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When you point the finger of blame, remember there are three fingers pointing back at you
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I recently had the privilege of sitting in a yarning circle at a NAIDOC event. The conversation steered to blame and personal responsibility and it reminded me how playing 'the blame game' can really set you back in life. -
A story: when life takes its toll
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Like many people I hadn’t heard of self-care until relatively recently, I’d say the last 10 years. In 2005 I had a health crisis, and another one in 2006, as well as the usual life hurdles. Over the next seven years I got on with things and just as everything feel into place, I fell apart. -
From a tree change to a sea change
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2022 has been a big year and 2023 is set to be just as challenging ... because we're making a sea change. -
Nordic TV is getting me out of my winter fashion rut
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Living in the Canberra-area (albeit on the NSW border side) I'm at that point where I'm officially over winter. However watching Nordic dramas on Netflix has inspired a fashion revival. -
Truly great bosses
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My blog post about toxic bosses around two weeks ago was very popular. This week I thought I’d flip the coin to a more positive topic and talk about my experiences working with really great bosses (or more to the point, leaders). -
The gift of free time
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This week was shaping up to be a pretty standard week of work (paid) and keeping the family and house running (unpaid) but on Tuesday at 11.30am th... -
Toxic bosses, my experience working for a narcissist
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This has been an extremely popular blog post. Thank you to all readers and at the same time it says there is a lot more that needs to be done to make workplaces safer and healthier. The scenarios are from my past work experience spanning 25 + years.
Every Sunday I dreaded going to work and I couldn’t quite put my finger on why. Work made me feel tired, frustrated and depressed. I know we can feel this way for any number of reasons however it can also be caused by a difficult – read toxic – work environment.
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I've got nothing ...
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I have a confession ... that for someone who publicly walks the talk of self care, I just haven't been very good at it this lockdown. -
I'm so tired of 'kicking my own arse'
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I know that everyone is going through their own things at the moment and thought it worth sharing my little internal meltdown with you. It's a reminder that whatever we are going through we need to be kind to ourselves, and hit those 'kicking our own arse' thoughts on the head. -
Highs and lows, ups and downs, and everything in between
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Do you ever feel the storm clouds gathering? When the 'Negative Nellie' version of yourself starts taking over from the generally positive, everyday you.
That was me last Friday.
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You can imagine you are a nice person, until you have kids
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Right now, right this moment I am absolutely sick of the sound of my own voice. "Pick up your clothes", "make your bed", "will someone, any child born from my body, puh-lease empty the dishwasher", "don't swear at your brother/sister", "can you at least be kind to each other". -
What I learned from a tree change
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In 2012 we moved our family from the inner west in Sydney to a small village in the Southern Tablelands of NSW, around 35 minutes from the Australian Capital Territory.
It was a village with a school, church, and pub, what I considered essential to community.
What did I learn?
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