24 Words of Wisdom for Working Parents
24) Closed for Human Maintenance.
If there has been one common theme of our advent calendar this year it is that we all need downtime, refresh time, reboot time. This serves our mental and physical health and also makes us smarter...
23) The smallest of actions can lead to the biggest outcomes.
If we want to change something about our life we are much more likely to have success if we start small rather than pledge to make a drastic and unrealistic change. Micro habits are minuscule...
22) Busy is not a badge of honour.
How are you? Person 1: Really busy. Work is crazy, we are redecorating the living room, the kids are full on and I’m learning Chinese in my spare time Person 2: Really good. I have been working...
Thoughts in a 2-Minute Read
How to bust bias
We have all been in meetings where biases are present. We have all, I am sure, experienced the uncomfortable feelings that it stirs in us and for many of us have played the ‘could have, would have,...
Burnout isn’t your fault
In 2019 the World Health organisation defined burnout as a syndrome conceptualized as resulting from chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed. They characterised the three...
From Monologue to Dialogue with the Inner Critic
The Inner Critic, we all have one, it's written about ad finitum. There are whole books, zillions of articles, oodles of podcasts on this topic. Are you managing yours any better? I sincerely hope...
Reading
Advice to My Younger Me: Sara Holtz
Sara Holtz is a remarkable working parent. As a ‘Pay It Forward’ initiative she launched the ‘Advice to My Younger Me’ podcast as a way of providing younger women with the tools that they need to...
High Performance: Lessons from the Best on Becoming Your Best by Jake Humphrey and Professor Damian Hughes
Sharon Charlton-Thomson “Do you know Jake Humphrey? I didn’t (sorry Jake) but he is apparently a very well-known sports presenter. Knowing Jake or not, this is a good read and also led me to his...
18 Wellbeing Hacks for Students: Using Psychology’s Secrets to Survive and Thrive: Aidan Harvey-Craig
Often work on Child Mental Health only covers the early years. We want to focus on teens as well. And this book is a fabulous read for teenagers, students and parents. The author scours every...
Watching
The Puzzle of Motivation: Dan Pink
Daniel Pink's work on motivation was a game changer when it aired on TED in 2009. His book Drive is also a superb read. Sharon Charlton-Thomson "I often find myself returning to the ted talk during...
Why Squiggly Careers are Better for Everyone: Helen Tupper and Sarah Ellis
Another brilliant TedTalk we recommend is “Why squiggly careers are better for everyone” by Helen Tupper and Sarah Ellis. This is a really helpful talk for any working parent navigating the new...
NABS: Working Parents: Seen, Heard and Understood
The wonderful conversation our Coaching Director Sharon Charlton-Thomson had with Louise Scodie, NABS Senior PR and Communications Manager, on the topic of “Working Parents: Seen, Heard and...
Listening
Unlocking Us: Perfectionism, Numbing, Boundaries, Polling and Authenticity
This is a wonderful listen, Brené Brown takes us through the gifts of imperfection, her insights on holding boundaries and the habit of polling others versus listening to ourselves. If any of that...
Modern Wisdom: Chris Williamson
We loved this podcast interview with Oliver Burkeman author of Time Management for Mortals – what a refreshing view on time and how and why productivity hacks rarely work. Modern wisdom podcast is...
Work Life: Adam Grant
Listen to the WorkLife podcast with Adam Grant. Adam grant is an educational psychologist and, in his podcast, he explores how to make work ‘not suck’. So much that helps on here, from learning how...
24 Words of Wisdom for Working Parents
24) Closed for Human Maintenance.
If there has been one common theme of our advent calendar this year it is that we all need downtime, refresh time, reboot time. This serves our mental and physical health and also makes us smarter...
23) The smallest of actions can lead to the biggest outcomes.
If we want to change something about our life we are much more likely to have success if we start small rather than pledge to make a drastic and unrealistic change. Micro habits are minuscule...
22) Busy is not a badge of honour.
How are you? Person 1: Really busy. Work is crazy, we are redecorating the living room, the kids are full on and I’m learning Chinese in my spare time Person 2: Really good. I have been working...
Thoughts in a 2-Minute Read
How to bust bias
We have all been in meetings where biases are present. We have all, I am sure, experienced the uncomfortable feelings that it stirs in us and for many of us have played the ‘could have, would have,...
Burnout isn’t your fault
In 2019 the World Health organisation defined burnout as a syndrome conceptualized as resulting from chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed. They characterised the three...
From Monologue to Dialogue with the Inner Critic
The Inner Critic, we all have one, it's written about ad finitum. There are whole books, zillions of articles, oodles of podcasts on this topic. Are you managing yours any better? I sincerely hope...
Reading
Advice to My Younger Me: Sara Holtz
Sara Holtz is a remarkable working parent. As a ‘Pay It Forward’ initiative she launched the ‘Advice to My Younger Me’ podcast as a way of providing younger women with the tools that they need to...
High Performance: Lessons from the Best on Becoming Your Best by Jake Humphrey and Professor Damian Hughes
Sharon Charlton-Thomson “Do you know Jake Humphrey? I didn’t (sorry Jake) but he is apparently a very well-known sports presenter. Knowing Jake or not, this is a good read and also led me to his...
18 Wellbeing Hacks for Students: Using Psychology’s Secrets to Survive and Thrive: Aidan Harvey-Craig
Often work on Child Mental Health only covers the early years. We want to focus on teens as well. And this book is a fabulous read for teenagers, students and parents. The author scours every...
Watching
The Puzzle of Motivation: Dan Pink
Daniel Pink's work on motivation was a game changer when it aired on TED in 2009. His book Drive is also a superb read. Sharon Charlton-Thomson "I often find myself returning to the ted talk during...
Why Squiggly Careers are Better for Everyone: Helen Tupper and Sarah Ellis
Another brilliant TedTalk we recommend is “Why squiggly careers are better for everyone” by Helen Tupper and Sarah Ellis. This is a really helpful talk for any working parent navigating the new...
NABS: Working Parents: Seen, Heard and Understood
The wonderful conversation our Coaching Director Sharon Charlton-Thomson had with Louise Scodie, NABS Senior PR and Communications Manager, on the topic of “Working Parents: Seen, Heard and...
Listening
Unlocking Us: Perfectionism, Numbing, Boundaries, Polling and Authenticity
This is a wonderful listen, Brené Brown takes us through the gifts of imperfection, her insights on holding boundaries and the habit of polling others versus listening to ourselves. If any of that...
Modern Wisdom: Chris Williamson
We loved this podcast interview with Oliver Burkeman author of Time Management for Mortals – what a refreshing view on time and how and why productivity hacks rarely work. Modern wisdom podcast is...
Work Life: Adam Grant
Listen to the WorkLife podcast with Adam Grant. Adam grant is an educational psychologist and, in his podcast, he explores how to make work ‘not suck’. So much that helps on here, from learning how...
24 Words of Wisdom for Working Parents
24) Closed for Human Maintenance.
If there has been one common theme of our advent calendar this year it is that we all need downtime, refresh time, reboot time. This serves our mental and physical health and also makes us smarter...
23) The smallest of actions can lead to the biggest outcomes.
If we want to change something about our life we are much more likely to have success if we start small rather than pledge to make a drastic and unrealistic change. Micro habits are minuscule...
22) Busy is not a badge of honour.
How are you? Person 1: Really busy. Work is crazy, we are redecorating the living room, the kids are full on and I’m learning Chinese in my spare time Person 2: Really good. I have been working...
Thoughts in a 2-Minute Read
How to bust bias
We have all been in meetings where biases are present. We have all, I am sure, experienced the uncomfortable feelings that it stirs in us and for many of us have played the ‘could have, would have,...
Burnout isn’t your fault
In 2019 the World Health organisation defined burnout as a syndrome conceptualized as resulting from chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed. They characterised the three...
From Monologue to Dialogue with the Inner Critic
The Inner Critic, we all have one, it's written about ad finitum. There are whole books, zillions of articles, oodles of podcasts on this topic. Are you managing yours any better? I sincerely hope...
Reading
Advice to My Younger Me: Sara Holtz
Sara Holtz is a remarkable working parent. As a ‘Pay It Forward’ initiative she launched the ‘Advice to My Younger Me’ podcast as a way of providing younger women with the tools that they need to...
High Performance: Lessons from the Best on Becoming Your Best by Jake Humphrey and Professor Damian Hughes
Sharon Charlton-Thomson “Do you know Jake Humphrey? I didn’t (sorry Jake) but he is apparently a very well-known sports presenter. Knowing Jake or not, this is a good read and also led me to his...
18 Wellbeing Hacks for Students: Using Psychology’s Secrets to Survive and Thrive: Aidan Harvey-Craig
Often work on Child Mental Health only covers the early years. We want to focus on teens as well. And this book is a fabulous read for teenagers, students and parents. The author scours every...
Watching
The Puzzle of Motivation: Dan Pink
Daniel Pink's work on motivation was a game changer when it aired on TED in 2009. His book Drive is also a superb read. Sharon Charlton-Thomson "I often find myself returning to the ted talk during...
Why Squiggly Careers are Better for Everyone: Helen Tupper and Sarah Ellis
Another brilliant TedTalk we recommend is “Why squiggly careers are better for everyone” by Helen Tupper and Sarah Ellis. This is a really helpful talk for any working parent navigating the new...
NABS: Working Parents: Seen, Heard and Understood
The wonderful conversation our Coaching Director Sharon Charlton-Thomson had with Louise Scodie, NABS Senior PR and Communications Manager, on the topic of “Working Parents: Seen, Heard and...
Listening
Unlocking Us: Perfectionism, Numbing, Boundaries, Polling and Authenticity
This is a wonderful listen, Brené Brown takes us through the gifts of imperfection, her insights on holding boundaries and the habit of polling others versus listening to ourselves. If any of that...
Modern Wisdom: Chris Williamson
We loved this podcast interview with Oliver Burkeman author of Time Management for Mortals – what a refreshing view on time and how and why productivity hacks rarely work. Modern wisdom podcast is...
Work Life: Adam Grant
Listen to the WorkLife podcast with Adam Grant. Adam grant is an educational psychologist and, in his podcast, he explores how to make work ‘not suck’. So much that helps on here, from learning how...