The Unplanned Silence: A Three-Week Experiment in Presence. As an online life coach, relationship coach and counsellor, I often discuss technostress with my clients. But to accidentally find myself in a digital detox really showed me how hard it is to address it. We frequently theorise about how to reclaim mental bandwidth without a phone,… Continue Reading
The Mental Health Reset You Need This New Year (No Exercise or Journaling in Sight)
Burnout Recovery for Working Professionals. Ah, the fresh shimmer of a new year. The hopeful feeling that maybe this is the year you don’t crumble by April. The intoxicating promise of a clean slate, new habits, a better headspace, and a life that feels more like yours. And then, within weeks (or days), the pressure… Continue Reading
Rebuilding Identity as a Digital Nomad: Who Are You When ‘Home’ Keeps Changing?
The streets smell different, the food challenges your palate, the people are fascinating, and your passport is borderline quivering with possibility. Living abroad can be thrilling, but as a digital nomad, you may find yourself rebuilding your identity in ways you never expected. All of that sense of possibility comes with a shadow: a gnawing… Continue Reading
Career Burnout in Your 30s and Beyond: The Signs No One Talks About (And How to Reclaim Your Energy)
Earlier this year I had a conversation that keeps replaying in my mind, with a woman who leads a Government department researching some of the toughest institutional problems you can imagine. She told me she was looking for signs of stress, burnout, or vicarious trauma in her staff: Exhaustion, avoidance, and ‘checking out’. Basically the… Continue Reading
My Boss Is Destroying Me… But I Can’t Leave (Yet)
How to survive a toxic boss without quitting Let me tell you a story about a woman I’ll call M. She’d worked her way up in her role over five years—loyal, self-directed, good at mentoring junior staff even when it wasn’t in her job description. Her boss? A master of plausible deniability. Think public praise,… Continue Reading
What to Do When You Want to Quit Your Job
What to Do When You Want to Quit Your Job Feeling the urge to quit your job is a big deal, and it’s not a decision to take lightly. Whether it’s due to burnout, lack of growth, or a toxic environment, knowing how to handle this phase with care can make all the difference for… Continue Reading
