THE BLOG

Whether you’re dealing with a hell-raiser, a hero, or just a common-or-garden human boss, it helps to know what you, dear reader, can do about it.  

Bosses are human too

When it comes to careers, there simply is no yellow brick road. There are options everywhere. Options squared. And incredible things can happen when you start paving your own road. Stick with me and I’ll show you how.

Don’t follow the yellow brick road

You’re usually primed to fend off the stinky vibes of the office moodhoover, but they caught you on a bad day and now you’ve caught their WorkGloom… You really wish you had a boss or a leader you could look up to, but they’re too snowed under/too underqualified/too crap, to give you a second thought… […]

Be the change you want to see (at work)

Your comfort zone has become a dead zone and you know you have to make a change, but you can’t imagine getting up the courage… Your company has announced ‘exciting changes’, which may or may not be code for ‘restructuring and redundancies’, and you don’t know whether to stick or twist… You’re just bloody knackered […]

Stuck at the crossroads? Read this.

It really can be hard to tell whether you should stay or you should go, especially when you’re struggling under a cloud of WorkGloom. Sometimes you absolutely do need to request your P45; equally, sometimes it can be a good idea to take a breath and do some proper thinking before you march to HR. That’s what this guide is for. To help you pause, help you weigh up options, help you see things from a different perspective.

Thinking of quitting? Read this first.

Hands up if you find boundaries…let’s say…problematic. No one teaches us the skills to deal with this new culture we’ve found ourselves in, how to create and protect firm boundaries or how to exercise our ‘no’. Enter, moi. 

The beauty of bouncy boundaries

WorkJoy is rarely achieved by those who took the well trodden path. Rather, it’s those who zig and zag a bit who eventually find themselves where they were meant to be all along, and they’ve usually got a great anecdote or two to tell you over drinks as well.

Progress over perfection

You’ve been chasing work-life balance for who knows how long, but as soon as you seem to get close, it slips through your fingers again… You’ve been gunning it for so long, you’ve got nothing left. You don’t eat well, sleep well, you’re always ill and you can’t muster the enthusiasm for anything… You played […]

Get rid of work-life balance

This one’s for the coasters – those among us who are kind of drifting along in their job, feeling like they’re lucky to even have a job and probably shouldn’t ask for more. IIf you’re feeling like you’re drifting off track and want to get back on, you’re absolutely in the right place. 

You’re allowed to want more from your work

I think most of us know what brings us joy. But something baffling happens: even though we know what brings us joy, we don’t do it. We cancel our own joy and then some time later find ourselves in the depths of gloom and wonder how we got there.

Stop cancelling joy