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

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

There’s one topic that my community just can’t get enough of. They love the module on it in my course and the chapter on it in my book. Yep, squads. And with good reason.

Your squad is a big deal

We all have stories floating around in our heads. The problem is, we sometimes forget that they’re stories at all.

Stop telling yourself unhelpful stories

In this guide, we’re going to be diving into three stories that may or may not be keeping you stuck in Samesville when you really want to be moving onto…well, somewhere new. I’ve got reflection questions and a whole piece about micro-learning that I feel very passionate about

You’re never going to feel ready, so start now