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Resources Overload: Stop the Buying Fenzy and Save Money
Are you overwhelmed by the amount of resources you have or are available to you? Do you feel FOMO when scrolling Instagram or Tik-Tok and seeing Speech Pathologists use a resource you don’t have? It’s so easy to fall into the trap of needing more. We can always...
Envy as Inspiration: How to Use It to Find More Joy
Are you struggling to find time for yourself? Or even if you have the time, you don’t know what to do. So you end up scrolling on your phone with Netflix on in the background. As adults, many of us have forgotten what we found joy in. We are so focused on getting...
Let’s talk about how to avoid getting triggered as a Speech Pathologist
Triggers. We all have them. Some are obvious. Some less so. And some are completely hidden until poked and by then it’s too late. Do you have a client, a parent, a work colleague, another member of your team, or a supervisor who presses your buttons? And because you...
Let’s Talk About the Invisible Work we do as Speech Pathologists
Do you feel like you are never doing enough? I know I do. There is always so much more I can learn, systems that I could generate to make work faster, or handouts I could create for parents, teachers and others on my kiddos team. Often all this thought and work goes...
Fearless Asking: How to Get What You Want at Work Without Dreading It
Are you looking to ask for a promotion? Or a pay rise? Maybe you want to negotiate your duties. Or you are looking to get more PD paid for or drop a day of work. Whatever it is that you are looking to ask for, it can fill you with dread and worry. You know you need to...
Stuck in “Analysis Paralysis?” Stop Overthinking and Make Decisions with Ease
Do you spend your time second-guessing your decisions? Playing with a decision over and over again in your mind? Or do you externalise the worry by canvassing your friends and family for their thoughts? & when you do this, do you find that you are no closer to...
From Empire to ME Weeks: Reclaiming Success in Speech Pathology
Do you know what success means to you? Does success look like having a lot of money? If so, exactly how much? Does it mean having more time? If so, exactly how much? Does it mean accolades? If so, which ones? Often we are striving for success but we don’t know exactly...
Do you trust yourself? If not, it’s a super power you need to build.
Self-trust.It’s such a BIG thing.Do you have it?Is it something you are still having to figure out?When I was 29, all of a sudden I was single. End of an 11-year relationship. I was living on my own for the first time. I had to work out not only where I was going to...
Are you setting a boundary or making a request?
Boundaries are not only hard to set but we often get confused about roles and responsibilities. & we are easily frustrated when we create a boundary but it’s quickly broken. That’s why I found this trick so useful. I have TikTok to thank for it. I came across...
Breaking the Cycle: Rethinking Monthly Expectations
Are you ready for February? I asked this on my Instagram story on the weekend. The census was a loud NO. With each new month, it feels like we have to do better. The expectations are high. Each month feels like a new beginning. A chance to re-write the goals,...