Recently I've been exploring the stress, emotions and insightful moments that can arise when decluttering. Research says clutter is bad for stress and mental health for women. It leads to higher levels of stress hormones circulating in your body. Maybe this explains why you frequently feel tense about an uncontrollable mess around you? Maybe you don't even realise…
These days stress levels in many workplaces seem to be sky high. Many women seem to be under increasing demands to do more in less time, and are likely heading for burnout as they are being burdened with higher workloads (that actually need more than 100% of one person working full-time). However, employees can often feel that if…
There seem to be a lot of stressed women around these days. They'd surely all love to get more sleep! When I look back on my life, I've had quite a few periods of high-stress. At one time, a lot of my stress was work-related, combined with the many demands of being a mum. Later on, my stress…
Work stress comes in many forms but sensitive women react more than others. Colleagues may say to you "Don't take work so seriously!", or "You're so sensitive!". Such comments can sound like a criticism of your very being. When people say this, or you say this to yourself, it can feel as if you shouldn't have these feelings.…
Are you desperate for time off work but feel you're just too busy for a holiday break? Or you’ve booked leave to pretend you are doing the right thing by yourself and loved ones. Hey, you know secretly you’ll still work anyway and have to sacrifice you-time or family-time! Alternatively, maybe your workplace has a poor or unbalanced…
We hear a lot about mental health these days, but little about emotional health. Are you a woman who struggles to acknowledge their negative emotions? Instead, you suppress them and soldier on. You may not recognise you're doing this or what the consequences are. My everyday business is helping professional and academic women to reduce and release their…
Grant-writing pressure this year comes on top of many COVID impacts. You probably just want to relax after a strenuous year! So should you be writing grants at all, and if so, how can you make it less stressful? Grant-writing and COVID This year most academics trying to write applications to win research funding are going to feel…
Perfectionism - umm... Are you one of the many women in high-demand or thinking-focused jobs who tend towards perfectionism? Do you always feel you’re not good enough and you have to keep doing MORE? Perfectionism is often seen as a Good Thing – who could argue with not wanting to do a good job? However, the pursuit of…