How to work like you: 3 personality tools to understand yourself better
Want to understand yourself better at work? These three personality tools can help you work with more clarity and less stress.
Developing a gratitude practice
Some things I do to connect with the good in my life, and ideas for developing your own gratitude practice.
What I've learned from one year of parenting
They say it takes 10,000 hours to become expert at something, which is 1 year, 1 month and 21 days without breaks. So am I a parenting expert now? Not quite.
Why you should be your own butler
New decision framework just dropped: will my future self be grateful for this?
How to make a new year bingo card
Swap your vision board for a bingo card. It’s a fun, low-pressure way to track 25 mini goals—and celebrate progress all year long.
Why you should have a hype folder at work
A hype folder is a place to keep track of praise and positive feedback, so you can refer to it when you need a confidence boost.
On writing again, and dictating instead of typing
Sometimes you just have to start writing (or dictating!) and see what comes out.
Looking back at past habits: which ones stuck?
Instead of curating our favourite things, Aimee had the idea for us to look back on past habits and see what we’ve stuck to, evolved or dropped completely.
My Acknowledgement of Country
What is an Acknowledgement of Country, and how can I deliver this in a genuine and meaningful way?
12 daily habits for computer-based workers to improve mental and physical health
If you spend 8hrs+ on a screen every day, it takes deliberate and ongoing action to promote mental and physical health.
28 days of stress management tips
Stress affects all of us at one time or another, so here are some daily stress management tips.
How to set life goals with a napkin plan
The start of a new year is a great time to check on your life goals, and maybe set some new ones. Here's how to do it on a napkin
How to live by your values with help from your calendar
Discover your core values and use your calendar to live by them. Learn to schedule what matters most and create a life aligned with your priorities.
How to stick with a new habit
This is how I use t-shirt sizing, habit stacking and data tracking to make my habits stick!
The ‘work self’ vs the other self
Do you ever think of your ‘work self’ as a different person? I try not to, but it happens. Lately I’ve been trying to bring these two people closer together.
Using emoji: In Life and On Slack
Taking a break? Working from home? Do not disturb? Which emoji says it in one tidy character? Should we use emoji at all?! (tl;dr: yes)
Black Lives Matter
We've been prompted to examine our place in the systemic racism that exists, and to seek out actions we can take to make meaningful change.
Setting boundaries in a digital workplace
Taking inspiration from the “right to disconnect” law passed in France, I’ve reset my own boundaries for a healthy work-life balance in a digital workplace. Here’s some steps you can follow to do the same.
What we've learned about taking lunch breaks
If you have the luxury of choosing when to take your lunch break each day, you might sometimes find it appealing to cut it short to “get more done”, or worse… just work through. We set out to take our full lunch break every day to see what would happen. So what did happen? Read on…
What happened when I had an untouchable day
In this era of uber-connection, it’s not often that you’re completely unreachable by anyone. So I gave it a go.