an interview in the COS Book-keeping newsletter. I set up Clear Day in October 2018 to provide freelance admin support to business owners and small organisations. Clear Day has since grown into a business support agency, providing PA/VA services, and marketing and social media assistance. I have a team…