Escape: Smaller Steps

Week 8 at Escape was both inspiring and motivating, despite the fact I was in the midst of a viral flu attack taking over my body! I struggled through the evening, trying not to cough too much, and hoping I wasn’t infecting all of my fellow Tribers with whatever I was suffering! I made it …

Maintaining Perspective

I struggle with patience - in fact, I would go so far as to say I can be an extremely impatient person at times. As soon as I have an idea, I need to explore it and implement it immediately, and of course, see results in return. My boyfriend and I differ greatly on this …

Managing Myself

My attitude at work has changed dramatically over the last few weeks: previously, when asked how I was getting on, I would struggle to describe the intense environment in which I work without feeling as if I was trying to elicit sympathy for my struggles. However, more recently, I can confidently respond with a more positive outlook …

Feeling Like A Fraud

I haven’t felt able to write for the last few weeks, mainly because I’ve been afraid of saying anything. I’ve felt like a fraud. I set up this blog to help women, to support women, to empower and further women in the workplace. And I’ve been struggling with implementing this in real life. So I …

Benefits of Boundaries

I love helping, I love putting a smile on someone's face, I love being busy. So it can be difficult to know when I've crossed a line from being helpful, to just being overloaded. It's a slow burn - like the cruel analogy of putting a frog into cold water and slowly raising the temperature …