Survive your job slump!
Are you finding yourself with a big case of the work blahs? You may be going through a slump! But you can survive it if you follow these tips.
Slump in your job? Or is it just time to leave?
Is it getting harder to get out of bed in the morning? Do you feel stuck? Do you spend time thinking about calling in “sick”? It can be hard to tell if you’re just having a bit of a slump or if it’s actually time to leave your job. First, start by thinking about…
How to relax for the holidays
It’s almost time for my winter break and I’m getting excited! Do the holidays fill you with stress or do you spend a busy but fun time with loved ones? Either way, I encourage you to get in as much rest and relaxation as you can. To that end, here are a few tips to…
Holidays stressing you out?
Here are some tips for getting through the season with your sanity, and with your job or job-search in one piece.
Surviving A Terrible Job Means Taking Care of Yourself
Here are some tips to get you started.
How to Survive Your Terrible Job (Until You Can Leave)
Now that you’ve gained an understanding of what has made you unhappy in this job and what you’ve contributed to that, how can you survive without punching someone? One key step you can take is to find allies in your current job. These may even be folks in an entirely different department, so if you…
Help! I hate my job!
This is something I hear all too often from my clients. By the time most of us are uncomfortable enough to take action, things on the work front are pretty grim. They’re stressed all the time, Mondays feel like poison, and they have to sit in the parking lot and talk themselves into those last…
On social media outages
On Monday evening, as I took my dog on her evening walk around the block, I overheard some neighbors who were having a barbecue saying to each other, “How did you survive the Facebook outage today? Because I almost died!” Of course, this was partially for comic effect, but the truth is that a lot…
Psychological Safety
Psychological safety is the knowledge that you speak up, ask questions, or voice opinions to others at work, including your superiors, without fear of punishment or humiliation. Do you have it at your workplace? Many organizations are struggling with this issue since the pandemic. In normal circumstances, managers are asked to be candid and…
How to Be Authentic at Work
Many of us have been taught that we have to be “professional” at work, meaning we can’t let our personal lives impact what we do in the office. But that’s both impossible and not actually beneficial to anyone! A lot of people feel pressure to conform to whatever standards they see in the office,…