You hate your job. It’s making you miserable. You dread going into work every day, and it’s beginning to impact your personal life too. You want to make changes, but you: Don’t know where to start Don’t know what you’d do next Haven’t got skills in any other career Need…

I was recently asked to create a presentation for work. I had the chance to cover whatever topic I felt was important, while incorporating information relevant to our team’s development. I decided to talk about wellness. What is wellness? It’s the sum of your physical and mental health. The pieces that make up…

This week is nothing like I expected. My first book launches tomorrow. I’ve spent 2 years getting to this point, and it’s somewhat anticlimactic. My kid’s have been very sick the last couple of weeks, and my new job has been hectic (although exciting), so the time I’ve had to…

It’s a long time since I wrote anything here. I’ve been lost in writing my upcoming book, ‘Let’s Love to Work.’ It’s a real labour of love, one I started pre-pandemic, but now feels so fitting for what’s turning out to be a whole new way we look at the…

Psychological Capital — the good, the bad, and the ugly. — There is a school of thought that having a positive outlook on life makes you happier. But, does it? What is psychological capital? In psychology, having a positive outlook is explained as having high psychological capital. If you believe in yourself (have high self-efficacy), you have a generally positive outlook, you’re optimistic, and you…

But you don’t know how to ask. — Prove your productivity, but stay true to yourself When hearing about requesting flexible working options, I frequently hear stories or read advice for people to show a business you can do the work effectively while also meeting your flexible working needs. While I agree with this sentiment, the approach and language surrounding this advice make it seem that…

If the passion is there, can you afford not to? — Being a parent Parenting is hard. Very hard. Anyone who tells you it’s not is not a parent. It’s even more challenging during a global pandemic, and maybe even harder still when you live abroad. Add those to the stresses of being an entrepreneur, and you’re setting yourself up for a challenge. When…

How to fit what matters to you into your life — The list of things we must do is never-ending; work, kids, homeschooling, managing the household, keeping in touch with friends and family; the list goes on and on. Everyone has the same amount of time, so how do some people achieve so much when others struggle? When you have limited…

Guest post by Sharon Wagner at Senior Friendly — We all look to retirement as our chance to finally relax and unwind with limitless freetime. For some retirees, however, limitless freetime is just about the dullest thing imaginable. When you’ve spent your whole life happily on the go, standing still can be stifling. That’s why many retirees wind up…